Archive for March, 2009

Snark and Civility

March 24th, 2009

Francesca interviews film critic David Denby of the New Yorker about SNARK: It’s Mean, It’s Personal and It’s Ruining Our Conversation. And P.M Forni tells us about THE CIVILITY SOLUTION: What To Do When People Are Rude.

St. Patrick’s Day with Alphie McCourt, and more.

March 17th, 2009

Alphie McCourt talks about his memoir, A LONG STONE’S THROW and we talk to Bill Martin and Beverly Swerling of Agent Research and Evaluation about the do’s and don’t of finding a literary agent.

Molly Haskell, Frankly My Dear and more

March 10th, 2009

Film critic Molly Haskell talks about her finely written treatment of the American classic (book and film) Gone With the Wind. It’s called FRANKLY MY DEAR: Gone with the Wind Revisited. After that, we visit the Enchanted Circle Theater’s production of The Skinner Servants Tour. Also, poets Carol Edelstein and Anis Mojgani.

Surviving the Long Emergency

March 2nd, 2009

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with engineer and survivalist Matthew Stein about his book, WHEN TECHNOLOGY FAILS: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency.