WPR: To the Best of our Knowledge - Religion

Stephen Greenblatt on "The Swerve"

webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Stephen Greenblatt tells the remarkable story of how the discovery of an ancient poem helped launch the Scientific Revolution. Also, an excerpt from Lucretius' poem "On the Nature of Things."

TTBOOK looks back at jazz singer Kurt Elling

webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Jazz singer Kurt Elling inspires with his passion for music and the mysterious. Jim Fleming looks back at this illuminating interview with jazz singer Kurt Elling.

TTBOOK's first interview with biologist E.O. Wilson

webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

The nexus of science and religion has become a point of passion for interviewer Steve Paulson. In this segment, Steve looks back at TTBOOK's first interview with biologist E.O. Wilson.

Jason Rohrer on Chain World

webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600

In the gaming world, game designer Jason Rohrer is a god. Now, saying someone is a god in a certain field is a figure of speech. I mean, they’re not REALLY immortal beings. That is, unless you’re Jason Rohrer.

Frans de Waal uncut

webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600

Are humans really unique? Not as much as we tend to think, says renowned primatologist Frans de Waal. In this EXTENDED, UNCUT interview, de Waal tells Steve Paulson about the emotional & moral lives of chimpanzees and bonobos. This interview was done in partnership with the new science and culture magazine Nautilus.

SUPER BOWL XLVII - The spirituality of football

webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) — Sun, 3 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600

For others, football is sacred. In fact, William Dean says the game is part of "American spiritual culture." He talks with Jim Fleming about the way religious beliefs crop up in American popular culture.

Laura King - Covering Afghanistan

webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600

Laura King spent three years working as the Afghanistan Bureau Chief for the LA Times.

Margaret Atwood on "The Year of the Flood"

webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Novelist Margaret Atwood talks about her latest book, "The Year of the Flood," with Steve Paulson. The book posits a new religion formed after most life on Earth has been obliterated.

Brenda Peterson on Rapture Here

webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) — Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500

She is the child of fundamentalist Christians but her father was a forest ranger and she grew up in a remote wilderness cabin.

Hanna Pylvainen on "We Sinners"