Michael Shermer discusses his new book The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom, which explains how scientific ways of thinking — abstract reasoning, rationality, empiricism, skepticism — have profoundly changed the way we perceive morality and, indeed, move us ever closer to a more just world.
Anne Randolph and several contributors discuss and read from the new book Stories Gathered at the Kitchen Table: A Collection of Women’s Memoirs.
Actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in the beloved movie The Princess Bride, discusses his memoir As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride.
Philosopher and author Eric Kaplan is a co-executive producer of, and writer for, the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Kaplan reads from and discusses his new book Does Santa Exist?: A Philosophical Investigation.
Award-winning songwriter and pioneering guitarist Bruce Cockburn reads from and discusses Rumours of Glory: A Memoir, in which he invites readers into his private world and takes them on a lively cultural and musical tour through the late twentieth century, sharing his Christian convictions, his personal relationships, and the social and political activism that has defined him and has both invigorated and incited his fans.
Journalist Marilyn Johnson, the author of two acclaimed books about quirky subcultures — The Dead Beat (about obituary writers) and This Book Is Overdue (about librarians) — discusses her new book Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble.