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You can listen again, or for the first time, to some of the authors that have been featured during WSHU's popular live lecture series. These recordings, available for listening on-line now or by podcast, include an introduction by a member of the WSHU staff, the author's presentation and a question and answer session with the audience.
September 15, 2010: NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon shares a personal story of how he and his wife found true love with two tiny strangers adopted from the other side of the world, as told in his book, Baby, We Were Meant For Each Other. Introduced by WSHU reporter and All Things Considered host, Mark Herz. (1:11:13)
August 19, 2010: MSNBC political analyst and former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. discusses his book, More Davids Than Goliaths, a personal and candid account of his years representing Tennessee in the U.S. House and his 2006 run for a U.S. Senate seat. Introduced by WSHU reporter and All Things Considered host, Mark Herz. (1:00:19)
July 7, 2010: NPR sports commentator, HBO Real Sports correspondent, Sports Illustrated writer and novelist Frank Deford reads from Bliss, Remembered, his memorable love story set at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and in America during World War II. Introduced by WSHU News Director Naomi Starobin. (52:09)
June 10, 2010: ESPN commentator and former pro tennis player Patrick McEnroe answers questions in a lively interview about his book, Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches, an entertaining and unfiltered look at the sport. Interviewed by WSHU reporter Craig LeMoult. (1:04:29)
May 18, 2010: Emmy Award-winning musician, songwriter, producer and composer Peter Buffett shares lessons he learned growing up in the Warren Buffett household, as related in his book Life Is What You Make It and talks about his father’s decision to leave no inheritance to the children. He also discusses the Warren Buffett-funded charity he oversees. (51:03)
May 10, 2010: Ted Kennedy, Jr. talks about the legacy of his late father, Senator Edward Kennedy, and the Kennedy family, and discusses the Senator’s autobiography, True Compass. His son, Ted Kennedy, III also shares a story about his grandfather. Introduced by WSHU reporter Craig LeMoult. (55:14)
May 2, 2010: Iranian-American journalist Roxanna Saberi shares the harrowing experiences documented in her new book, Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran, the story of her 2009 arrest, conviction and imprisonment on espionage charges. Introduced by WSHU News Director Naomi Starobin. (1:09:09)
March 18, 2010: John Barricelli, host of Everyday Baking from Everyday Food on PBS, and owner of the SoNo Baking Company & Café in South Norwalk, Connecticut, explores the recipes for easy-to-create sweet and savory breads and baked goods in his new collection called The SoNo Baking Company Cookbook. Introduced by WSHU Music Director and morning music host, Kate Remington. (49:08)
February 21, 2010: Henry Cejudo, the youngest American to win the Olympic Gold medal in wrestling, talks about his new memoir entitled American Victory: Wrestling, Dreams, and a Journey Toward Home, a story of the struggles and triumphs of this son of undocumented Mexican immigrants. (35:32)
January 27, 2010: Amy Bloom, acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Away, and of prizewinning stories, reads from and answers questions about her new book of interconnected stories about the complexities of love, family, and friends, Where the God of Love Hangs Out. (1:01:07)
December 6, 2009: Investigative journalist and CNBC TV personality Charles Gasparino discusses the recent collapse of Wall Street, the subject of his new book, The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System. Introduced by WSHU News Director Naomi Starobin. (1:11:56)
November 18, 2009: Tracy Kidder, best-selling author of Mountains Beyond Moutains and Pulitzer Prize winner talks about his new book, Strength in What Remains, a powerful story about a young medical student who fled civil war in Burundi in 1994 for the uncertainty of New York City. (48:12)
November 15, 2009: Michael Goldfarb, award-winning journalist and former NPR London Bureau chief discusses his new book, Emancipation: How Liberating Europe’s Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance. He writes, “The whole world knows the names of Marx, Freud, and Einstein, but very few people have an understanding of how the process of leaving the ghetto behind shaped them.” Introduced by WSHU’s All Things Considered host, Mark Herz. (1:05:13)
October 25, 2009: Kati Marton, New York Times best-selling author and award-winning former NPR and network TV journalist talks about her new book, Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America, a terrifying, real-life spy story about her family’s harrowing experiences during the Cold War in Hungary. Introduced by WSHU reporter Craig LeMoult. (46:35)
October 18, 2009: Ira Joe Fisher, poet and CBS television personality reads from his new collection, Songs from an Earlier Century. His lyric poems will take you deep into the New England landscape. (1:08:38)
July 22, 2009: Dr. Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the National Security Council staff for the first President Bush and the director of policy planning in the State Department for George W. Bush, discusses his new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, a first-hand account of why the U.S. went to war twice against Iraq. Introduced by WSHU News Director Naomi Starobin. (1:10:42)
June 7, 2009: Alice Hoffman, best-selling author of 20 acclaimed novels, talks about her newest book, The Story Sisters, a coming-of-age tale that charts the lives of three sisters. Introduced by WSHU reporter Ebong Udoma. (46:38)
April 19, 2009: Newsweek Senior Editor Jonathan Alter talks about his New York Times best-seller, The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope. Introduced by WSHU News Director Naomi Starobin. (1:20:59)
March 29, 2009: Pulitzer Prize winner, bestselling author, and former Washington Post managing editor Steve Coll talks about his new best-seller, The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century. Introduced by WSHU reporter Ebong Udoma. (1:11:29)
February 8, 2009: Amy Dickinson, author of the syndicated advice column Ask Amy and panelist on the NPR news quiz show, Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me talks about The Mighty Queens of Freeville, her candid new memoir about how family and a small-town community taught her what she knows by sustaining her through life’s ups and downs. Introduced by WSHU reporter Craig LeMoult. (52:27)
January 11, 2009: Bestselling cookbook author, journalist and television personality Mark Bittman talks about his new book, Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with more than 75 Recipes. Introduced by WSHU News Director Naomi Starobin. (1:01:45)
September 18, 2008: Kathleen Norris, best-selling author of The Cloister Walk and Amazing Grace talks about her book, Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life, a memoir about soul-weariness that explores its relevance to the modern individual and culture. Introduced by WSHU reporter Craig LeMoult. (57:57)
July 8, 2008: Bestselling author Alan Furst, widely recognized as the master of espionage fiction, talks about his book, The Spies of Warsaw, a novel set in World War II-era France and Poland. With WSHU News Director Naomi Starobin. (33:41)
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July 8, 2008: Bestselling author Alan Furst, widely recognized as the master of espionage fiction, talks about his book, The Spies of Warsaw, a novel set in World War II-era France and Poland. With WSHU News Director Naomi Starobin. (33:41)
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