Podcasts
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During her 28 years as a reporter for The New York Times , Judith Miller won a Pulitzer Prize for her January 2001 stories on Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, covered a country traumatized by the events of 9/11, was an anthrax letter hoax victim… more
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Candice Bergen won five Emmys and two Golden Globe Awards for her starring role in the popular television series Murphy Brown , and received critical acclaim for her role on the dramedy Boston Legal , and for her work in such films as The Wind… more
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Minimalist classicist composer Philip Glass is one of the most influential artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His prolific and immersive work includes more than 20 operas, 10 symphonies, musical theater works, several concertos,… more
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• Recorded Apr 6, 2015One of America’s most respected and decorated broadcasters, Scott Simon is the host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday , “the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial” ( Washington Post ). Having reported from… more
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The author of 15 novels and more than 100 short stories, T.C. Boyle blends “brilliance with high-concept pyrotechnics, meditations with whiz-bangery” ( Los Angeles Times ) to spin darkly humorous tales of babyboomers, anti-heros, and famous… more
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• Recorded Apr 1, 2015In a career at The New York Times that has spanned two decades, Frank Bruni has been the paper’s Rome bureau chief, head restaurant critic, White House correspondent, and staff writer for its Sunday magazine, among other positions. In 2011 he… more
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Winner 2015 NAACP Image Award for Autobiography Dr. Louis Sullivan served as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 1989 to 1993, during which time he spearheaded initiatives to improve FDA food labels, educate… more
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• Recorded Mar 30, 2015Paul Offit is the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a Professor of Vaccinology and Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of… more
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• Recorded Mar 27, 2015With “a reporter’s curiosity and an uncanny instinct for the pulse of the zeitgeist” ( New York Times ), Michael Lewis is renowned for his prescient and lively nonfiction. Liar’s Poker , his semiautobiographical account of Wall Street in the 80s,… more
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• Recorded Mar 26, 2015A “singular leader for his generation” ( Philadelphia Inquirer ) of chefs, South Philly native Marc Vetri brings a bold, contemporary sensibility to the classic Italian cuisine served at his seven local restaurants, including the eponymous Vetri,… more
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• Recorded Mar 24, 2015Marisa de Los Santos is the New York Times bestselling author of Belong to Me , Love Walked In , and Falling Together , as well as the middle grade novel Saving Lucas Biggs , co-written with her husband David Teague, and the poetry collection… more
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• Recorded Mar 23, 2015An outspoken Democratic member of Congress from 1981 to 2013, Barney Frank is widely considered America’s most influential gay politician. Known for his scrappy eloquence, prodigious intellect, and combative zeal, he served as the chairman of the… more
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“Expressive and harmonic, delicate yet substantive” ( Christian Science Monitor ), Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of seven renowned novels, including A Pale View of Hills , When We Were Orphans , Never Let Me Go , and the Booker Prize-winning The… more
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• Recorded Mar 19, 2015The 13th annual One Book, One Philadelphia season concludes with an appearance by Christina Baker Kline, author of the 2015 featured selection, Orphan Train , as well as a musical tribute led by cellist Udi Bar-David, a world-renowned… more
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Renowned political scientist and humanist Robert D. Putnam is the author of 14 “rich, dense, thoughtful, fascinating” ( New York Review of Books ) nonfiction works about American civic engagement, social and religious values, and opportunity,… more
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• Recorded Mar 12, 2015A contributing editor at New York Magazine , Jennifer Senior writes about politics, mental health, and social sciences, and in 2014 she delivered a TED Talk on happiness and parenting. Her “excellent” New York Times bestselling debut book, All… more
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• Recorded Mar 11, 2015Managing partner of Philadelphia’s celebrated Marc Vetri family of restaurants, for over 15 years Jeff Benjamin has helped make the Vetri brand synonymous with quality fine-dining with his impeccable standards, attention to detail, wide range of… more
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• Recorded Mar 10, 2015 Explicit ContentRedeployment , Phil Klay ’s debut story collection, is “the best literary work thus far written by a veteran of America’s recent wars” ( The New Yorker ). A former Marine officer who served thirteen months in Iraq, Klay has been rewarded by… more
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Capturing “the rhythm, tone, and evanescent vocabulary of urban life” ( The New York Review of Books ), Richard Price’s gritty crime novels include The Wanderers , Lush Life and Clockers . He is the screenwriter of Sea of Love , Ransom , the… more
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• Recorded Feb 26, 2015 Explicit ContentLaura Lippman’s detective fiction includes the popular Tess Monaghan series of novels, the New York Times bestselling What the Dead Know , and Every Secret Thing . Her books have won a plethora of crime and mystery book awards, including the… more
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