This Week: The Humane Metropolis; Stegner and the American West

April 3rd, 2008

We talk with urban geographer Rutherford Platt about how to make cities that are sustainable and a pleasure to live in. (…)

Podcast 62: Life With Asperger’s

March 1st, 2008

We talk with John Elder Robison about his memoir, LOOK ME IN THE EYE. (…)

 
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Next Week: Normon Soloman’s MADE LOVE, GOT WAR

January 4th, 2008

We talk with veteran journalist and commentator Normon Solomon about his memoir, Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State. (…)

This Week: Secret Life of Houdini

December 31st, 2007

We talk about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist, master magician — and possibly international spy — with Larry Sloman, co-author with William Kalush of The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero. (…)

 
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Next Week: THE SECRET LIFE OF HOUDINI, with co-author Larry Sloman

December 20th, 2007

We talk about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist, master magician — and possibly international spy — with Larry Sloman, co-author with William Kalush of The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero. (…)

This Week: GETTING A GRIP with Frances Moore Lappé

December 20th, 2007

Ever since her ground-breaking book, DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET, Frances Moore Lappé has been showing how each of us can change the world for the better. (…)

Next Week: Frances Moore Lappé

December 17th, 2007

Ever since her ground-breaking book, DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET, Frances Moore Lappé has been showing how each of us can change the world for the better. (…)