Archive for the ‘This Week’ Category

OLIVE KITTREDGE and THE END OF THE JEWS

May 8th, 2008

We talk with novelists Elizabeth Strout and Adam Mansbach. (…)

 
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This Week: RISING POWERS, SHRINKING PLANET and BUSH’S LAW

May 2nd, 2008

We talk with Michael Klare about the dangerous new global order of energy politics — winners and losers, flashpoints of conflict, and what it means for democracy and the environment. (…)

 
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This Week: Nicholson Baker’s HUMAN SMOKE

April 25th, 2008

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Nicholson Baker about his acclaimed new book, HUMAN SMOKE: The Beginnings of World War II; The End of Civilization. (…)

This Week: FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY

April 17th, 2008

During Poetry Month, we’ve featured some of the most famous poets in the English language. They occupy the heights of what many think is a rarified domain not relevant to the average person. (…)

This Week: AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON and AGAINST THE MACHINE

April 11th, 2008

Our theme is cultural decline and what can be done about it. We talk with cultural critic Susan Jacoby about THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON. (…)

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. (…)

This Week: POETRY EXPLANDED and BEYOND GENOCIDE

March 28th, 2008

We get a jump on Poetry Month (April) by talking with editor Rebekah Presson Mosby about a new edition of a much-hailed anthology. It’s called POETRY SPEAKS EXPANDED. (…)