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Jeffrey Fogel of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Bruce Bentley, RNC Mass Defense Coordinator, explain the legalities of protest during the Republican National Convention, and update us on how protesters are being treated. Then, according to Middle East scholar Richard W. Bulliet, it’s misleading to think of the relation between Islam and Christianity as a “clash of civilizations.” In his new book, The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization, he argues that in reality, they have a great deal in common. In 2001, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, both former schoolteachers, became the first women to cross the Antarctic on foot. In just under three months, they crossed 1700 miles of ice and snow in temperatures as low as 35° below Fahrenheit. Ann Bancroft joins us to discuss their journey and their book, No Horizon is So Far. Then, former NFL player Reggie Rivers shares his novel, 4th and Fixed, in which a bookie and his sidekick fix an entire season of NFL games.