Archive for April, 2009

Natalie Goldberg and Ann Armbrecht

April 27th, 2009

Natalie Goldberg interviewed about new book, Old Friend from Far Away. And anthropologist Ann Armbrecht tells us about her memoir of Nepal, Thin Places. Christian McEwen is guest co-host.

Amy Seidl and Nikki Giovanni

April 23rd, 2009

We talk with Amy Seidl about EARLY SPRING: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World. And poet Nikki Giovanni introduces us to HIP HOP SPEAKS TO CHILDREN: A Celebration of Poetry With A Beat.

David Grann’s Lost City of Z and David Cay Johnston’s “Fiscal Therapy”

April 14th, 2009

Host Francesca Rheannon interviews journalist David Grann about THE LOST CITY OF Z. And David Cay Johnston weighs in on taxes and “Fiscal Therapy”.

Balancing the Brain

April 7th, 2009

We talk with Dr. Robert Melillo about DISCONNECTED KIDs. And Dr. Edward Hallowell tells us how adults with ADD can compensate for their weaknesses and celebrate their strengths in this 2006 archived interview.

CONSUMING KIDS and GAVIOTAS

April 1st, 2009

We talk with author Susan Linn and film maker Andrea Barbaro about CONSUMING KIDS. Also, Alan Weisman on GAVIOTAS: A Village to Reinvent the World.