Leymah Gbowee, Liberian activist and winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize and author with Carol Mithers of Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War, talks about her work and the documentary about her life that aired on PBS. She is joined by the director of Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Gini Reticker.
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Monday, May 27, 2013
Justice Sotomayor; Against Landmines; Primates and Humanism
We’re airing some of our favorite recent segments on this Memorial Day. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks about growing up in the Bronx and her path to the highest court. Then, we hear listeners respond to two questions inspired by Justice Sotomayor’s interview: first, is law school worth it? And who inspired you to see the world differently? Plus, Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams on her activism against landmines; primatologist Frans de Waal on what animals can teach us about innate morality and therefore about religion; and a discussion about the intersection of art and science with performance artist Marina Abramović and two NYU neuroscientists.
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