Podcasts
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• Recorded Oct 2, 2014In “perfect tones and full of timbre” ( Kirkus Reviews ), novelist, playwright, and essayist Darryl Pinckney explores issues of racial, sexual, and cultural identity in contemporary America. His semi-autobiographical novel High Cotton tells an… more
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• Recorded Oct 1, 2014“Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read” ( Time ), cognitive scientist and linguist Steven Pinker has charted the way humans form thoughts and engage the world through a wide array of scientific research, scholarly writing, popular… more
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• Recorded Sep 30, 2014The first married couple to win the Pulitzer Prize, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn are acclaimed for their reporting about international social injustices, women’s issues, and Asia’s economic ascendance. In 2009 they received the Dayton… more
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New York Times columnist Charles Blow is renowned for his visual arguments that feature charts and essays as a unique form of opinion journalism. He is also a regular commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and the BBC, among other networks. The Root magazine… more
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“No one can lay claim to so much influence on the shaping of foreign policy over the past 50 years as Henry Kissinger” ( The Financial Times ). A vital presence in international and national politics since the 1950s and named one of Foreign… more
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• Recorded Sep 23, 2014“The most dangerous philosopher in the West” ( The New Republic ), Slovenian Slavoj Zizek is a towering figure in Marxist ideology, psychoanalysis, and social theory. The author of dozens of books and articles and the subject of a score of… more
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• Recorded Sep 22, 2014Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at Temple University, Laurence Steinberg is one of the world’s leading experts on adolescence. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Psychological Association, and the… more
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Five-time Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year, Ray Didinger covered the NFL for The Philadelphia Bulletin and the Philadelphia Daily News for over 25 years. He has authored or coauthored 10 books about sports and sportswriting. He currently… more
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Called simply “a genius” in the New York Times Book Review and named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, David Mitchell was twice shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his novels Number9Dream and Cloud Atlas . His other works… more
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• Recorded Sep 18, 2014One of Time magazine’s most influential people, human rights advocate and broadcaster Tavis Smiley has been an “engaging and compelling” voice in the American discourse for over two decades. He has hosted long-running and acclaimed programs on… more
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• Recorded Sep 16, 2014Granted unprecedented access to Philadelphia’s famous museum of medical oddities, specimens, and antique medical equipment, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz has penned an in-depth and revelatory biography of its eccentric and brilliant founder, Thomas… more
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In conversation with PAFA Senior Curator and curator of the exhibition, Robert Cozzolino. Internationally acclaimed as the director of films such as Eraserhead (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Mulholland… more
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• Recorded Sep 11, 2014In conversation with Tracey Matisak “Not only the greatest documentarian of the day, but also the most influential filmmaker period” ( The Baltimore S un), Ken Burns has opened the doors of American history for millions of people. With an… more
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• Recorded Sep 10, 2014“Immensely likable, eclectic, and dynamic” ( Booklist ), Maureen Corrigan brings intellectual rigor and an infectious enthusiasm to her literary reviews on NPR’s Fresh Air and the “Book World” section of The Washington Post . She is also the… more
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• Recorded Aug 7, 2014Hampton Sides is an award-winning editor of Outside and the New York Times bestselling author of the historical books Ghost Soldiers , a World War II story that was the basis for the film The Great Raid ; Blood and Thunder , about controversial… more
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• Recorded Aug 5, 2014Rick Perlstein’s bestselling Nixonland , the “sprawling, rollicking” and “fervid” ( New York Times Book Review ) second volume in a trilogy mapping the political history of conservatism in America, was named one of the best nonfiction books of… more
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• Recorded Jul 31, 2014In The Nixon Defense , former White House Counsel John W. Dean, one of the last major surviving figures of Watergate and the chief whistleblower that brought down Nixon’s presidency, draws on his own transcripts of nearly a thousand… more
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Determined to give her son everything but the truth of his father or Mexican ancestry, Brando Skyhorse’s mother took the last name of a stranger in prison for armed robbery and created a new identity for her young child as the Native American son… more
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• Recorded Jul 24, 2014In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea, orphaning two sisters and their half-brother, each armed with an otherworldy gift that will either sink or… more
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• Recorded Jul 17, 2014In 1789, as the French Revolution shook Europe, a distinguished circle of five French leaders sought refuge in Philadelphia, then capital of the United States and home of the wealthiest merchants and financiers. François Furstenberg follows these… more
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