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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 11:00 am

Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Russo on his new novel of midlife crackup and the search for happiness: “That Old Cape Magic.”

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Monday, August 17, 2009 at 11:00 am

Master storyteller Pat Conroy talks about his first novel in 14 years, “South of Broad,” and much more.

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Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:00 am

Brand new Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Strout on small-town Maine and her prize-winning novel, “Olive Kitteridge.”

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 11:00 am

Novelist T.C. Boyle on his new work, “The Women,” and the tempestuous love life of Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 11:36 am

Excerpt from Driftless by David Rhodes.

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 11:00 am

After 30 years’ silence, David Rhodes is back with small-town life and a cougar in the hay mow in his new book, “Driftless.”

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Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 11:00 am

Powerful Nigerian-born writer Uwem Akpan sees Africa through the eyes of its children — slavery, slums, and all.

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Friday, September 21, 2007 at 11:00 am

What is it about vampires? Halloween is still five weeks away, and already the fake fangy teeth are in the drug store aisles, along with the little kits for applying trickles of blood.
Some ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages cannot seem to get enough of the neck-nuzzling, blood-sucking world of Dracula. Book publishers [...]

 
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The Future of Aging
Thursday, November 5, 2009 image

A surge of new strategies to “manage” aging — from diets to testosterone. We’ll get the story.

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Climate, Congress & Copenhagen
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The Copenhagen climate conference is one month away. US climate action is going nowhere in Congress. We’ll look at the global implications of America’s domestic climate politics.

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On Point Blog
California, here we come! And we need your questions!

On Point is headed west!
No, no. Not for good. Only for one show. But it’s a very special show!  The NPR station in Thousand Oaks, California – KCLU – is celebrating their 15th anniversary. We’re lucky to have been on their airwaves for nearly seven years, and they invited us out west to host a live [...]

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For Love of Science – or Money?

A new study supports the idea that U.S. dominance in engineering and science is threatened — but not for lack of training and education. It has more to do with a lack of social and economic incentives.

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Matthew Hoh’s Resignation Letter

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain, became the first foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan. The move has generated a lot of reaction. You can read Hoh’s resignation letter, posted by The Washington Post, which reported on it here.

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