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Corban Addison WASTELANDS: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
What happened when a poor African-American community went up against the biggest meatpacking company in the world? We spend the hour with Corban Addison talking about his spell-binding legal thriller,...
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Steve Babson, THE FORGOTTEN POPULISTS & Lesléa Newman, ALWAYS MATT: A Tribute...
We talk with labor educator and activist Steve Babson. His book is The Forgotten Populists: When Farmers Turned Left to Save Democracy. Then, Heather Has Two Mommies author Lesléa Newman tell us about...
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Mike Rothschild, JEWISH SPACE LASERS & Adam Hart, DEADLY BALANCE
Antisemitism and conspiracy theories. Also, how to protect wildlife by protecting people. First, we talk with Mike Rothschild about his book: Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of...
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Sy Montgomery & Matthew Patterson, OF TIME AND TURTLES
Turtles are jaw-droppingly amazing. Some can run faster than a 10-year-old; some can climb trees; others have shells that glow in the dark. We talk with The Soul of An Octopus author Sy Montgomery and...
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Adam Goodheart, THE LAST ISLAND & Jennifer Jewell, WHAT WE SOW
We explore the people of North Sentinel Island, who are thought to be the last un-contacted tribe on Earth. Our guest is historian, essayist, and author Adam Goodheart and his book is The Last Island:...
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Cory Doctorow, THE LOST CAUSE
We talk with Cory Doctorow about his new novel The Lost Cause, “a solarpunk science fiction novel of hope amidst the climate emergency.” It imagines an America where another better world is possible,...
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Douglas Preston & Emma Donnoghue, FOURTEEN DAYS
We talk with authors Douglas Preston and Emma Donoghue about a collaborative novel whose characters — and their stories — are each written by a different, major literary voice: Fourteen Days: An...
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Hope For The Climate Crisis: Michael Mann, OUR FRAGILE MOMENT
We talk with world-renowned climate scientist Michael Mann about climate, past, present and future. His book is Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate...
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Adam Shatz, THE REBEL’S CLINIC & Vanessa Lillie, BLOOD SISTERS
Mind & Liberation: Unveiling Frantz Fanon’s Revolutionary Psychiatry and Post-Colonial Vision. Also, a Cherokee murder mystery. We talk with Adam Shatz about his acclaimed biography, The Rebel’s...
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Women, Vengeance, and Justice: Elizabeth Flock, THE FURIES. Plus, Stephen...
We talk with Elizabeth Flock about her book, The Furies. It follows three remarkable women — in the US, in India and in Syria — who took justice into their own hands to defend themselves, other women...
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A Jazz-Age Murder That Toppled Gotham’s Mayor
The Rundown We talk with Michael Wolraich about his book, The Bishop And The Butterfly: Murder, Politics, And The End Of The Jazz Age. Then, we re-air part of our conversation with Paul Kix about You...
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Les Leopold, WALL STREET’S WAR ON WORKERS
We talk with Les Leopold of the Labor Institute about his groundbreaking study of the political cost of mass layoffs. His book is Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are...
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Charles Derber, DYING FOR CAPITALISM & Andy Lee Roth, STATE OF THE FREE PRESS...
We talk with Charles Derber about the book he co-wrote with Suren Moodliar, Dying For Capitalism, How Big Money Fuels Extinction And What We Can Do About It. Then we talk with Andy Lee Roth about...
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Amitav Ghosh, SMOKE AND ASHES & Manjula Martin, THE LAST FIRE SEASON
We talk with Amitav Ghosh about his masterful history of the opium trade, Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories. Then, Manjula Martin tells us about her personal and “pyro-natural” history of...
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St. Pat’s Day Special: Rue Matthiessen, CASTLES AND RUINS & Claire Coughlan,...
We talk with Rue Matthiessen, daughter of the famed writer Peter Mathiessen about her family memoir, Castles And Ruins: Unraveling, Family Mysteries, And Literary Legacy In The Irish Countryside....
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Bonnie Jo Campbell, THE WATERS & Jenny Frost, THE EXTINCTION OF IRINA REY
This week we talk about two novels that explore connections: between men and women, people and nature, the young and the old. National Book Award finalist Bonnie Jo Campbell tells us about her...
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Michael Zweig: Overcoming the Divisions of Class, Race & Gender
Is identity politics keeping us divided? And how can activists build solidarity with others while fighting for their own rights? We talk with activist, educator and organizer Michael Zweig about his...
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Tessa Hulls, FEEDING GHOSTS & Remembering Frans de Waal
A grandmother’s traumatic history reverberates through three generations… We talk with Tessa Hulls about her powerful graphic memoir, Feeding Ghosts. It tells the story of three generations of women —...
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Brad Gooch on The Radiant Life of Keith Haring & more
We talk with Brad Gooch about his acclaimed new biography of Keith Haring, RADIANT: The Life and Line of Keith Haring. Then we listen back to a clip of Gooch talking with us in 2017 about his...
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War & Secrets: Howard Mansfield, I WILL TELL NO WAR STORIES & Sasha Vasilyuk,...
In this episode of Writer’s Voice, we feature two stories about war and secrets. First, we talk with Howard Mansfield about his book, I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About...
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