Podcasts
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• Recorded Jun 4, 2013In The Philadelphia Chromosome , science journalist Jessica Wapner reconstructs the crucial breakthroughs in discovering the links between cancers and their genetic causes. The story unfolds over 50 years, from the first glimpse of a genetic… more
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• Recorded Jun 3, 2013 Explicit Content(This podcast contains explicit content.) Walter Mosley is the bestselling author of more than 41 books, including Little Scarlet, Fear Itself, and Bad Boy Brawly Brown . His many honors include an O. Henry Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, a… more
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As host of CBC’s radio show WireTap , Jonathan Goldstein “brings self-deprecation to a whole other level” ( The Montreal Gazette ). Part monologue and part telephone conversation, the show reveals “the warp of Goldstein’s imagination” ( Toronto… more
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• Recorded May 29, 2013Alice Walker’s esteemed literary career spans over four decades and includes seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. Her 1983 novel The Color Purple received the Pulitzer Prize and… more
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• Recorded May 22, 2013Mark Tercek is president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, the global conservation organization. A former managing director for Goldman Sachs, where he spent 25 years, he champions natural capital. Tercek was appointed by New York Governor… more
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Jeremy Scahill is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of the bestselling book Blackwater, about the world’s fastest-growing private army and a powerful player in the War on Terror. A two-time recipient of the George Polk… more
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Renata Adler was born in Milan and raised in Connecticut. She received a B.A. from Bryn Mawr, an M.A. from Harvard, a D.d’E.S. from the Sorbonne, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and an LL.D. (honorary) from Georgetown. Adler became a staff writer at… more
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At the age of 17, Kevin Powers enlisted in the Army and later served as a machine-gunner in Mosul and Tal Afar, Iraq, where the infinite sky is “catacombed with clouds” and “soldiers stay awake on fear and amphetamines and Tabasco sauce daubed… more
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Called "the 21st-century daughter of that other great Igbo novelist, Chinua Achebe " ( The Washington Post Book World ) , Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie exposes the deep scars of colonialism on the African landscape. Her debut… more
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• Recorded May 13, 2013The New York Times bestselling author of modern and authoritative historical narratives, Nathaniel Philbrick’s works include the National Book Award-winning In The Heart of the Sea and Boston Globe Horn Book Award recipient Revenge of the Whale ,… more
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Known for her deft ability to conjure the lives and mores of radically different characters, Claire Messud is “a writer of near-miraculous perfection” ( New York Times ). Her books include When the World Was Steady , The Hunters , and The Last… more
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Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier is “one of the deepest thinkers on the impacts of technology on society” ( New York Times ). His book, You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto — “a tonic and necessary call for humanism” ( Booklist )—detailed his… more
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In conversation with Joe Scarborough One of television's most outspoken journalists, Mika Brzezinski is co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough—called “the thinking viewer’s choice” ( USA Weekend )—and author of the New York Times… more
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• Recorded May 6, 2013“The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook,” Michael Feinstein is a multi-platinum-selling, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominated entertainer dedicated to restoring music from the golden age of American song. He educates audiences about the… more
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One of Newsweek ’s 150 Women Who Changed the World, Eve Ensler has devoted her life to the defense of the female body. Her 1996 play The Vagina Monologues recounts funny, riveting, and horrifying stories Ensler gathered from conversations with… more
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• Recorded May 3, 2013A Time Magazine Top 100 Hero, Temple Grandin has become a philosophical leader of both the animal welfare and autism advocacy movements. Diagnosed with autism as a child, she studied psychology and earned a Ph.D. in Animal Science. A passionate… more
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During her 15-year television career, screenwriter and Writers Guild Award nominee Maria Semple wrote for such shows as Mad About You, Saturday Night Live, Ellen, and Arrested Development . Her debut novel This One is Mine , called an… more
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• Recorded Apr 30, 2013Journalist and social justice activist Letty Cottin Pogrebin is the founding editor of Ms. magazine, a national flagship platform for feminist journalism launched in 1971 that brazenly helped to shape the anti-sexist movement. Pogrebin is the… more
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Isabel Allende “rearranges reality with a blend of memories, mysticism and imagination” ( Philadelphia Inquirer ) in her picturesque historical fiction about family sagas, love, war, and politics. She is the recipient of 50 awards in more than a… more
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For more than 25 years, Michael Pollan has pinpointed the intersections of nature and culture. Named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, he lectures widely on food, agriculture, health, and the environment. His six books include the New… more
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