Episode Archive
Cory MacLauchlin
April 10 . 2012
In Butterfly in the Typewriter, Cory MacLauchlin draws on scores of new interviews with friends, family, and colleagues of writer John Kennedy Toole, as well as access to the archive at Tulane University, capturing his upbringing in New Orleans, his years in New York City, his frenzy of writing in Puerto Rico, his return to his beloved city, and his descent into paranoia and depression.
Sarah Burns
April 9 . 2012
The Central Park Five is the spellbinding account of the real facts of the Central Park jogger case; Sarah Burns powerfully reexamines one of New York City’s most notorious crimes and its aftermath.
Teresa Ghilarducci, Alexandra Paul
April 6 . 2012
Retirement expert, Teresa Ghilarducci says you should expand pensions not cut them. Then later actress and activist Alexandra Paul talks about population control.
Van Jones
April 5 . 2012
In Rebuild the Dream, green economy pioneer Van Jones reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider.
Timothy Stanley
April 4 . 2012
Timothy Stanley‘s, The Crusader tells the fascinating life story of Pat Buchanan, the three-time presidential candidate, Nixon confidant, White House communications director during Iran-Contra, pundit, and bestselling author.
Ronny Cox
April 3 . 2012
Dueling Banjos is a collection of stories of the making of the iconic movie Deliverance, told from the perspective of one of the four main actors in the film, Ronny Cox, who played the character of Drew.
David Scheffer
April 2 . 2012
All the Missing Souls is David Scheffer‘s gripping insider’s account of the international gamble to prosecute those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and to redress some of the bloodiest human rights atrocities in our time.
Thomas Mallon
March 30 . 2012
In Watergate, Thomas Mallon conveys the drama and high comedy of the Nixon presidency through the urgent perspectives of seven characters we only thought we knew before now.
Chris Stringer
March 29 . 2012
Chris Stringer, a leading researcher on human evolution proposes a new and controversial theory of how our species came to be in Lone Survivors.
Nicolas von Hoffman
March 28 . 2012
In Radical, Nicholas von Hoffman tells the story of Saul Alinsky, the “father” of community organizing.
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