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Political Perspectives on 11/24/10

Airs at: Wed, 11/24/2010 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Dr. Ruth Rosen, Professor of History and author of many books, including The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America, talks about women's participation in the Tea Party movement and the complex motives behind it. Ruth Rosen is a pioneering histori... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana}      This is a re-broadcast of our 2010 interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson about her award-wining book “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great... Read more

Fight the Empire on 09/30/10, Host Per Fagereng interviews Gareth Porter

Airs at: Thu, 09/30/2010 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng interviews Gareth Porter, historian, investigative journalist and policy analyst on U.S. foreign and military policy. Porter just wrote a piece titled "UN Fact-Finding Mission Says Israelis 'Executed' U.S. Citizen Furkan Dogan," which states: "The report o... Read more

Between the Covers on 09/02/10

Airs at: Thu, 09/02/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ed Goldberg speaks with David Mitchell, whose most recent book is "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet," a historical novel of corruption, betrayal and love in Japan in 1799, when the island nation was almost entirely cut off from the West except for a tiny, quaranti... Read more

Glen David Gold on his new novel "Sunnyside"

Airs at: Thu, 05/27/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ed Goldberg interviews Glen David Gold, author of Sunnyside, a historical novel set during World War I. It features Charlie Chaplin and Rin Tin Tin. Glen David Gold is the author of the best seller Carter Beats the Devil.    CD-1737 Read more

Author Bill Morgan on "The Typewriter is Holy: The Complete Uncensored History of the Beat Generation"

Airs at: Thu, 05/13/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Kathleen Stephenson speaks with guest Bill Morgan, author of The Typewriter is Holy: The Complete Uncensored History of the Beat Generation, which explores the enduring revolutionary appeal of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and WilliamS. Burroughs and brings to light lesser ... Read more

Sarah Dunant on "Sacred Hearts," a novel of intrigue in a 16th century Italian convent

Airs at: Thu, 04/29/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Sarah Dunant is the author of the international bestseller The Birth of Venus, which has received major worldwide acclaim and In the Company of the Courtesan. With the publication of Sacred Hearts, she rounds out a Renaissance trilogy bringing voice to the lives of three di... Read more

Michael Zweig on the war and the working class: "The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret"

Airs at: Fri, 04/16/2010 at 12:00am
Hosts Northwest Vets for Peace interview Michael Zweig, author of The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret, about "The War and the Working Class."  Michael Zweig is Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he has won the... Read more

Micael Parenti discusses "God and His Demons," a look at the dark side of religion

Airs at: Thu, 04/15/2010 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng speaks with political analyst and author Michael Parenti about his new book, God and His Demons, a look at the dark side of religion, the many evils committed in the name of godly virtue throughout history.  Michael Parenti has won awards from Project Cens... Read more

Novelist Susan Stoner discusses her PDX historical mystery: "Timber Beasts"

Airs at: Fri, 04/09/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Marianne Barisonek interviews Susan Stoner, author of Timber Beasts.  Stoner , general counsel at Portland-headquartered Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 — worked in her free time to develop a series of historical mysteries set in the Portland of 1902. Now the first... Read more