Tapestry from CBC Radio

This episode of Tapestry is all about the babies - and the toddlers - and the teenagers - as we investigate the spirituality of children.

Zachary Lazar's father was killed in a contract hit. Lazar writes about real-life crime stories, trying to answer one question: can bad people try to become good people? Later, why Dante's The Divine Comedy is the greatest work of self-help ever written.

"Awesome" is an overused word these days, but true feelings of awe often transcend language. Dr. Dacher Keltner explains the phenomenon of awe. Plus, a documentary about how life in an Aboriginal men's shelter was changed by a homeless cat named Smudgey.

Sadness, anger, envy, boredom. They're all states of mind that get a bad rap. If you’ve read enough self-help stuff, you might have even tried to leave the so-called negative emotions behind, to evolve beyond them. And that would be a mistake.

David Gregory, White House correspondent and former moderator of "Meet the Press" on NBC TV, on his "unlikely spiritual journey". And Michael Coren, once the media go-to guy for statements against same-sex marriage, gets personal about changing his mind.

All through the centuries, women have had to navigate moral codes. In this episode, stories of women obeying and defying society’s scripts.

First, professor Massimo Pigliucci shares his secrets of Stoic serenity. Then, want to stop whining? Tapestry meets the man behind the Complaint/Restraint project. Finally, a blindfolded Muslim man asks for hugs from strangers in the Blind Trust Project.

When Howard Axelrod lost his depth perception in a freak accident, he started to realize how little depth there was in his own life. The cure? A year-and-a-half in the remote woods - alone. Howard walked out with some wisdom and a great story.

In this episode of Tapestry, we investigate the power of narrative to change your life. Host Mary Hynes speaks with a psychologist and a novelist, then we head down to a Scarborough tattoo parlour.

In this episode, we go deep into the heart of robots... and the human urge to get attached to them. Our investigation takes us from the pages of a science fiction novel onto the battlefield and into a research lab at MIT.

Ever think you know someone, only to catch them in a new light and suddenly all you thought you knew is turned upside-down? In this episode, we take a second look at Martin Luther, Judas, and a botched restoration of a Spanish fresco.

To be at home, to be safe in a place of shelter, is easy to take for granted when you have it. But it’s elusive for a lot of people. In this episode, we investigate the ideas of home and shelter with seafarers, a renowned architect, and a home-seller.

Can you be Buddhist and Christian at the same time? A minister says you can be both without diluting either religion. And who are you wearing? God, of course. The author of Wearing God talks to Mary Hynes.

Two stories that challenge traditional ways of looking at the world.

Since 2008, Arlette Zinck has been tutoring Omar Khadr. She is an associate professor of English at The King’s University College, a Christian school in Edmonton.