Podcasts
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David McCullough’s bestselling books have created a renaissance of interest in American history. His affinity for morally complex subjects results in fascinating, in-depth biographical studies. He has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman… more
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Tomi Ungerer arrived in New York City in 1956 with $60 in his pocket and a trunk full of jazzy, acid-etched manuscripts and drawings. His first children’s book, The Mellops Go Flying , about a family of daring French pigs, was published to… more
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• Recorded Jun 9, 2011Eli Pariser is a pioneer in online politics. Shortly after 9/11, he created a website calling for a non-military approach to fighting terrorism. Within weeks, over half a million people from 192 countries signed on. His website merged with… more
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Oscar Hijuelos turns the characters and experiences of his Cuban-American heritage into fictional works that consistently win both critical and popular praise. The author of eight internationally bestselling novels, Hijuelos was the first Latino… more
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Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her novel March , Geraldine Brooks is the internationally bestselling author of Nine Parts of Desire , Foreign Correspondence, Year of Wonders , and People of the Book . A former war correspondent for the… more
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• Recorded May 19, 2011An award-winning poet and natural history writer, Diane Ackerman is the author of two dozen books, including the critically acclaimed A Natural History of the Senses and the 2008 Orion Book Award-winner The Zookeeper's Wife. In her new memoir,… more
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• Recorded May 17, 2011Widely acclaimed as a master of narrative nonfiction, Erik Larson is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including The Devil in the White City , which remained on the hardcover and paperback lists for a combined total of more than… more
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Mississippi-born Kathryn Stockett's debut novel, The Help , examines the complex relationship between white Southern families and their black domestic servants in the 1960s. A story of social awakening as seen from both sides of the American… more
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Called "a powerful storyteller, frankly sensual [and] mortally funny" by a reviewer for the New York Times , Lorene Cary is the author of Pride , Black Ice, and The Price of a Child , a historical novel about the Underground Railroad which was… more
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• Recorded May 9, 2011W. Wilson Goode, Charles E. Lewis, Jr, and Harold Dean Trulear address the effects of incarceration on families and communities in Ministry with Prisoners and Families: The Way Forward . Challenging African American churches to provide support,… more
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• Recorded May 5, 2011In 2008, fans of the butter-loving Francophile chef were stunned to learn that Julia Child previously worked for the OSS in the Far East during World War II. Her recently declassified OSS files flesh out Jennet Conant's account of Julia Child's… more
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• Recorded May 3, 2011 Explicit ContentCalled "the country’s premier underground cartoonist" ( Newsweek ) and "a bona-fide cult hero" ( The New Yorker ), Daniel Clowes is the multiple Harvey, Ignatz, and Eisner Award-winning creator of the alternative comic Eightball . His graphic… more
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John Sayles is "one of the country's best independent filmmakers," according to a reviewer for the Washington Post Book World. An Academy Award-nominated writer and director of such classic films as The Return of the Secaucus Seven, Matewan,… more
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• Recorded Apr 28, 2011Co-presented by The Philadelphia Science Festival Introduced by Dennis Wint, president and chief executive officer of The Franklin Institute Recognized for his groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory, Brian Greene hosted the Public… more
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• Recorded Apr 26, 2011Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. A former senior staff member of the RAND Corporation, he has served as deputy director in the State Department’s… more
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Simon Schama | Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill and My Mother• Recorded Apr 25, 2011"[Simon] Schama is a genius of storytelling," writes The Times of London. The author of many books, including The Embarrassment of Riches and National Book Critics Circle Award winner Rough Crossings, Schama is a Professor of Art History and… more
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• Recorded Apr 21, 2011Acclaimed sociologist Elijah Anderson has been called "one of our best urban ethnographers" by the New York Times Book Review . Anderson is currently the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Sociology at Yale University and the Charles and William… more
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• Recorded Apr 20, 2011As president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States—the world's largest animal protection organization—Wayne Pacelle leads 11 million members and constituents in confronting animal cruelty. He has worked for the passage of more than… more
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Walter Dean Myers is "arguably one of the most important writers of children's books of our age," according to a reviewer for Kirkus. The winner of two Newbery Honor awards, five Coretta Scott King Awards, and the Michael L. Printz Award, among… more
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The author and illustrator of the popular children’s picture books Jumanji and The Polar Express —both of which were adapted into successful major motion pictures—Chris Van Allsburg is the winner of two Caldecott Medals, the National Book Award,… more
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