Podcasts
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• Recorded Jul 29, 2010Rick Moody is the author of nine books, including The Diviners and The Ice Storm, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Sigourney Weaver. Among his many honors, he has won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award and a Guggenheim… more
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Founding guitarist of the legendary band Queen, Brian May also holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics and has nurtured a lifetime passion for "stereoscopic" 3-D images. Picture cards, given away in cereal boxes, first fascinated him as a child. A… more
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• Recorded Jul 15, 2010Steven Raichlen began his culinary career with a Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellowship to study medieval cooking in Europe. He has since written nearly 30 cookbooks filled with recipes collected from around the world, among them, the… more
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Philadelphian Jennifer Weiner is the author of seven books, including the New York Times bestseller Good in Bed; In Her Shoes, which was adapted into major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz; Certain Girls; and Best Friends Forever. There are… more
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• Recorded Jul 13, 2010"David Mitchell is a prodigiously daring and imaginative young writer," writes Time magazine; he is simply "a genius," according to the New York Times Book Review. Mitchell was twice listed for the Man Booker Prize for his novels Number9Dream and… more
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The Passage by Justin Cronin is the first novel in a planned trilogy set in a monster-ravaged, post-apocalyptic America, in which the future of humanity hinges on the actions of a six-year-old girl. Stephen King praises, "[The Passage] has the… more
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Recipient of a 2005 Canadian Comedy Award, Samantha Bee holds the title of Most Senior Correspondent at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which she joined in 2003. She also recently appeared in the feature film Motherhood alongside Uma Thurman.… more
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According to the New York Times Book Review, Jennifer Egan writes with "an admirably deft touch, but more impressive than her craftsmanship is the emotional authenticity she achieves." She is the author of novels The Keep, National Book Award… more
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Christopher Hitchens is a prolific and controversial writer, as well as a popular radio and TV commentator. A self-styled radicalist, Hitchens is notorious for his strong opinions and conflicting views: he was against the Vietnam War and for the… more
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The New York Times calls Alan Furst "America’s preeminent spy novelist" and "an incomparable expert at his game." He is the bestselling author of more than 10 historical thrillers, which have been translated into 17 languages. His milieu is the… more
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• Recorded Jun 10, 2010Robert McCrum is the associate editor of The Observer (London) and co-author of the bestseller The Story of English , a history of the English language, that went on to be adapted into an Emmy Award-winning nine-part PBS television series. He is… more
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Novella Carpenter studied under writer and food guru Michael Pollan for two years at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. In Farm City she chronicles the creation and maintenance of her urban farm in Oakland, California, where she raises… more
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Born in Somalia and raised Muslim, Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled to Holland, where she eventually became a member of the Dutch parliament, to avoid a forced marriage. An outspoken advocate for the rights of women and a staunch critic of Islamic extremism,… more
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On Role Models, the new memoir from legendary American filmmaker, actor, and writer John Waters, author Augusten Burroughs comments, "How did somebody from a quiet Baltimore neighborhood grow up to become the outlandish, brilliant, and insane… more
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• Recorded May 27, 2010Jonathan Sacks is Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. A frequent contributor to The Times (London) and the BBC, Rabbi Sacks was knighted in 2005 and granted life peerage in the House of Lords in… more
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• Recorded May 24, 2010"Among academic stars, Nussbaum is one of the brightest," writes one Publishers Weekly reviewer. One of America’s most influential philosophers, she is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics in the Philosophy… more
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A contributing editor to Vanity Fair , Sebastian Junger has won both the SAIS Novartis Prize for journalism and a National Magazine Award. His first book, The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea, was a surprise bestseller and… more
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• Recorded May 18, 2010Hampton Sides is an acclaimed bestselling author and a National Magazine Award nominated journalist. He won the PEN USA Award for nonfiction and the 2002 Discover Award from Barnes and Noble for Ghost Soldiers , a historical narrative following… more
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• Recorded May 12, 2010The author of modern and authoritative historical narratives, New York Times bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick won the National Book Award in 2000 for In the Heart of the Sea, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Mayflower in 2007, and… more
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Named "America’s Top Cop" by Esquire magazine, John F. Timoney has served as First Deputy Commissioner for the New York Police Department, Police Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia, and Chief of Police for the City of Miami. An immigrant… more
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