Yearly Archives: 2014

Podcast

Ruth Thomas-Suh, REJECT, Herbert Thomas, THE SHAME RESPONSE TO REJECTION & John Cushman on KXL

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Ruth Thomas-Suh
Herbert Thomas
Herbert Thomas

Ruth Thomas-Suh talks about her powerful new film, REJECT. Joining the conversation is her father, Herbert Thomas, author of THE SHAME RESPONSE TO REJECTION. And environmental journalist John Cushman talks about about what’s really in the State Department’s Environmental Impact report on the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Ann Patchett, THIS IS THE STORY OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE & Jeanne Ray, CALLING INVISIBLE WOMEN

Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett
Jeanne Ray
Jeanne Ray

Ann Patchett talks about her collection of essays, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage. Then we re-air our 2012 interview with Patchett’s mother Jeanne Ray — also a writer — about her novel, Calling Invisible Women.

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Isabel Allende, RIPPER

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Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende talks about her latest novel — and her first mystery — RIPPER. It’s about an appealing young sleuth who teams up with her grandfather and some online friends to solve a spate of murders in San Francisco. Then we re-broadcast our 2010 interview with Allende about her novel of revolutionary Haiti, Island Beneath The Sea.

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John Hunter: WORLD PEACE AND OTHER FOURTH GRADE ACHIEVEMENTS & Heather Rogers, GREEN GONE WRONG

John Hunter
John Hunter
Heather Rogers
Heather Rogers

Teacher John Hunter talks about the inspiring World Peace Game he’s been teaching to kids for thirty years. His book is WORLD PEACE AND OTHER FOURTH GRADE ACHIEVEMENTS.  And Heather Rogers talks about her book, GREEN GONE WRONG: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution.

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