Podcasts
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In The Lay of the Land, his first novel in ten years, Richard Ford reprises his famed everyman protagonist, Frank Bascombe, whose story began with the best-selling novel The Sportswriter in 1985, and continued in the 1995 Pulitzer Prize winner… more
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• Recorded Oct 26, 2006A MacArthur Prize Fellow and the recipient of the 1998 National Medal of Science, William Julius Wilson is Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. He is the author of Power, Racism, and Privilege ; The Declining… more
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In Veronica, Gaitskill portrays the unlikely friendship between Alison, an ex-model, and Veronica, an eccentric proofreader with AIDS, penetrating the veils of love and loss with distinctive, flinty prose and a story that is raw and unique.… more
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A distinguished writer on both business and sports, Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Moneyball, The New New Thing , Liar’s Poker, and a fond memoir of his childhood baseball coach ( Coach ). A contributing writer for New York Times… more
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Barack Obama is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and the first African-American male Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he was the first African American editor of the Harvard Law Review. Prior to… more
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An Irish writer famous for her rich and sensuous prose, Edna O’Brien has been called “the most gifted woman now writing fiction in English” by fellow author Philip Roth. The author of novels, short stories, plays, biographies, and children’s… more
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A prominent CNN commentator, Lou Dobbs is the anchor and editorial director of Lou Dobbs Tonight. He writes for Money and U.S. News & World Report, and manages the Lou Dobbs Money Letter. One of America’s most popular and respected voices on… more
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Anna Quindlen is the best-selling author of four previous novels and six works of nonfiction. In 1992, her syndicated New York Times column, “Public and Private,” won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. She now writes a bi-weekly column -… more
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• Recorded Oct 5, 2006The multi-talented Amy Sedaris is many things: actress (Comedy Central’s Strangers with Candy, Sex and the City ), film star ( Bewitched, Maid in Manhattan ), and yes, David Sedaris’s sister. The movie version of Strangers with Candy, in which… more
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• Recorded Sep 30, 2006In 1975, a young engineering wizard, Steve Wozniak , created the first personal computer, the Apple I, and ignited the computer revolution. Ten years later, he received the National Medal of Technology, the highest honor bestowed upon American… more
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On the stages of Broadway, Second City, and the Improv, in film and on television, Tony Award nominated comedian Robert Klein has entertained the world with his stand up routines for more than forty years. The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue is… more
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• Recorded Sep 26, 2006Cindy Sheehan’s son, Casey, was killed while serving in Iraq on April 4, 2004. In August 2005, she organized a peace vigil outside President George W. Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas. “Camp Casey” attracted major media coverage and sparked… more
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• Recorded Sep 26, 2006Frank Rich is an Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times, where he writes a weekly essay on the intersection of news and culture. Rich joined the Times in 1980 as chief theater critic: his theater reviews are collected in Hot Seat: Theater… more
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Nora Ephron has earned Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay for the films When Harry Met Sally, Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also directed. An acclaimed essayist, her work is collected in Wallflower at the Orgy, Crazy… more
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Joel Meyerowitz was the only photographer granted unimpeded right of entry into Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11. With ingenuity and sheer determination, Meyerowitz - a native New Yorker and renowned street photographer - systematically… more
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Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, author of the best-selling books When Bad Things Happen to Good People and When All You've Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough, has brought consolation and inspiration to millions of people worldwide with his unique insight, warmth,… more
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• Recorded Sep 13, 2006Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now! She is co-author, with her brother David Goodman, of the national bestseller The Exception to the Rulers , which was chosen by independent bookstores as the #1 political title of the… more
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• Recorded Sep 12, 2006An acclaimed journalist and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet, Katha Pollitt is a regular columnist for The Nation magazine. Pollitt is a self-described liberal and feminist famous for her critiques of the feminist movement and its… more
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• Recorded Aug 15, 2006 Explicit Content( This recording contains explicit content. ) Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh gained international acclaim with his 1996 novel Trainspotting and the subsequent eponymous film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor. Welsh is an… more
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Monte Irvin’s career in baseball stretched from the Negro National League to the Major League, from shortstop to scout to PR specialist in the commissioner’s office. The right-handed power hitter won two batting titles in the Negro National… more
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