Podcasts
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Esteemed economist Amartya Sen received the Nobel Prize for his work on social choice theory, welfare economics, development economics, moral and political philosophy, and the economics of peace and war. With an impeccable record of advocacy for… more
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• Recorded Apr 22, 2014Actress, author, and activist Marlo Thomas burst onto the scene with her pioneering role as the star of television’s That Girl , and over the course of a groundbreaking career she has been honored with four Emmy Awards, the George Foster Peabody… more
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• Recorded Apr 19, 2014For the New York Times bestselling The Tenth Parallel , journalist Eliza Griswold spent seven years traveling the geographic and ideological fronts in Africa and Asia where Christianity and Islam collide. She is also the author of Wideawake Field… more
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• Recorded Apr 19, 2014Investigative journalist and muckraking author of the “eye-opening and persuasive” ( The New York Times Book Review ) best-seller Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution , Doug Fine peeks into dank corners to find the… more
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“One of the quiet giants of American fiction,” ( The Los Angeles Times Book Review ), Lydia Davis received the 2013 Man Booker International Prize for her witty, poetic, and minimalist fiction. She is the author of several short story… more
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With memorable characters, historical accuracy, exploration of social and ethical issues, and knife’s-edge suspense, Anne Perry’s acclaimed Victorian mysteries “would make Dickens’s eyes pop out” ( New York Times Book Review ). Named one of the… more
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“Veteran muckraker” ( The New Yorker ) Barbara Ehrenreich is the New York Times bestselling author of 14 books, including the working class exposé Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch , in which she investigated the economic shadow world of… more
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• Recorded Apr 15, 2014New York Times bestselling author and the “reigning queen of women’s fiction” ( The Sacramento Bee ), Debbie Macomber is the author of more than 150 books. Her romantic, heartening stories of small-town life, lasting friendships, and home and… more
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• Recorded Apr 14, 2014Food Network stars and owners of popular barbecue joints in Memphis, Nashville, and New York, Pat and Gina Neely have charmed fans across the country with their “down-home, food-and-booty jubilance” ( Ebony ). Down Home with the Neelys debuted in… more
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Over the course of eight collections of poetry, four books of criticism, and the long-running “Poet’s Choice” column in the Washington Post , Edward Hirsch has cemented his reputation as an attentive reader and an elegant poet, capturing what the… more
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• Recorded Apr 8, 2014Pine Tree Foundation Endowed Lecture As longtime cartoon editor of The New Yorker , Bob Mankoff is a prominent commentator on the role of humor in American business, politics, and life, charged with selecting the less than 20 cartoons that will… more
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• Recorded Apr 3, 2014“Dark and witty” ( Publishers Weekly ), Walter Kirn has been praised for his excoriating and exquisitely detailed satires of modern American life. Two of his novels, Thumbsucker and the “hilarious, often ingenious” ( Time Out New York ) Up in the… more
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• Recorded Apr 1, 2014One of history’s least celebrated—and most successful—military units, the 369 th Infantry, nicknamed “The Harlem Hellfighters” by their enemies, was the first African American regiment to fight in World War I. Simultaneously surviving prolonged… more
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• Recorded Mar 31, 2014The youngest woman ever elected to the Florida State Legislature, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dedicated her public life to working on behalf of the people of southern Florida for two decades. She has commanded… more
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• Recorded Mar 27, 2014A Renaissance man in every sense of the word, “[Simon] Schama is a genius of storytelling” ( The Times of London ). The author of many books, including The Embarrassment of Riches and National Book Critics Circle Award winner Rough Crossings,… more
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Celebrating its 30 th anniversary in 2014, the Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia has produced more than 3,800 murals and public art projects that have brightened every Philadelphia neighborhood. Under the guidance of Jane Golden, the program has… more
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• Recorded Mar 24, 2014Teju Cole received the 2012 PEN/Hemingway Award for his “prismatic debut” ( The New Yorker ) Open City , “a quiet novel that somehow manages to scream” ( Boston Globe ). The book, named a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, is set in… more
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• Recorded Mar 20, 2014In July 2009, American hikers Sarah Shourd , Shane Bauer , and Josh Fattal were arrested by border guards for unknowingly crossing over to Iran from Iraqi Kurdistan. Detained, accused of espionage, and held in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison,… more
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• Recorded Mar 18, 2014When prolific drug informant Benny Martinez walked into the offices of Philadelphia Daily News reporters Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker in 2009, he triggered events that would ultimately expose one of the biggest police corruption scandals in… more
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Possessed of “psychological precision” and an “unsentimental knowledge of her characters’ hopes and fears” ( New York Times ), Lorrie Moore is the author of several short story collections and novels, including Birds of America and A Gate at the… more
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