Archive for the ‘Podcast’ Category

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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Podcast 62: Eric Weitz’s WEIMAR GERMANY

March 11th, 2008

We talk with historian Eric Weitz about WEIMAR GERMANY: Promise and Tragedy. (…)

 
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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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Podcast 61: Black History Month Special

February 25th, 2008

Abijah Prince was born into slavery in the early 17th century in Springfield, Massachusetts, but in middle age, he arranged his own freedom and married (and freed) the dynamic and eloquent Lucy Terry of the nearby town of Deerfield. (…)

 
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Podcast 60: Kevin Patterson and John Hanson Mitchell

February 17th, 2008

As a physician, Kevin Patterson treats Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic. As a novelist, he explores the collision between the old and the new in that region. (…)

 
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Podcast 59: novelist Geraldine Brooks and poet laureate Al Young

February 11th, 2008

Geraldine Brooks tells us about PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, a novel based on the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah. (…)

 
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Podcast 58: Russell Banks and Tahmima Anam

February 4th, 2008

Acclaimed novelist Russell Banks tells Writer’s Voice about his new novel, THE RESERVE. We also talk with Tahmima Anam about her terrific debut novel, A GOLDEN AGE. (…)

 
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