For more then 20 years Charles Manson has refused to communicate to the outside world. Until now. These are actual never before heard phone conversations between Canadian best selling author Marlin Marynick and Charles Manson. By Leah Shore

What was the religious or spiritual background of your childhood? Whether she’s talking to an astrophysicist, theologian, neuroscientist or poet, On Being host Krista Tippett has often opened her interviews with this invitation. By Andrew Khosravani