2010-05-30 08:09:56

PURPLE INTERVIEWS: This Memorial Day Weekend, Kick Back And Enjoy Six Months Of Great Conversation

Filed under: Chaplain Barry Black, Christian Caryl, Daniel Menaker, Featured, James Hynes, Pam Colloff, Paula Butturini, Peter Blackstock, Rep. Mark Formby, Rep. Steve Holland, Salman Hameed, Stephen Kiernan
Posted by: John

While we take a much needed break for Memorial Day weekend, have a look at six months of Purple Interviews. It’s a chat bonanza! If you’re fascinated by the conflict between religion and science, don’t miss this exchange with astronomer and humanities professor Salman Hameed about Islam, creationism and the television show Caprica. Or if you want the down and dirty on Florida politics in one of the most contentious mid-term elections years in memory, check out our talk with political insider and former Congressional Quarterly editor Neil Skene.

On the other hand, if you’re more interested in the global scene, dial into the big picture with former Newsweek correspondent and author Christian Caryl as he walks us through the world-changing events of the annus mirabilis 1979.

That’s just the beginning. Rear Admiral Barry Black, Chaplain of the United States Senate, talks civility and Jesus on Capitol Hill. Controversial author David Shields gives us an epic account of how reality television, memoir and YouTube are radically changing American culture. In part two of the conversation, we get down to the nitty gritty of storytelling on television and in novels. Meanwhile, author and raconteur Daniel Menaker schools us in the art of conversation, and Mississippi state representatives, Steve Holland, a Democrat, and Mark Formby, a Republican, teach us how abdominal crunches can lead to governnance.

For the rest, and there’s a lot, including novelist James Hynes on his masterpiece Next, Pam Colloff on the 15th anniversary of the murder of Tejano star Selena, Haleh Esfandiari on her stint in the heart of the Iranian prison system and Paula Butturini on her harrowing memoir Keeping The Feast , check out our Purple Interviews page.

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