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Stephen Harding, author interview

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2013 16:09

"The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe" -- author Stephen Harding discusses his book.

Harlow Unger, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2012 30:22

"John Quincy Adams" -- author Harlow Unger discusses his book.

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John Carlos, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2011 40:24

"The John Carlos Story" -- olympian John Carlos discusses his memoir. Introduction by writer Dave Zirin.

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Stacilee Ford, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2011 38:30

"Troubling American Women: Narratives of Gender and Nation in Hong Kong" -- author Stacilee Ford discusses her book.

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Brian Behnken, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2011 43:48

"Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas" -- author Brian Behnken discusses his book.

Will Kaufman, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2011 46:43

"Woody Guthrie, American Radical (Music in American Life)" -- author Will Kaufman discusses his book and plays songs by woody Guthrie.

Richard Carlin, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2011 41:44

"Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways" -- author Richard Carlin discusses his book and the life of Moses Asch.

Christopher Webber, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2011 41:44

"American to the Backbone: The Life of James Pennington, The Fugitive Slave Who Became One of the First Abolitionists" -- author Christopher Webber discusses his book.

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John Ferling, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 54:24

"Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free"-- author John Ferling discusses his book on America's political journey from protest to revolution.

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Penny Colman, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2011 33:30

"Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship That Changed the World" -- author Penny Colman discusses her book.

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Roger DiSilvestro, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2011 43:38

"Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands: A Young Politician's Quest for Recovery in the American West" -- author Roger DiSilvestro discusses his book.

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Howard Means, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2011 24:44

"Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story" discussion by author Howard Means

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Adam Goodheart, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2011 72:25

"1861: The Civil War Awakening" discussion by author Adam Goodheart

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Keith Waters, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2011 46:30

"The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68" discussion by author Keith Waters

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Patti Smith, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2011 53:45

Patti Smith on "Just Kids," her National Book Award-Winning memoir.

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Steven Weisman, author talk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2010 32:27

"Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Portrait in Letters of an American Visionary" by Steven Weisman, discussion at NPG.

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