Podcasts
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In his first book, Marley and Me , John Grogan offers a hilarious and heartwarming look at the joys and tribulations of sharing your life with a dog. A #1 international bestseller, a film version of the book, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer… more
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Right now, a group of mathematicians and computer scientists are sifting through mountains of data about where we shop, who we call, and the websites we visit. Their goal? To map out our next steps and direct our behavior without our ever… more
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Called the Latin Emeril by one food critic for his wide smile and educational approach to food, 34-year-old Chef Jose Garces is a two-time nominee for the Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic Award from the James Beard Foundation. An ambassador of contemporary… more
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Annie Leibovitz began working at Rolling Stone in 1970. By the time she left in 1983, she had shot more than 140 covers and helped define the signature look of the magazine. A photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair, Leibovitz has also created… more
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• Recorded Dec 2, 2008Eighteen years after the publication of their exhaustive and Pulitzer Prize-winning study The Ants, co-authors E.O. Wilson and Bert Holldobler present a new study of social insects: ants, bees, wasps, and termites, among others, that collectively… more
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Recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, Toni Morrison is the Robert F. Goheen Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Princeton University, and author of the esteemed novels The Bluest Eye , Sula , Song of Solomon , Tar Baby , and Beloved .… more
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Sous vide is an innovative culinary technique that is revolutionizing the professional food world. Blazing the gastronomic trail is Thomas Keller, owner and chef of legendary restaurants The French Laundry, Bouchon, and per se. In Under Pressure… more
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John Adams | Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life Winner of several Grammy Awards and the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in music for On the Transmigration of Souls, John Adams is a renowned contemporary composer. Employing minimalist techniques… more
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Christopher Plummer has appeared in more than 100 films, including The Man Who Would Be King and A Beautiful Mind. Honored with two Tony Awards for his title roles in Cyrano and Barrymore, Plummer has starred in several prize-winning productions… more
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• Recorded Nov 18, 2008 Explicit ContentThis recording contains explicit content. Jesse Sheidlower, Editor-at-large of the Oxford English Dictionary and its first-ever North American editor, Jesse Sheidlower is an expert in linguistics and lexicography, particularly with regard to… more
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James McPherson | Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief A professor emeritus of History at Princeton University, James McPherson won the Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, his single-volume treatment of the… more
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Photographer Mary Ellen Mark is renowned for her humanist portraits of people and cultures. Presented in books and exhibitions, or appearing in publications like the New Yorker and Vanity Fair, her work often addresses complex social issues.… more
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• Recorded Nov 6, 2008 Explicit Content( This recording contains explicit content. ) Art Spiegelman | Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! One of the pioneers of the graphic novel genre, Art Spiegelman is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus, a narrative memoir of… more
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Christopher Buckley has been called the quintessential political novelist of his time by Fortune magazine and one of the funniest writers in the English language, by Tom Wolfe. A winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, Buckley has written… more
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• Recorded Oct 28, 2008A champion of environmental and social justice causes, John Perkins is the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man , a startling exposé of international corruption that spent more than a year on the New York Times Best Sellers list. In The… more
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From the pyramids of Egypt to the skyscrapers of New York City, Caldecott Medalist and international bestseller David Macaulay has demystified the world’s great architectural and engineering accomplishments in his elaborately illustrated books… more
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( This recording contains explicit content. ) Etgar Keret | The Girl on the Fridge: Stories Israeli author, journalist, and filmmaker Etgar Keret directed the acclaimed film Jellyfish, winner of the 2007 Camera d’Or Award at the Cannes Film… more
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• Recorded Oct 21, 2008 Explicit Content( This recording contains explicit content. ) A panelist on National Public Radio’s Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me, whose deadpan interjections frequently reduce his fellow panelists to tears of laughter, Roy Blount Jr. is a writer whose work… more
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Cornelia Funke achieved international recognition with the fantasy novel Dragon Rider, which remained on the New York Times Best Sellers list for 78 weeks. Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential people of 2005, dubbing her… more
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South African native Breyten Breytenbach is a distinguished painter, activist, and writer of more than 30 books of poetry and prose. A vocal critic and committed opponent of apartheid, he founded the resistance group Okhela in the 1970s and spent… more
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