How to be a Muslim, Solar Eclipsomania

How to Be a Muslim: An American Story (originally aired Aug. 11, 2017)  Guest: Haroon Moghul, Fellow in Jewish-Muslim Relations, Shalom Hartman Institute, Author of “How to Be a Muslim: An American Story” Haroon Moghul’s new memoir is called “How to Be a Muslim,” but it’s not a how-to manual. It’s an exploration of Moghul’s struggle to find an identity as an American Muslim, the son of immigrants from Pakistan whose strict ideas about proper behavior and worship chafed him. As a teenager, he toyed with becoming an atheist, a Catholic, even a Mormon. But he came back to Islam, led a thriving Islamic Center for students at New York University, until the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and Americans developed a fear of Islam overnight. Haroon Moghul found himself thrust into the role of “professional Muslim,” expected to speak for—and justify—his faith at every turn. This memoir is, in some ways, an answer to that.  Get Ready for Eclipsomania (originally aired Aug. 11, 2017)  Guests: Tyler Nordgren, PhD, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Redlands, Author of “Sun, Moon, Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets”; Mike Joner, PhD, Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University; Patrick Wiggins, NASA Solar System Ambassador I’m sure you’ve heard by now that a total eclipse of the sun will be visible from the United States on Monday, August 21. A chance like this only comes around once or twice in a lifetime, unless you’re one of those people who actually chases solar eclipses and travels to wherever the best view will be in the world. We’re going to talk to a couple of those people this hour to understand what the fuss is all about. By the end, you just might be making plans to high-tail it to the “zone of totality” which stretches diagonally across the US from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. BONUS Curious Remedies (originally aired March 30, 2017)  Guest: Meg Frost, Physiological Sciences Librarian, Harold B. Lee Library, Br