Podcasts
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• Recorded Feb 1, 2011An accomplished food historian and critically acclaimed cookbook author, Jessica B. Harris has spent much of her life documenting the food and foodways of the African Diaspora. Her books include Iron Pots & Wooden Spoons: Africa’s Gifts to New… more
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Brad Meltzer is the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Fate, The Tenth Justice, The Millionaires , and The Zero Game. He is also a co-creator of the television show, Jack & Bobby ; the Eisner Award-winning author of the… more
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• Recorded Jan 20, 2011The former Mexican Ambassador to France, Carlos Fuentes is the author of more than 20 books, including Happy Families, The Eagle’s Throne, The Death of Artemio Cruz, and The Old Gringo . He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the… more
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The New York Times Book Review called Edmund Morris's biography The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, “one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment.” Winner of the Pulitzer… more
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Writer and director Nora Ephron is a three-time Academy Award-nominee, for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally, and Sleepless in Seattle; her latest film, Julie and Julia (based on Julie Powell's New York Times bestseller and Julia Child's memoir My… more
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• Recorded Dec 9, 2010A food editor and columnist for more than a decade at the New York Times, Amanda Hesser is the award-winning author of The Cook and the Gardener and Cooking for Mr. Latte, a collection of her "Food Diary" columns for New York Times Magazine.… more
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"A moving portrait of the artist as a young woman," according to the Los Angeles Times, Just Kids is Patti Smith's memoir of her friendship and collaboration with fellow artist Robert Mapplethorpe in gritty and glamorous New York City during the… more
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• Recorded Dec 7, 2010Winner of the 1995 Presidential Medal of Freedom, Philadelphia-born lawyer William T. Coleman was the first black American to serve as a clerk for the Supreme Court, and the first to join a major American law firm. In a career spanning nearly 70… more
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• Recorded Dec 2, 2010Director of the Institute for Public Service at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communication, David Eisenhower is the grandson of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower and the namesake of presidential retreat Camp David. His… more
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• Recorded Nov 30, 2010The DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, Eric Foner is a noted scholar of the Civil War and Reconstruction period of U.S. history. He is the author of several books including The Story of American Freedom, Who Owns… more
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Salman Rushdie's acclaimed novels are known for their witty examinations of an ever-changing sociopolitical landscape. He is the author of 10 books, including Midnight's Children --winner of the Booker Prize in 1981 and the "Booker of Bookers"… more
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• Recorded Nov 18, 2010James K. Galbraith is a professor of economics and the Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Chair in Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. A regular contributor to The Nation and… more
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• Recorded Nov 16, 2010Born in Havana in 1950, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 unaccompanied children airlifted out of Cuba by Operation Pedro Pan in the early 1960s. Today, he is the Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University and author of the… more
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What happens when Philadelphia seniors open up by sharing stories from their lives? On Seniors' Storytelling Day, be ready to smile, laugh and even cry as our city's seniors take the stage to read stories that they have written, and answer… more
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Renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks is the author of 10 bestselling books that detail the inner workings of the brain, including Musicophilia, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and Awakenings. A practicing physician and professor of neurology… more
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Though she did not live to see 40, Cleopatra accomplished much during her reign as Egypt's last queen. Ruthless and shrewd, she waged wars, poisoned her enemies, and fell in love with Mark Antony, forging an alliance with him that ultimately led… more
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Actress, comedian, and writer Amy Sedaris is the bestselling author of I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence, an unconventional handbook to home entertaining. She co-wrote and starred in the hit Comedy Central show Strangers with Candy,… more
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• Recorded Nov 4, 2010 Explicit ContentN.B. The quality of the recording improves after the first few minutes. Haitian-born writer Edwidge Danticat is the author of Oprah Book Club selection Breath, Eyes, Memory, the National Book Award finalist Krik? Krak!, and Brother, I’m Dying,… more
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• Recorded Nov 2, 2010Simon Winchester explores topics from the urbane to the catastrophic in his New York Times bestselling nonfiction books, which include The Professor and the Madman, Krakatoa, and The Man Who Loved China. His writing also appears in National… more
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Joseph J. Ellis is a bestselling author and distinguished chronicler of early American history. His book, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, won the 1997 National Book Award, and in 2001 Ellis earned the Pulitzer Prize for… more
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