Womens' liberation, immigrants' and prisoners' rights, gay liberation and queer studies -- they're some of the most enduring legacies of the 1960s and '70s. And as Richard Wolin argues, they're partially the inheritance of Maoism in France. He explores the rise of Maoism in that country following the upheavals of 1968 and its impact on the thinking of intellectuals like Sartre and Foucault.

In a new set of five one-act plays, Tony Kushner offers a number of ruminations on the value of psychotherapy, the relationship of ideas to suffering, and the uses of Dostoevsky. And playwright/performer Charlie Varon has a new passion: audio collages. Also, Mark Kurlansky shares some thoughts about student activism in 1968.

On the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, author Terry Bisson talks about Brown's legacy, as well as his own radical activism in the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee, science fiction, and the evangelical Left Behind novels. And celebrated novelist Paco Ignacio Taibo speaks about the dark years following the massacre of students in Mexico City in 1968.