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Matt Dillahunty and Tracie Harris. Imagined Childhood Powers. Tracie describes her imagined childhood powers and invited others to contribute theirs. View the full article

Matt Dillahunty and Tracie Harris. Imagined Childhood Powers. Tracie describes her imagined childhood powers and invited others to contribute theirs. View the full article

Matt Dillahunty and Tracie Harris. Imagined Childhood Powers. Tracie describs her imagined childhood powers and invited others to contribute theirs. View the full article

Host: Chris Mooney Back in the summer of 2011—just before the 10 year anniversary of 9/11—this show welcomed on Scott Atran, an anthropologist who is a leading expert on terrorism and violent extremism. Now, in the wake of the Boston bombings and the dramatic capture of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, we called Atran back to discuss the first large scale U.S. terrorist bombing since 9/11. As Atran's research shows, the Tsarnaev brothers share many parallels with other young, disaffected men who opt for extremist violence around the world. But Atran's broader conclusion from the past week may be

David Delgado This week we talk with David Delgado, lead of the Imagine Mars project from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Imagine Mars Project gives students a chance to work with scientists and engineers to build and design a future human community on Mars. Listen to learn about the project and other educational outreach opportunities from JPL. Links Jet Propulsion Laboratory Imagine Mars Video: Imagine Mars Overview Imagine Mars Project: Student Music Video David Delgado Tells the Story of a Group of Students in Chicago (ustream.tv) To listen to this episode, download the mp3 di

Russell Glasser and Jen Peeples with guest Dale McGowan. Atheist Parenting. Jenn and Russell talk with Dale McGowan about atheist parenting. View the full article

Russell Glasser and Jen Peeples with guest Dale McGowan. Atheist Parenting. Jenn and Russell talk about atheist parenting. View the full article

Russell Glasser and Jen Peeples with guest Dale McGowan. Atheist Parenting. Jenn and Russell talk with Dale McGowan about atheist parenting. View the full article

Jesus famously told his disciples "take up your cross and follow me" and the church has proudly circulated stories of Christian martyrs ever since. Stories of believers who refused to renounce their faith in the face of persecution inspire some to great acts of heroism but can also promote a spirit of victimization. In her new book "The Myth of Christian Persecution" Candida Moss argues that the martyrdom stories from the first centuries of the Christian church have been exaggerated, and in some cases even fabricated. Contrary to popular accounts of church history there never was any widespre

Jesus famously told his disciples "take up your cross and follow me" and the church has proudly circulated stories of Christian martyrs ever since. Stories of believers who refused to renounce their faith in the face of persecution inspire some to great acts of heroism but can also promote a spirit of victimization. In her new book "The Myth of Christian Persecution" Candida Moss argues that the Martyrdom stories from the first centuries of the Christian church have been exaggerated, and in some cases even fabricated. Contrary to popular accounts of Church history there never was any widespre

Host: Chris Mooney We've all heard the claim: Academia is liberal. And it indoctrinates students. It kills their religious faith and basically—or at least, so the allegation goes—transforms them into unkempt, pot-smoking hippies. As it turns out, this claim is precisely half true. Yes, academia is really liberal. But no, this has virtually nothing at all to do with ideological brainwashing. That's the provocative claim of a new book by Neil Gross of the University of British Columbia. It's entitled Why Are Professors Liberal? And Why Do Conservatives Care? And basically, it's a powerful da

Russell Glasser and Don Baker. Christian Message Subtext. Don describes what he hears in the subtext of the Christian message. View the full article

Russell Glasser and Don Baker. Christian Message Subtext. Don describes what he hears in the subtext of the Christian message. View the full article