Ralph Nader talks about his latest book, ONLY THE SUPERRICH CAN SAVE US! It’s a “utopian fantasy” about a cadre of billionaires under the leadership of Warren Buffet who take on corporate America to save democracy and the planet. And neuroscientist Sue Barry talks about conquering a visual disability and training her brain to see [...]
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Best of 2009
December 30th, 2009
It’s that time of year to reflect on “The List”: The Ten Best Of list, that is. This year was really tough, because there were so many show episodes I could have included. I was a bit chagrined that it was so dominated by men — I strive for gender balance in these lists — [...]
It’s Getting Spooky Out! The Halloween Show
October 27th, 2009
Irish mystery writer John Connolly tells us about his new spine-tingling and funny bone-tickling thriller for smart teens, THE GATES. And we air an archived interview with magician Alan Kronzek about THE SORCERER’S COMPANION, A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter.
Are You Ready For Fire, Brimstone, Love And Writer’s Block?
October 13th, 2009
Nicholson Baker talks about his new novel, THE ANTHOLOGIST. His hero Paul Chowder is looking back over his whole life and wondering what it’s amounted to. He’s also facing the dreaded disease: writer’s block. And Susan Stinson is just finishing her new novel, SPIDER IN THE TREE. She tells us about her protagonist, the 18th century preacher Jonathan Edwards who preached fire and brimstone – and love.
SO SEXY SO SOON, Jean Kilbourne & HOLD LOVE STRONG, Matthew Aaron Goodman
August 20th, 2009
Writers Voice host Francesca Rheannon talks with Dr. Jean Kilbourne about SO SEXY SO SOON: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids. And Matthew Aaron Goodman tells us about his debut novel, HOLD LOVE STRONG.
Curious Garden & Arecelis Girmay
July 19th, 2009
Francesca Rheannon talks with children’s book author and illustrator Peter Brown about THE CURIOUS GARDEN and Katy Lorah of Friends of The High Line. Also, poet Arecelis Girmay talks with guest host, Christian MacEwen.
Jacqueline Sheehan
July 6th, 2009
Jacqueline Sheehan talks about her new novel, NOW AND THEN. And host Francesca Rheannon talks with Sheehan about her previous novel, LOST AND FOUND in an archived interview from 2007.
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.
Verghese, CUTTING FOR STONE and Weil, Healthy Aging
February 24th, 2009
Physician and author Abraham Verghese tells us about CUTTING FOR STONE, his first novel after publishing two acclaimed memoirs. And Dr. Andrew Weil talks about how to age healthy and well.
Family Secrets: Ben Binstock and Hallie Ephron
January 28th, 2009
Today’s theme is family secrets. We talk first with art historian Benjamin Binstock about VERMEER’S FAMILY SECRETS: Genius, Discovery and the Unknown Apprentice. Then, a poem by Constatijn Huygens. And mystery writer Hallie Ephron delves into another family’s secrets in her debut solo novel, NEVER TELL A LIE.
Swerling’s CITY OF GOD and Michelson’s AS GOOD AS ANYBODY
January 17th, 2009
We talk to novelist Beverly Swerling about the latest in her historical series about Old New York, CITY OF GOD. Also, children’s book author Richard Michelson, tells us about his latest, AS GOOD AS ANYBODY: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom.
Best of 2008
January 5th, 2009
It was tough, but we did it: we winnowed down the list of wonderful guests and their books to the Ten Best Books featured on Writer’s Voice in 2008. This week’s show features excerpts from our interviews with four of them. In the fiction category, we talk with Kevin Patterson (CONSUMPTION) and Elizabeth Strout (OLIVE [...]
H.G. Adler’s THE JOURNEY, Eating Tips for the Holidays, and a Thanksgiving story
December 2nd, 2008
Peter Filkins talks about THE JOURNEY, a lost masterpiece of Holocaust literature by acclaimed author and survivor H. G. Adler which Filkins translated. Food psychologist Brian Wansink gives us tips on how to keep the pounds off during the Holiday season. And finally, Native American storyteller Marge Bruchac tells us what really happened during the first Thanksgiving.
Peter Manseau, SONGS FOR THE BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER and E.H. Winthrop, DECEMBER
November 9th, 2008
Host Francesca Rheannon talks to Peter Manseau about his novel SONGS FOR THE BUTCHERS DAUGHTER and to Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop about her new novel, DECEMBER.
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