Culture Shocks

Jordan Flaherty

robinson — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:23:18 +0000

Jordan Flaherty is journalist and editor of Left Turn Magazine; his book Floodlines is a firsthand account of community, culture, and resistance in New Orleans in the years before and after Katrina. The book weaves the interconnected stories of prisoners at Angola, Mardi Gras Indians, Arab and Latino immigrants, public housing residents, gay rappers, spoken word poets, victims of police brutality, out of town volunteers, and grassroots activists.

Andrew Hacker

davis — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:00:18 +0000

A quarter of a million dollars is the going tab for four years at most top-tier universities. But why does it cost so much and is it worth it? Sociologist Andrew Hacker and his co -author, Claudia Dreifus say the we have lost sight of the primary mission in Higher Education?.

Teresa Gowan

robinson — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:00:19 +0000

Teresa Gowan’s look at homelessness in San Francisco is a devastating examination of poverty in the United States in Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders.

Jennifer Jordan, Thomas Scott McKenzie

davis — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:15:12 +0000

Author, Jennifer Jordan was at the base of the mountain in 2002 when she stumbled upon a grisly discovery. There she saw a skeleton of a human being: the pelvis, two femurs, and scattered ribs. She backtracks to tell the story from start to finish about how a wealthy American died alone in The Last Man on the Mountain. At the half, Thomas Scott McKenzie, the co-author of The Man Behind the Nose talks about the legacy of Larry Harmon, the man known as Bozo the Clown.

Kristen Schaal

davis — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:33:29 +0000

Writer, actress and comedian, Kristen Schaal with her Daily Show writer boyfriend Rich Blomquist have collaborated on a new book, The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex. She is best known for her role as Mel in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords and she is a contributor on The Daily Show.

Alex Zaitchik

robinson — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:00:55 +0000

Noted journalist, Alex Zaitchik, who had already spent quite a bit of time covering the right wing exposes the details behind Glenn Beck’s rise to prominence and what he stands for in Common Nonsense.

Brent Budowsky, David Callahan

robinson — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:00:03 +0000

Issues in the news with Brent Budowsky who served as legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen and is a regular columnist on TheHill.com. Is there a revolution in the air? Later, David Callahan who co-founded Demos, a public policy center based in New York City talks about his new book, Fortunes of Change. He contends that something big is happening among the rich in America: they’re drifting to the left.

Tom Engelhardt, Andrew Bacevich

robinson — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:00:19 +0000

Tom Engelhardt is the creator and editor of the website TomDispatch and his latest book is The American Way of War. Did Bush’s wars become Obama’s? At the half, retired Colonel and professor Andrew Bacevich critically examines the Washington consensus on national security and why it must change in Washington Rules.

Jon Krakauer

robinson — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:20:40 +0000

Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to join the Army and became an icon of post-9/11 patriotism. When he was killed in Afghanistan two years later, a legend was born. The real Pat Tillman was much more remarkable, and considerably more complicated than the public knew and best selling author Jon Krakauer gives us a stunning account in Where Men Win Glory.

Jessica Stern, Jacob Weisberg

robinson — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:18:35 +0000

Jessica Stern is one of the nation’s foremost experts on terrorism and post-traumatic stress disorder and she recounts her moments of terror in Denial when she and her younger sister were raped at gunpoint. In doing so, she examines the horrors of trauma an denial. Later Jacob Weisberg, chairman and editor-in-chief of the Slate group with Palinisms. You betcha!