Feb 26, 2025
Matt Crawford speaks with executive director of the New York based Falun Dafa information center about Shen Yun. We have all seen the ads on T.V but what exactly is Shen Yun and why was it started? Based on the Falun Gong teaching Shen Yun is a celebration of over 5000 years of Chinese heritage with choreography,...
Feb 25, 2025
Matt Crawford speaks with author and illustrator Maria Van Lieshout about her book, Song of a Blackbird. In 1943 Amsterdam, Emma Bergsma’s world changes when she witnesses Jewish families being forcibly deported to concentration camps. That pivotal moment lights a fire within her, and she decides to join the...
Feb 24, 2025
Matt Crawford speaks with author Dr. Neal Baer about his book, The Promise and the Peril of CRISPR.
Scientists and genetic engineers are becoming increasingly adept at editing the human genome. How far can—and should—they go in editing future generations? In The Promise and Peril of CRISPR, editor Neal Baer...
Feb 21, 2025
Matt Crawford speaks with author Don Johnston about his book, By
Means of Peace: A Novel. In a world teetering on the brink of
chaos, one man’s promise of peace becomes humanity’s greatest
threat.
Reuben Rogov, a charismatic third-party President, emerges as a
beacon of hope in troubled times. He brokers peace in...
Feb 20, 2025
Matt Crawford speaks with author Robert B. O'Connor about his book, Jeep Show: A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge. Jim Tanzer is an ordinary soldier tasked with an extraordinary mission, travelling across Europe during World War II performing Jeep shows – small variety acts put on for the infantry just behind the...