Podcasts
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A powerful voice for ecumenical understanding, Karen Armstrong is the author of many acclaimed books on religious affairs, including A History of God and The Battle for God . Recipient of the 2008 TED Prize, she has participated in the World… more
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• Recorded Sep 29, 2009 Explicit Content(This recording contains explicit content.) Richard Russo's novels are distinguished by their true-to-life depictions of declining small towns in the United States. His novel Empire Falls won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, and his other works,… more
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(This recording contains explicit content.) "Pick it up if you dare; put it down if you can," wrote Time magazine about James Ellroy's novel The Cold Six Thousand , a New York Times Notable Book and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. Known… more
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• Recorded Sep 24, 2009A physician and the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean served six terms as Governor of Vermont, during which time the state expanded its universal healthcare program for children and pregnant women, balanced its… more
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Ralph Nader is one of our country's greatest champions of consumer safety and rights--he is responsible for major federal consumer protection laws such as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Freedom of Information Act. He was also… more
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Lorrie Moore "writes with such psychological precision, such sharp, unsentimental knowledge of her characters' hopes and fears" that her stories possess "a heartfelt understanding of the precariousness of everyday life," wrote Michiko Kakutani in… more
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( This recording contains explicit content. ) One of the world's foremost insult comics, Jeffrey Ross is "a one-man verbal assault unit" according to MTV. He has roasted Hugh Hefner, Donald Trump, and Pamela Anderson with such blistering ferocity… more
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Meelya Gordon Memorial Lecture Series Editor of the New York Times Book Review, Sam Tanenhaus is the author of the National Book Award finalist Whittaker Chambers, a biography of the man whose accusations sparked the post-war crusade against… more
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David Allen Sibley, author of the popular Sibley Guide to Birds , began watching and drawing birds as a child and is now widely celebrated for his artistic avian renderings and concise, elegant guides. "A triumph of logic and concision," The… more
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A quirky and compelling writer, Nicholson Baker is the bestselling author of seven novels (among them The Mezzanine and Vox ), as well as three works of nonfiction, including the National Book Critics Circle Award winner Double Fold: Libraries… more
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After September 11, 2001, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge was appointed the first Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. In his candid memoir, The Test of Our Times , Ridge discusses the challenges faced by the new and highly… more
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Brian Herbert and New York Times bestselling writer Kevin Anderson collaborate on expanding the beloved Dune series using detailed notes left behind by legendary series creator Frank Herbert. The Winds of Dune begins after the events of Dune… more
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• Recorded Jul 28, 2009In Empire o f Illusion , Chris Hedges, author of the bestseller War is a Force that Give Us Meaning , contends there are two Americas: one, a literate world that can cope with complexity and separate illusion from truth; the other, retreating… more
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• Recorded Jul 21, 2009On the 40th anniversary of the historic moon landing, Buzz Aldrin tells the behind the scenes story of the Apollo 11 mission and his life afterward as he struggled with depression and alcoholism. Magnificent Desolation reveals how close Apollo 11… more
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Stephen Carter's bestselling thrillers include The Emperor of Ocean Park , New England White, and Palace Council. Carter, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University, returns to the genre with Jericho’s Fall , the story of… more
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(This recording contains extensive use of potty language.) Philadelphian Jennifer Weiner is the author of the witty, smash debut novel Good in Bed. Her 2002 novel, In Her Shoes , was adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Cameron Diaz… more
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A Nobel Prize-winning cancer biologist, former director of the National Institutes of Health, president of the renowned Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and co-chair of President Barack Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and… more
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• Recorded Jun 30, 2009Author of The New American Militarism, Andrew Bacevich is a professor of history and international relations at Boston University and a retired United States Army colonel. Winner of the Lannan Award, he is perhaps the only writer to regularly… more
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Journalist Farai Chideya anchored National Public Radio’s News and Notes , has been a correspondent for ABC News, anchored Pure Oxygen on the Oxygen channel, and contributed commentaries to CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and BET, in addition to her work in… more
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Elder statesman of the environmental movement and author of more than 200 scientific papers, James Lovelock is the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis, which postulates that Earth functions as a living organism. In The Vanishing Face of Gaia,… more
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