Hear a conversation with Jimmy Guterman, author of a new book on the life, music, and cultural impact of America’s great and gritty rock and roll bard, Bruce Springsteen.
Guests:
Jimmy Guterman, author of “Runaway American Dream: Listening to Bruce Springsteen”
Tim Riley, author of “Fever”
Jim Cullen, author of “Born in the USA: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition.”
Tunes from old Appalachia with a new bluegrass twist. The hit folk band “Crooked Still” plays for us in our studio.
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A U.S. offensive in Afghanistan. Al Franken heads to the Senate. Mark Sanford keeps talking. And unemployment keeps rising. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
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Author Rick Bass walks us through the changing seasons of the Montana wilderness, in his new book, “The Wild Marsh.”
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Former FDA chief David Kessler took on Big Tobacco. Now he tells us how the food industry plays with our brain chemistry, and turns us into hyper-eaters.
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