Archive for May, 2009

Sustainable Gardening

May 26th, 2009

We talk with Toby Hemenway about his updated , Carleen Madigan tells us how to turn a lawn into a BACKYARD HOMESTEAD, and Patricia Klindienst (THE EARTH KNOWS MY NAME) talks about three gardens of immigrant Americans in this excerpt from our archived interview with her.

Web Extra: Jeff Sharet Extended Interview

May 25th, 2009

Jeff Sharlet’s extended interview about his article in Harper’s, “Jesus Killed Mohammed: the Crusade for a Christian military”

Gail Hornstein, AGNES’ JACKET

May 21st, 2009

Francesca Rheannon interviews Gail Hornstein about AGNES’ JACKET: A Psychologist’s Search for the Meanings of Madness.

College Rip-Off

May 11th, 2009

Is the higher education industry is sacrificing students to the bottom line? We look at the issue from two angles: student debt and whether students are getting what they pay for at four year colleges. Host Francesca Rheannon interviews Alan Michael Collinge about THE STUDENT LOAN SCAM, and April Norhanian about her book College Is For Suckers: The FIRST College Guide You Should Read.

Pandemic Flu, Thrity Umrigar, and Jeff Sharlet

May 5th, 2009

We talk with writer Howard Friel and Dr. Harvey Lederman in this rebroadcast of a 2006 interview about avian flu. Also, Thrity Umrigar on her new novel, THE WEIGHT OF HEAVEN. And Jeff Sharlet talks about the crusade for a Christian military.