I love this story I found on NPR: Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner. But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto [...]

Judith Schwartz’s engaging new memoir, The Therapist’s New Clothes, tells a poignant story of losing faith. It’s about her disillusionment with psychotherapy, a belief system she’d put all of her faith into, and then rebuilding a stronger confidence in herself. Here’s my conversation with Schwartz about losing her faith, and regaining it: Jennifer: Tell me [...]

Interviewing Reverend/Comedienne Susan Sparks for a profile for Ode Magazine was a real hoot! “Laughter is the GPS system of the soul,” says Sparks, who sometimes does stand-up with a Rabbi and devout Muslim comic, and always inserts gentle humor into her sermons. ”Humor offers a revolutionary yet simple spiritual paradigm. If you can laugh at yourself, [...]

Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged, discusses her philosophy on God and religion — or lack thereof — with Phil Donahue and Tom Snyder. Clips of interviews over the years.