Archive for January, 2008

How Everyday Products Make Us Sick

January 26th, 2008

We look at the environmental causes of illness and how the truth about them is being distorted and suppressed. Environmental health expert Dr. Devra Davis tells us about . She says 95% of all cancers are caused by our environment–and that powerful special interests have colluded with government and watchdog organizations like the American Cancer [...]

Web Extra: Devra Davis on Aspartame and Ritalin

January 26th, 2008

Dr. Devra Davis talks about aspartame as a carcinogen and asks if ritalin could be one, too. To hear the full interview, click here.

EVERY PAST THING and AMERICAN BLOOMSBURY

January 21st, 2008

We talk with author Susan Cheever about AMERICAN BLOOMSBURY and Pamela Thompson tells us about her debut novel, EVERY PAST THING. Today’s show begins in the early nineteenth century and ends in that century’s last year-November, 1899. We start our time travel with our first guest Susan Cheever. She takes us to Concord, MA where [...]

EVERY PAST THING, by Pamela Thompson

January 17th, 2008

EVERY PAST THING, by Pamela Thompson (excerpt by permission of the author and publisher) Publisher: Unbridled Books; 1 edition (September 29, 2007) It isn’t like they say—whoever they be—about Death, or about Knowledge. That is Edwin’s first thought, on his back, under the apple tree, looking up at the blue sky. The frightening, dear sky. [...]

Norman Solomon and Valerie Martin

January 13th, 2008

Francesca interviews journalist Normon Solomon about his memoir, Made Love, Got War. Also, we talk with novelist Valerie Martin about her wonderful new novel, TRESPASS.

DEEP WATER and DAM NATION

January 5th, 2008

We examine water policy: functional and dysfunctional approaches. Journalist Jacques Leslie talks about DEEP WATER: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People and the Environment. And gray water activists and editors Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and July Oskar Cole tell us how we can conserve water. The book they edited, along with Laura Allen is DAM NATION: [...]