Archive for the ‘Nonfiction’ Category

Podcast : Poetry Speaks Expanded and Beyond Genocide

March 31st, 2008

April is Poetry Month and we enter it by talking with editor Rebekah Presson Mosby about a new edition of a much-hailed anthology from Sourcebooks Press. It’s called POETRY SPEAKS EXPANDED. (…)

 
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Next Week: The Humane Metropolis; Wallace Stegner and the American West

March 28th, 2008

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

Podcast 64: Greg Palast on Spitzer and the Bank Bailout; also, Field Report on Narrative Journalism

March 24th, 2008

Greg Palast, investigative reporter for the BBC, tells us why he thinks the Eliot Spitzer scandal broke when it did — and what federal prosecutors were trying to keep hidden from the public about the bank bailout by taking Spitzer down. (…)

 
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Next Week: The Illustrated Book and Poetry Month Early

March 20th, 2008

We talk with artist Amy Fagin and filmmaker David Edwards who will be showing their work at the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival on Tuesday, April 1. (…)

This Week: Journalism Special: Greg Palast on the Timing of the Spitzer Scandal…and Narrative Journalism

March 20th, 2008

Greg Palast, investigative reporter for the BBC, tells us why he thinks the Eliot Spitzer scandal broke when it did — and what federal prosecutors were trying to keep hidden from the public about the bank bailout by taking Spitzer down. (…)

Podcast 63: The Open-Focus Brain and Surviving Depression

March 18th, 2008

We talk with biofeedback pioneer Les Fehmi about how to focus the mind and improve productivity and mood. His book is THE OPEN FOCUS BRAIN: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body. (…)

 
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This Week: The Open Focus Brain

March 14th, 2008

We talk with biofeedback pioneer Les Fehmi about how to harness attention to focus the mind and improve productivity and mood. (…)