The complex politics of Islam Noah Feldman says governments in the Islamic world are trying balance laws based on the Koran with challenges from the increasingly interlinked modern world.9:06 a.m.
Guests
Noah Feldman: Professor of law at Harvard Law School. His latest book is "The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State."
Mental illness, seen through the eyes of a child Laura Flynn writes of her at times luminous, at times agonizing experiences growing up with a mother going gradually insane. Flynn's mother suffered from schizophrenia at a time when the disease was not as well known.10:06 a.m.
Guests
Laura Flynn: Author of the new memoir, "Swallow the Ocean." She teaches creative writing at the University of Minnesota
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