I interview Phil Zuckerman, whose latest book is What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life. Follow Phil on twitter @phil_zuckerman.

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Get read to read The Testaments, Margaret Atwood's much-anticipated sequel to her now-classic dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale.

This Wednesday is the 18th anniversary of 9/11, which means that a generation of adults has arrived who are born after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. It also means that the children of those who have fought in Afghanistan are old enough to serve in what is now America's first generational war.

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