Democrats charge Republicans with being prisoners of special interests. A young conservative turns that charge around.

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Nobel laureate Toni Morrison joins us to talk race, war, redemption and her new book, “Home.”

On a crowded planet, it may get strange. We’ll dig in.

Former Bush speechwriter David Frum on the GOP today and his tough new novel “Patriots.”

We go to Mecca on the Hajj. The holy pilgrimage ground is being remade.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says we’re in an economic depression and we’ve got to act to end it. He joins us.

A fresh take on the uncanny, unnerving power of the unconscious mind.

Etgar Keret has been called the Kafka, the Vonnegut, the Woody Allen of Israel. He’s with us.

Cornel West and Tavis Smiley join us to with a call to confront poverty in America.

Writer A.J. Jacobs achieved enlightenment in “The Year of Living Biblically.” Now, he’s trying to get buff . He joins us.

From Tamale Kings and Chili Queens to frozen margaritas and Taco Bell. We look at the rise of Mexican food in the USA. The whole enchilada.

A new twist on the old magic in the tales of the Arabian Nights.

Young literary Americans abroad, from Ernest Hemingway at the bullfights to novelist Ben Lerner right now.

The Hunger Games trilogy was a huge hit. Now comes the movie. It’s a brave new world of teen dystopia. We’ll dive in.

Church historian Diana Butler Bass says a new reformation may be leaving religion behind.

Our own Jack Beatty joins us on the Great War, the war to end all wars, the First World War, and how it all could have been different.

Acclaimed South African writer Zakes Mda on his changing South Africa.

Protein for a crowded planet. We’ll dive into the real and humble world of beans, in all their glory.