Archive for March, 2007

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March 27th, 2007

Italian journalist, Giuliana Sgrena, talks about Friendly Fire: The Remarkable Story of a Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq, Rescued by an Italian Secret Service Agent, and Shot by U.S. (…)

This Week: Ian Buruma and Andy Stern

March 27th, 2007

Our guests are Ian Buruma, talking about MURDER IN AMSTERDAM: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance, and Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) on A COUNTRY THAT WORKS: Getting America Back on Track. (…)

Podcast #17 Writers on A Sense of Place, Part One

March 27th, 2007

The Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts is a region rich in history, natural beauty and writers who take the Valley as their subject. (…)

 
icon for podpress  Introduction [4:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
icon for podpress  Russell Powell [15:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
icon for podpress  Patricia Donahue [23:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Podcast #16: Eric Klinenberg, FIGHTING FOR AIR

March 27th, 2007

Eric Klinenberg talks about FIGHTING FOR AIR: The Battle to Control America’s Media. Also, Susie Patlove reads from her new chapbook, QUICKENING, out from Slate Roof Press.

 
icon for podpress  Eric Klinenberg with poem by Susie Patlove [58:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

THIS WEEK’S SHOW AND LAST WEEK’S SHOW PODCAST

March 19th, 2007

NOTE: DUE TO A MAJOR UPGRADE TO THE ARCHITECTURE UNDERLYING THIS SITE, WE ARE EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES IN BRINGING YOU THIS WEEK’S PODCAST AND SHOWING THE USUAL FRONT PAGE BILLBOARD AS USUAL. (…)

Next Week

March 15th, 2007

March 23 on WMUA 91.1 FM (see sidebar for other broadcast times): Embattled media is our topic.
Our first guest is Eric Klinenberg on FIGHTING FOR AIR: The Battle To Control America’s Media. (…)

This Week:AMERICAN BLOOMSBURY and SISTER BERNADETTE’S BARKING DOG

March 15th, 2007

March 16 on WMUA 91.1 FM (see sidebar for other broadcast times):
We talk to Susan Cheever about AMERICAN BLOOMSBURY: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau. (…)