
Books
Our lungs and Covid; Philly schools reopening
Breathing: it's something that most of us don't even think about, until we have trouble doing it.
Air Date: February 24, 2021
Camden’s ‘Hoodbrarian’ brings love of books to her community
Danielle “The Hoodbrarian” Jackson shares her extensive book collection and love of reading to help fill a gap in her community in Camden and beyond.
2 days ago
Listen 3:36“Chatter:” how to control our inner voice
Is the voice in your head too critical? Does it make you more anxious instead of less? Psychologist Ethan Kross discusses how to control our self-talk.
Air Date: February 17, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:30An online audience that included people from Botswana and Albania heard authors and illustrators talk about their work at the Philly-based event.
3 weeks ago
Maria Kefalas discusses her memoir about coping with her daughter Calliope's terminal illness and how she learned to turn her grief into action and advocacy.
Air Date: February 2, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 48:59‘Their stories matter’: The nation’s oldest Black children’s book fair goes virtual for 2021
On Feb. 6, the usually Philly-based African American Children's Book Fair, will be online, interactive, and feature more than 30 authors and illustrators.
4 weeks ago
Siberia's landscape has long been defined by ice, wind, and darkness. But underneath the region's bleak history and barren geography lives a uniquely Siberian piano culture.
Air Date: January 21, 2021
Listen 48:59How a ‘love affair with Black literature’ kept Lansdale’s Black Reserve Bookstore alive
A rise in pandemic reading and demand for works written from the Black perspective or about social justice made a unique moment in time, the owner says.
1 month ago
Listen 1:39Black, Southern, gay poetry collection selected for One Book, One Philadelphia
Pulitzer-winning “The Tradition” by Jericho Brown has been picked for One Book One Philadelphia, the first time the citywide reading project chose poetry.
1 month ago
What the ancient Greeks and Romans taught the Founding Fathers
Journalist Thomas Ricks discusses his new book "First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country."
Air Date: December 31, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:5910 Philly authors read about revolution in year-end fundraiser film
Literary collective Blue Stoop is surviving the pandemic by focusing on the local community.
3 months ago
National Book Award winner James McBride, author of "The Good Lord Bird, joins Marty to talk about his newest novel, "Deacon King Kong."
Air Date: November 26, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:59Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales
Former President Barack Obama's “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours.
3 months ago
What the ancient Greeks and Romans taught the Founding Fathers
Journalist Thomas Ricks discusses his new book "First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country."
Air Date: November 17, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:59Obama calls Trump’s refusal to concede another ‘breach of basic democratic norms’
In an interview with NPR, the former president offers some of his most wide-ranging remarks on the outcome of the election and says Trump will fail in "denying reality."
3 months ago