Archive for March, 2008

Poetry Speaks Expanded and Beyond Genocide

March 31st, 2008

April is Poetry Month and we enter it by talking with editor Rebekah Presson Mosby about a new edition of a much-hailed anthology from Sourcebooks Press. It’s called POETRY SPEAKS EXPANDED. Also, artist Amy Fagin and filmmaker David Edwards who will be showing their work at the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival on Tuesday, April [...]

Greg Palast on Spitzer and the Bank Bailout; also, Field Report on Narrative Journalism

March 24th, 2008

Greg Palast, investigative reporter for the BBC, tells us why he thinks the Eliot Spitzer scandal broke when it did — and what federal prosecutors were trying to keep hidden from the public about the bank bailout by taking Spitzer down. Here’s a link to a Nation article that tells the story. Then we go [...]

The Open-Focus Brain and Surviving Depression

March 18th, 2008

We talk with biofeedback pioneer Les Fehmi about how to focus the mind and improve productivity and mood. His book is THE OPEN FOCUS BRAIN: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body. The book comes with an instructional CD to put the method into practice. Also, what are the societal roots of [...]

Eric Weitz’s WEIMAR GERMANY

March 11th, 2008

We talk with historian Eric Weitz about WEIMAR GERMANY: Promise and Tragedy. On the one side, there was an explosion of intellectual and artistic creativity, on the other: hyperinflation, economic depression, and bullies of the left and right. We explore both sides of Weimar Germany and what lessons it may hold for us today. Also, we listen to robins and other birds with renowned bird biologist Donald Kroodsma, author of THE SINGING LIFE OF BIRDS.

Life With Asperger’s

March 1st, 2008

We talk with John Elder Robison about his memoir, . Brother to best-selling author Augusten Burroughs (RUNNING WITH SCISSORS), Robison has written a sweet, compelling tale about growing up with Asperger’s Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism. From the inside, he reveals what it’s like to be a misfit, the savant-like talents he feels Asperger’s [...]