Podcasts
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R. L. Stine spoke to middle-schoolers about writing and urban myths at the Free Library of Philadelphia as part of the Field Family Teen Author Series.
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• Recorded Oct 25, 2005H. W. Brands is the Dickson Allen Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. The author of Lone Star Nation and The Age of Gold , he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography for The First American: The Life and Times of… more
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• Recorded Oct 20, 2005Cartoonist Chris Ware is a professional colorist, award-winning letterer, and author of Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, which was included in the 2002 Whitney Biennial of American Art. The ACME Novelty Library is a new graphic work… more
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Dava Sobel has a rare gift for weaving scientific concepts into a compelling story and her internationally bestselling books, including Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, attract readers from across the literary spectrum. An award-winning former… more
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• Recorded Oct 18, 2005An education activist, Jonathan Kozol works to end illiteracy, improve economic conditions for the poverty-stricken, and to awaken affluent Americans to the plight of the downtrodden. Since his National Book Award-winning first book, Death at an… more
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• Recorded Oct 11, 2005A Christian leader for social change, Jim Wallis is the founder and editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine and the president and convener of “Call to Renewal,” the national federation of churches and faith-based organizations working with members… more
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In a downtown Washington, D.C., recording studio, Fresh Air book critic and Georgetown University English professor, Maureen Corrigan tapes her book reviews for Fresh Air with Terry Gross . Over the past 16 years, Corrigan has logged thousands of… more
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Mario Livio is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Johns Hopkins University and an astronomer at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, where his research interests include theoretical astrophysics, neutron stars, and… more
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• Recorded Oct 5, 2005An outspoken feminist and social activist, Barbara Ehrenreich writes with great passion on subjects as varied as healthcare, sex, class, and families. Beginning in 1998, she spent two years living the life of the American working class. What she… more
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• Recorded Sep 29, 2005L. A. Banks has written more than 17 novels under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including romance, women’s fiction, and crime/suspense thrillers. Her Vampire Huntress Legends series mixes religion and African symbolism with erotic horror… more
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Beginning with a daring helicopter ride over the West Bank and climaxing with a hair-raising airlift into Baghdad, Where God Was Born is the odyssey undertaken by Bruce Fieler, the best-selling author of Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three… more
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Salman Rushdie is known for his witty examinations of an ever-changing sociopolitical landscape. Midnight ’s Children, his second novel and winner of the prestigious Booker Prize, is a comedic telling of Indian history, while his most recent… more
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• Recorded Sep 22, 2005Join Robert Mankoff, cartoon editor of the New Yorker, for a rollicking visual journey through eight decades of socially and politically satiric - but also downright hilarious - cartoons from some of the most popular cartoonists of the day.… more
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• Recorded Sep 22, 2005Richard Dawkins - known for his “brilliance and wit” ( New Yorker ) - is one of the most influential scientists of our time and holds a chair at Oxford University. His highly acclaimed books include The Blind Watchmaker , The Selfish Gene and A… more
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• Recorded Sep 20, 2005Before the unprecedented success of her 1997 novel, The Red Tent, Anita Diamant authored several well-received books on modern Jewish culture, including The New Jewish Wedding and Choosing a Jewish Life. In Dogtown, her third novel, Diamant… more
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• Recorded Sep 15, 2005Andrea Mitchell is the chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News, a position she's held since November 1994. She reports on foreign policy issues for all NBC News broadcasts, including "Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today," and for… more
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A culinary innovator, Susanna Foo revolutionized Chinese cuisine, first in her popular Philadelphia restaurant, then in her award-winning cookbook, Susanna Foo Chinese Cuisine, and most recently at Suilan, her acclaimed Atlantic City restaurant.… more
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• Recorded Sep 8, 2005Former Assistant Secretary of Education, Mary Frances Berry became commissioner and vice chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in 1980. Fired by President Reagan for criticizing his civil rights policies, Berry sued him and won… more
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Christopher Paolini, a precocious, home-schooled teenager from Montana made headline news in 2003 with his debut fantasy novel Eragon. Book one of a planned trilogy, Eragon tells the tale of a fifteen-year-old boy, his blue dragon, Saphira, and… more
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• Recorded Jul 28, 2005The year, 1940; the place, Philadelphia: After five days of rousing speeches and multiple ballots, Wendell Willkie won the 1940 Republican nomination. The story of how this happened - and how essential his nomination was in allowing FDR to save… more
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