Piracy, Terrorism and the Question of Islam
How did I miss this? "Dr. Anouar Majid, professor and chair of english at the University of New England, discusses the new United States' first major contact with the Muslim World in the Barbary War and the parallels to our own time." Another good reason to troll through the WGBH Forum network occasionally for lectures.

Another one I want to try later: Wasted Day: The Necessary Art of Doing Nothing