Christine Williams

The entire foreign policy and much of the domestic policy of the United States and other Western governments are based on the proposition that the vast majority of Muslims are moderate and peaceful, including those who are emigrating in large numbers to Europe and North America. But as Islamist groups and many mosques radicalize peaceful Muslims and appeal to the teachings of the Koran, Hadith, and Sunnah, it is imperative for moderates and reformists...

A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Roal Amundsen's career of adventure began at the age of fifteen. He was born in Norway in 1872 to a family of merchant sea captains and rich ship owners. Twenty-five years later he was the first man to reach both the North and South Poles. Lynne Cox gives listeners a full-scale account of the explorers life and expeditions.