Archive for December, 2007

This Week: Secret Life of Houdini

December 31st, 2007

We talk about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist, master magician — and possibly international spy — with Larry Sloman, co-author with William Kalush of The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero. (…)

 
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Podcast 53: Secret Life of Houdini. And New Year’s in Provence

December 31st, 2007

We talk about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist, master magician — and possibly international spy — with Larry Sloman, co-author with William Kalush of The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero. (…)

 
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Podcast 52: Frances Moore Lappe on GETTING A GRIP and more…

December 25th, 2007

Ever since her ground-breaking book, DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET, Frances Moore Lappé has been showing how each of us can change the world for the better. (…)

 
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Next Week: THE SECRET LIFE OF HOUDINI, with co-author Larry Sloman

December 20th, 2007

We talk about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist, master magician — and possibly international spy — with Larry Sloman, co-author with William Kalush of The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero. (…)

This Week: GETTING A GRIP with Frances Moore Lappé

December 20th, 2007

Ever since her ground-breaking book, DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET, Frances Moore Lappé has been showing how each of us can change the world for the better. (…)

Podcast 51: Les Leopold and Richard Michelson

December 17th, 2007

We talk with Les Leopold about his terrific biography of labor leader and environmentalist Tony Mazzochi: THE MAN WHO HATED WORK AND LOVED LABOR. (…)

 
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Next Week: Frances Moore Lappé

December 17th, 2007

Ever since her ground-breaking book, DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET, Frances Moore Lappé has been showing how each of us can change the world for the better. (…)