Alan Furst talks about writing and about his historical thrillers, SPIES OF THE BALKANS (2010) and THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (2006).
Archive for 2010
How To Find Fulfillment: Bruce Frankel and Susan Whitbourne
August 25th, 2010
Bruce Frankel on WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE? And psychologist Susan Krauss Whitbourne on THE SEARCH FOR FULFILLMENT.
The War Over Climate: Eric Pooley & Eli Kintisch
August 18th, 2010
Francesca Rheannon talks with Eric Pooley about the politics of climate change. His book is THE CLIMATE WAR: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth. Also, Eli Kintisch on geo-engineering; his book is HACKING THE PLANET: Science’s Best Hope – or Worst Nightmare – for Averting Climate Catastrophe.
James Lee Burke: Murder and Redemption on the Bayou
August 2nd, 2010
Mystery writer James Lee Burke talks about his latest novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, THE GLASS RAINBOW. And poet Doug Anderson reads two poems.
Philip Schultz, The Poet & His Dyslexia
July 25th, 2010
Host Francesca Rheannon spends the hour with poet Philip Schultz talking about his poetry, his method of teaching writing and his dyslexia. His latest book is THE GOD OF LONELINESS.
The Secret Arms Trade Between Israel & Apartheid South Africa
July 12th, 2010
Writers Voice talks with Sasha Polakow-Suransky about his book, THE UNSPOKEN ALLIANCE. And, in an excerpt from our 2009 interview, Israeli journalist Amira Hass talks about her Holocaust survivor parents’ involvement in the Israeli peace movement.
Marisa Silver: Fiction Short and Long
July 7th, 2010
Writers Voice spends the hour with fiction writer Marisa Silver, talking about the craft of writing, her new collection of short stories ALONE WITH YOU and her 2008 novel, GOD OF WAR.
War & Women in Afghanistan
June 29th, 2010
With the firing this week of Stanley McChrystal as commander of the US-led forces in Iraq, it’s a good time to be reminded of the impact of the war on the civilian population — and especially on Afghani women.
In this archived show from March, 2010, journalist Ann Jones talks about women, the war in Afghanistan, and whether life is any better for its people since the US invaded their country.
Web Extra: David Shenk Reads from THE GENIUS IN ALL OF US
June 23rd, 2010
Shenk reads a section from his book, THE GENIUS IN ALL OF US, about the baseball champion Ted Williams. The lesson? With practice-practice-practice, new science tells us you, too, can be a champion. Listen to the full David Shenk interview.
David Shenk on Genius & Genetics and David Chura on Kids in Lockup
June 23rd, 2010
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with journalist David Shenk about THE GENIUS IN ALL OF US: Why Everything We’ve Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Are Wrong. It’s about what the science of epigenetics is telling us us about the potential for human achievement. And David Chura talks about his memoir of teaching incarcerated adolescents, I DON’T WISH NOBODY TO HAVE A LIFE LIKE MINE: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup. He says the War on Crime is a war on kids.
Amanda Little & Anna Lappé on Kicking the Dirty Fuels Habit
June 16th, 2010
Amanda Little talks about her book POWER TRIP: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells. It’s about our addiction to fossil fuels and how to get off them. And Anna Lappé tells us about her new book, DIET FOR A HOT PLANET: The Climate Crisis At the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It.
Tales of Secrecy & Obsession
June 9th, 2010
We spend the hour with journalist David Grann, talking about his latest book THE DEVIL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession and his first book, THE LOST CITY OF Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon.
Roy Morris Jr. on The Making of Mark Twain & Diane Wilson On Pollution in The Gulf
June 2nd, 2010
Roy Morris, Jr. talks about LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain. And Diane Wilson talks about AN UNREASONABLE WOMAN: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas. A shrimp boat captain turned environmental warrior, she went up against one of the biggest polluters in America to save the waters of the Gulf.
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