Ann Patchett is owning her shortcomings. On Wild Card this week, she opens up about religion and the place that shaped her as much as any person did.

DETROW: Ann Patchett talked to Rachel on NPR's Wild Card podcast, where well-known guests answer big questions about their life drawn from a deck of cards. She reflected on her childhood and how her ...

Not “best.” Not “favorite.” Not “most likable.” Most significant. Some are obvious. Some obscure. A few will be controversial. Let the debate begin.

“The British are coming,” trumpeted Chariots Of Fire screenwriter Colin Welland infamously at the 1982 Oscars. In truth “the British” were already there. They’d been making movies for ...

Some define noir as or by a tone, and it’s very much a mood, a sensibility. Noir is a state of mind, of subconscious, a fever dream, an existential crisis. Life had grown profoundly strange for ...

Have you ever moved to the rhythm of your favorite song and felt the weight of the world lift off your shoulders? Perhaps it’s no [...] ...

Secular humanists, Jains, and some Buddhists have views that could fit the definition of atheism ... religion with Buddhism and modern secular humanism. Most people there are a complex blend ...

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Today, this vision continues to define the nation, and Bangladesh’s Hindu population, around 8% of the population, remains a vibrant component of the country’s cultural fabric. Bangladesh has achieved ...

Polling stations across Moldova and abroad have just closed in a pivotal twin election, which could define the country’s future direction. In two crucial votes – the presidential election and a ...

The course introduces language within its social context and examines topics such as language definition, dialects and dialectal variations ... such as comparative approaches to humanism: ...