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Recasting Genesis From the Perspective Of The Story's Minor Characters

Barry Louis Polisar/Roni Lynn Polisar

  

If you’ve been a kid or raised a kid in, oh, the last four decades, you’ve no doubt heard Barry Louis Polisar. He’s been writing and performing children’s songs, like “Don’t Stick Your Finger in Your Nose” for generations of youngsters. 

In 2007, thirty years after he wrote it, his song, “All I Want Is You,” was featured in the opening credits of the film “Juno," which raised Polisar’s profile. Polisar has also written dozens  of children’s books.

And now he’s written a book for adults, a thoughtful reflection on the first book of the Bible, Genesis. Barry Louis Polisar joins Sheilah to talk about it.

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.