We talk with John Elder Robison about his memoir, . Brother to best-selling author Augusten Burroughs (RUNNING WITH SCISSORS), Robison has written a sweet, compelling tale about growing up with Asperger’s Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism. From the inside, he reveals what it’s like to be a misfit, the savant-like talents he feels Asperger’s [...]
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Eric Klinenberg, FIGHTING FOR AIR
March 27th, 2007
Eric Klinenberg talks about FIGHTING FOR AIR: The Battle to Control America’s Media. Also, Susie Patlove reads from her new chapbook, QUICKENING, out from Slate Roof Press.
American Bloomsbury and the Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences
March 19th, 2007
We talk to Susan Cheever about AMERICAN BLOOMSBURY: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau. And editor and author Kitty Florey tells us about SISTER BERNADETTE’S BARKING DOG: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences.
St. Patrick’s Day/Spring Special
March 13th, 2007
After veteran Kevin O’Hara returned from the war in Vietnam, he felt rootless. So he went to Ireland, his parents’ homeland, in search of his roots. Along the way, he met a bevy of wonderful and wise characters, and made friends with one phenomenal donkey named Missy. He tells about his journey in LAST OF [...]
Michael Downing, SPRING FORWARD
March 2nd, 2007
And it’s time again for Daylight Savings Time. We talk with Michael Downing about SPRING FORWARD: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time.
Marge Piercy, SEX WARS
March 2nd, 2007
In honor of International Women’s Day, we talk with Marge Piercy about Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York, her novel of the first American feminist movement.
Dr. David Elkind and memoirist Patty Dann
February 25th, 2007
Psychologist David Elkind, author of The Hurried Child, talks about THE POWER OF PLAY: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children. Also, Patty Dann talks about THE GOLDFISH WENT ON VACATION: A Memoir of Loss (and Learning to Tell the Truth about It).
KABUL IN WINTER; FINE PRINT OF SELF-PUBLISHING
February 18th, 2007
Our guests are Ann Jones, author of KABUL IN WINTER: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan; and Mark Levine tells us about THE FINE PRINT OF SELF-PUBLISHING.
Web Extra: John Dickerson on The White House Press
February 13th, 2007
John Dickerson talks about why the White House Press correspondents failed to ask the Bush Administration tough questions about the Iraq War. Dickerson covered the White House for Time magazine. He made news himself when he asked Bush whether he thought he’d made any mistakes during his administration. You can listen to the full interview [...]
John Dickerson; Linda Cardillo
February 13th, 2007
We talk with Slate Magazine’s chief political correspondent, John Dickerson, about ON HER TRAIL: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News’ First Woman Star. We also find out about writing romance novels from Linda Cardillo, author of DANCING ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.
The Knitting Circle, Media Reform
February 5th, 2007
Novelist Ann Hood talks about THE KNITTING CIRCLE and Free Press’ Craig Aaron discusses media reform.
Mary Cowhey & Enchanted Circle Theater
January 29th, 2007
We talk with teacher Mary Cowhey about her book, BLACK ANTS AND BUDDHISTS: Thinking Critically and Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades. Also, a sneak preview of The Enchanted Circle Theater’s SKINNER SERVANTS TOUR and playwrights Priscilla Hellweg and Rachel Kuhn Daviau talk about the play.
Simon Winchester and Dylan Schaffer
January 21st, 2007
Francesca interviews Simon Winchester about A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: America And The Great California Earthquake Of 1906. Also, Dylan Schaffer talks about his funny and poignant memoir, LIFE, DEATH AND BIALYS: A Father/Son Baking Story.
Richard Ford and Scott Ritter
January 15th, 2007
Francesca interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford about writing and his new novel, THE LAY OF THE LAND. Also, Scott Ritter on his book, Target Iran: The Truth About the White House’s Plans for Regime Change.
Part Two: Scott Ritter
January 15th, 2007
Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter on TARGET: IRAN. We talk to him about US plans for war with Iran.
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