Podcasts
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• Recorded Jun 4, 2012Dubbed "America’s Mayor" by Al Gore, Ed Rendell served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 1999. He revived the city's economy, expanded neighborhood services, and reformed the City's approach to poverty. As the Governor of Pennsylvania from… more
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• Recorded May 31, 2012For more than three decades, Eva Gabrielsson and Stieg Larsson—author of the internationally bestselling "Millenium" trilogy of Swedish crime thrillers that began with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo —were inseparable. Famous only in death,… more
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General Colin Powell served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush and National Security Advisor to President Reagan. The retired four-star general is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star,… more
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Celebrated for creating stories that express the shifting moods of the United States, Richard Ford is best known for his bestselling novel The Sportswriter and its 1995 sequel Independence Day —winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner… more
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll is the author of The Bin Ladens , a sprawling history of the bin Laden clan and a "psychologically detailed portrait of the brutal 9/11 mastermind" ( New York Times ), and Ghost Wars , a narrative… more
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Carlin Romano, critic-at-large of The Chronicle of Higher Education, spent 25 years as Literary Critic of the Philadelphia Inquirer , where he also served at various times as cultural reporter, general assignment city staffer, and correspondent… more
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Acclaimed for her powerful and poetic depictions of African American culture, Toni Morrison received the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. She is the Robert F. Goheen Professor of… more
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• Recorded May 17, 2012Known for her ardent naturalist prose, Terry Tempest Williams is the author of Refuge , which simultaneously chronicled her mother's death from cancer—developed from nuclear testing in Nevada—and the flooding of the Bear River Migratory Bird… more
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• Recorded May 16, 2012 Explicit Content(This podcast contains explicit content.) Philadelphia's own Buzz Bissinger is the author of the bestselling nonfiction classic on high school football, Friday Night Lights, which was turned into a successful film as well as an NBC television… more
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A New York Times op-ed columnist since 1999, Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for his work in international trade and economic geography . He is the author or editor of 23 books, including The Age of Diminished Expectations and The… more
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• Recorded May 14, 2012For his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert A. Caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, twice won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and received virtually every other major literary honor, including the National Book… more
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• Recorded May 11, 2012The first woman to hold the position of United States Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright served in the Clinton administration from 1996 to 2000 and as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 1997. Called "a remarkable story of… more
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No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen's brand of accessible wisdom is “tonic for the mind and soul” ( Booklist ), often rooted at the domestic level, but addresses universal issues. Quindlen earned the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for… more
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Pickwick Salon 2012 With his regular contributions to Sports Illustrated —where his by-line first appeared in 1962—NPR's Morning Edition, and Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO, Frank Deford is one of the most influential voices in sports… more
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Since its inception in 1983, Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For has become a countercultural institution, widely anthologized and translated. Her 2006 bestselling memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic was named a Best Book of the… more
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The youngest op-ed columnist in New York Times history, Ross Douthat represents a new generation of conservative commentators, credited with helping the movement find new relevance and new constituencies in the 21 st century. A Harvard graduate,… more
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• Recorded Apr 27, 2012Educator and philosopher, Dr. Cornel West is one of America’s most provocative and gifted public intellectuals. Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University, he is the author of the contemporary classic, Race Matters… more
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• Recorded Apr 26, 2012 Explicit ContentThis podcast contains explicit content. Called "an astute and compassionate observer, a meticulous historian and a gifted stylist" by Adam Langer in the New York Times , David Bezmozgis emigrated from Riga, Latvia to Toronto in 1980. His debut… more
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The author of more than 25 books, including two Pulitzer Prize-winning works of nonfiction, E.O. Wilson has won a raft of scientific and conservation prizes, including the prestigious National Medal of Science. Wilson’s writing explores the world… more
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• Recorded Apr 21, 20122012 Philadelphia Book Festival Award-winning science writer Dava Sobel’s bestselling books include Longitude , Galileo’s Daughter , and The Planets . In the elegant Longitude , Sobel relayed the dramatic human story behind the invention of the… more
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