Podcasts
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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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Born in Ireland and raised in Holland, Joseph O'Neill writes regularly for The Atlantic Monthly and is the author of two previous novels, This Is the Life and The Breezes. O'Neill is also the author of the New York Times Notable Book Blood-Dark… more
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• Recorded Jun 9, 2009A celebrated cartoonist and illustrator for the New Yorker , Seth has earned Harvey, Eisner, and Ignatz awards, for his graphic novel, It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, andfor his design work on The Complete Peanuts collection. First… more
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The works of Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano, writes author Isabel Allende “invade the reader’s mind, to persuade him or her to surrender to the charm of his writing and the power of his idealism.” Transcending orthodox genres, Galeano… more
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Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of Peony in Love, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Flower Net (an Edgar Award nominee), The Interior, and Dragon Bones, as well as the critically acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain: The… more
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Described as a “hip-hop intellectual,” Michael Eric Dyson is an ordained Baptist minister, social analyst, and a Professor at Georgetown University. His book, Is Bill Cosby Right?, was a national bestseller and winner of a NAACP Image Award for… more
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The author of many books, including The Embarrassment of Riches and National Book Critics Circle Award winner Rough Crossings, Simon Schama is a Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University. A cultural essayist for the New Yorker,… more
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