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Behavioral biologist Karen Pryor, the scientist who brings out the best in dogs

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Karen's latest book is “Reaching the Animal Mind.” Having started out as the world’s foremost dolphin trainer, Pryor is responsible for developing ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 09:59
Purchases: 2

Author Amy Tan and “The Valley of Amazement”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

This Chinese-American novelist, perhaps best known for her book, "Joy Luck Club," takes readers to Shanghai and its International Settlement where ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Dec 19, 2013
Length: 10:04
Purchases: 1

Crime novelist Sophie Hannah and "Kind of Cruel"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

A crime novelist and poet talks about where in England her books are set, why she chose a hypnotherapist as a character in this novel, "Kind of Cru...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Nov 24, 2013
Length: 09:56
Purchases: 1

Country Fried Rock Interviews The Whiskey Gentry

From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock

Lauren Staley fronts The Whiskey Gentry, a roots band from Atlanta that draws heavily from bluegrass and traditional country storytelling. With a ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, WLPR , KKRN and more

Added: Nov 03, 2013
Length: 58:00
Purchases: 7

Beach-read favorite Dorothea Benton Frank and “The Last Original Wife”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Leslie Anne Greene Carter is the only first wife remaining among her husband’s tight-knit group of friends in Atlanta. The author talks about Lesli...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Jul 06, 2013
Length: 10:02
Purchases: 1

Afropolitan Taiye Selasi and "Ghana Must Go"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

This debut novel opens up in west Africa with a death and is a portrait of a modern family. Listen in for Taiye’s timely comments on the biggest m...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: May 03, 2013
Length: 09:56
Purchases: 1

Author Siobhan Fallon and “You Know When the Men Are Gone”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Siobhan’s debut collection of short stories is that most unusual of war books. It's not about the battlefields. Most of the stories take place at F...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Mar 16, 2013
Length: 10:05
Purchases: 1

Author Alexandra Fuller and "Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

In her first memoir, “Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood,” British-born Alexandra introduced us to her family and her early y...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Mar 09, 2013
Length: 10:02
Purchases: 1

The Gospel Roots of Rock and Roll

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Sister Rosetta Tharpe became the first superstar of gospel music and was an early influence on Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and ...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KMUN, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Spokane Public Radio and more

Added: Feb 18, 2013
Length: 28:56
Purchases: 8

The Possibility of You

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words

Can we ever atone for the sins of the past? Or does each generation of women invent itself anew? In THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU, bestselling author Pam...

Added: May 09, 2012
Length: 13:39

CONVICTION -- Screenwriter Pamela Grey Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Pamela Grey. 10/08/10, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase

Screenwriter Pamela Gray talks law, justice, and the truth.

Added: Oct 24, 2010
Length: 16:04

SECRETARIAT -- Randall Wallace Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Randall Wallace, September 24, 2010, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase

Randall Wallace talks recreating history, matching horses, and why Heart with a capital "H" is more important that ability.

Added: Oct 02, 2010
Length: 09:44

CAIRO TIME -- Writer/director Ruba Nadda

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Ruba Nadda, April 29. 2010, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase

Writer/director Ruba Nadda talks heat, curves, and living on the edge.

Added: Sep 06, 2010
Length: 09:52

54 Years

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The nation's last sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, Maine closed its doors in April 2010. Lela Anderson worked at the cannery for fifty-four years.

Added: Jun 03, 2010
Length: 07:46

BREATH MADE VISIBLE: ANNA HALPRIN -- Anna Halprin and Ruedi Gerber

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Anna Halprin and Ruedi Gerber, Credit: Andrea Chase

Dance icon Anna Halprin and filmmaker Ruedi Gerber talk about translating her art to film.

Added: Apr 28, 2010
Length: 24:31

The Peabody Sisters: an interview with biographer Megan Marshall on ThoughtCast

From: Jenny Attiyeh

An interview with Megan Marshall, the biographer of The Peabody Sisters -- three women who helped found the Transcendentalist movement in the mid-1...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston