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Host Francesca Rheannon talks with birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma about his newest book, BIRDSONG BY THE SEASONS. We also talk about a possible new threat to birds, wildlife, and the climate with Chris Matera of Massachusetts Forest Watch. Continue reading
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We talk with Toby Hemenway about his updated GAIA’S GARDEN: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, Carleen Madigan tells us how to turn a lawn into a BACKYARD HOMESTEAD, and Patricia Klindienst (THE EARTH KNOWS MY NAME) talks about three gardens of immigrant Americans in this excerpt from our archived interview with her. Continue reading
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Jeff Sharlet’s journalistic beat is the inroads the Christian Right is making into the established instititions that govern our society. His latest article is about how Christian extremists are embedding firmly into the highest ranks of the military. It’s called “Jesus Killed Mohammed: the Crusade for a Christian military”. It’s just out in the May issue of Harper’s.
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Gail Hornstein talks about AGNES’ JACKET: A Psychologist’s Search for the Meanings of Madness. Continue reading
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Alan Michael Collinge about [amazon-product text=”THE STUDENT LOAN SCAM” type=”text”]0807042293[/amazon-product] and with April Norhanian about [amazon-product text=”College Is For Suckers: The FIRST College Guide You Should Read” type=”text”]1440119201[/amazon-product].
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We talk with writer Howard Friel and Dr. Harvey Lederman in this rebroadcast of a 2006 interview about avian flu. Also, Thrity Umrigar on her new novel, THE WEIGHT OF HEAVEN. And Jeff Sharlet talks about the crusade for a Christian military.
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We talk with Natalie Goldberg about how to write memoir. Her new book on the topic is Old Friend from Far Away. And anthropologist Ann Armbrecht tells us about her memoir of Nepal, THIN PLACES. Poet, writer and teacher Christian McEwen is guest co-host. Continue reading
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We talk with Amy Seidl about EARLY SPRING: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World. And poet Nikki Giovanni introduces us to HIP HOP SPEAKS TO CHILDREN: A Celebration of Poetry With A Beat.
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We talk with journalist David Grann about his fascinating new book about the Amazon explorer Percy Fawcett, THE LOST CITY OF Z.
And David Cay Johnston weighs in on how the tax system is stacked in favor of the very rich–and what to do about it. Continue reading
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We talk with Dr. Robert Melillo about DISCONNECTED KIDS: The Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Disorders. And Ned Hallowell tells us how adults with ADD can compensate for their weaknesses and celebrate their strengths in this 2006 archived interview.
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We talk with author Susan Linn and film maker Andrea Barbaro about CONSUMING KIDS.
Also, Alan Weisman on GAVIOTAS: A Village to Reinvent the World.
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We talk to film critic David Denby of the New Yorker about [amazon-product text=”SNARK: It’s Mean, It’s Personal and It’s Ruining Our Conversation” type=”text”]1416599452[/amazon-product]. And P.M Forni tells us about [amazon-product text=”THE CIVILITY SOLUTION: What To Do When People Are Rude” type=”text”]0312368496[/amazon-product]. Continue reading
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For St. Patrick’s Day, host Francesca Rheannon visits Alphie McCourt in his New York apartment to talk about [amazon-product text=”A LONG STONES THROW” type=”text”]0981453554[/amazon-product], his memoir of growing up in Ireland and his emigration to the U.S. And author consultant Bill Martin and novelist Beverly Swerling, talk about how to find a literary agent. They own and run Agent Research and Evaluation , a Web-based consultancy for writers.
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Film critic Molly Haskell talks about her finely written treatment of the American classic (book and film) Gone With the Wind. It’s called FRANKLY MY DEAR: Gone with the Wind Revisited. After that, we visit the Enchanted Circle Theater’s  production of The Skinner Servants Tour. Continue reading
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Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Matthew Stein about his book, WHEN TECHNOLOGY FAILS: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency. Continue reading