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The untold story of Bhutan's female shamans.

This Sunday on Arts & Ideas: the paths of Americans who've converted to Islam, hearing from the greats of African-American poetry, and a debate about the future of the American city.

How can we become more thoughtful stewards of the larger ecosystem?

Personal finance advice, from experts.

This week: School without masks: it’s happening in some districts across the region for the first time in two years. And we’ve got local reaction to the invasion of Ukraine. Also, Provincetown may soon have a very big battery to help it weather power outages.

This Sunday on Arts & Ideas: stories about women breaking through the glass ceiling at NASA, the purpose and path of jazz pianist Damien Sneed, and a debate about the pros and cons of using gene editing technology in babies.

Author Kathryn Bond Stockton's book Gender(s) explores why gender is strange, even when it's played straight, and how race and money are two of its most dramatic ingredients.

The Cape and Islands wild life highlights of the season, especially birds.

This Sunday on Arts & Ideas: tracing the historical origins of race and racism, the enduring success of the singer Mavis Staples, and the perils of rejecting expert opinion in favor of "doing your own research."

Missing from the narrative of our heritage: the abundance of people of color who went to sea on whaling ships, and rose to the rank of Captain.