Podcasts
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In Leonardo and the Last Supper , Ross King presents a portrait of one of history’s artistic geniuses, exploring how—surrounded by war and political and religious turmoil, and plagued by his own insecurities—Leonardo da Vinci created the… more
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• Recorded Nov 15, 2012Patriarch of one of the greatest political dynasties in the United States, Joseph Patrick Kennedy was an indomitable figure whose ferocious drive and ingenuity were matched only by his dreams of advancement for his nine children. With… more
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• Recorded Nov 14, 2012In the late 1970s “only the Lord saved more” than Flyers goaltender Bernie Parent. In his time as a Broad Street Bully, Parent won two Vezina Trophies as the league’s top goaltender, two Conn Smythe Trophies as playoff MVP, and two Stanley Cup… more
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• Recorded Nov 13, 2012Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame is a collection of essays about influential Jewish athletes, coaches, broadcasters, team owners, and trainers, including Howard Cosell, Art Shamsky, Kerri Strug, and Sandy Koufax. Contributors include New… more
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Called “the Woody Guthrie of contemporary American fiction” ( Boston Globe ), Barbara Kingsolver is a self-described “writer of the working class.” Her work is rich in science, landscape, and character, and has garnered numerous awards, including… more
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Alex Danchev’s writing spans art, politics, and military history, and the subjects of his acclaimed biographies include philosopher-statesman Oliver Franks, military writer Basil Liddell Hart, and cubist Georges Braque. His most recent books… more
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“Immensely gifted and accomplished” ( Washington Post ) Irish novelist Colm Toibin's books include The South, winner of the Irish Times/Aer Lingus First Fiction Award; The Master, winner of the Dublin IMPAC Prize and the Los Angeles Times Novel… more
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An award-winning national correspondent for the Atlantic , Mark Bowden is the author of numerous books of investigative journalism, including the New York Times bestselling classic of war reporting, Black Hawk Down . Floodlighting modern war with… more
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• Recorded Nov 1, 2012Called “the Aretha Franklin of black publishing” by Kwan Foye, Karen Quinones Miller’s self-published first novel, Satin Doll , sold nearly 30,000 copies. The author of six Essence bestsellers, including Using What You Got , Passin’, and Uptown… more
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Named America’s Best Chef by Time magazine, Thomas Keller is the renowned proprietor and chef of legendary restaurants Bouchon, per se, The French Laundry, Ad Hoc, and Bouchon Bakery. He is also the author of several cookbooks from his innovative… more
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New Journalism pioneer and literary superstar Tom Wolfe has carefully recorded popular culture for more than four decades. “What makes him so good is his ability… to get under the skin of a phenomenon and transmit its metabolic rhythm” ( Newsweek… more
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“As the brightness of his brilliance is hard to look at, so is the darkness of his humor. I don't know a funnier writer alive,” wrote Jonathan Safran Foer of Howard Jacobson’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Finkler Question . An acerbic… more
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Justin Cronin bombarded the summer of 2010 with vicious, limb-tearing vampires that were the catastrophic result of biomedical research in his novel, The Passage— the first book of a planned post-apocalyptic trilogy. Named one of the 10 best… more
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• Recorded Oct 18, 2012Champion of unbridled conversation, Camille Paglia acquired the nickname “Hurricane Camille” after publishing the 700-page tome on sex, art, and literature titled Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson in 1990. She… more
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• Recorded Oct 16, 2012Called simply “a genius” by the New York Times Book Review and named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, David Mitchell was twice listed for the Man Booker Prize for his novels Number9Dream and Cloud Atlas . His other works include Black… more
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• Recorded Oct 15, 2012One of the nation's most talented chefs and an ambassador of contemporary Latin cuisine, Chef Jose Garces opened his first restaurant, Amada, in 2005, and has since opened six more acclaimed Philadelphia restaurants, in addition to ventures in… more
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Paul Elie's debut book, The Life You Save May Be Your Own told the stories of four great American Catholic writers—Flannery O'Conner, Walker Percy, Thomas Merton, and Dorothy Day—who crafted literature out of their search for God. Called “a work… more
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(This podcast contains explicit language) A founding member of The Who—"possibly the greatest live band ever" (Eddie Vedder)—and mighty force in rock music, Pete Townshend wrote more than 100 songs for the band's 11 studio albums,… more
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• Recorded Oct 9, 2012Chris Ware's graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth won the Guardian First Book Award, the first time a graphic novel has won a major United Kingdom literary award. Author of the award-winning series The ACME Novelty Library ,… more
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In her 14 novels, children's stories, and poetry collections, Louise Erdrich revisits the beloved and familiar Native American reservation of her North Dakota childhood, grounding mythic and magical in the detail of the everyday, “easily… more
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