
Books
Port Richmond school gets a library after years of planning, and students are reading up a storm
Donations are helping Liguori Academy fill up the shelves.
4 days ago
Known online as ACO Jess, she just wants people to understand her job.
2 weeks ago
‘Revelations in Air’ and the power of smell
Author Jude Stewart on smell, the least understood of our five senses. And, what we know so far about Covid-19 and loss of scent...some people aren't bouncing back.
Air Date: May 13, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:14There’s no timeline yet for the improvements — and advocates are pressing for more.
2 weeks ago
In the battle over books, Nashville library’s response? ‘I read banned books’ cards
As efforts to control books continue, Nashville Public Library hopes to reach thousands of readers with its "I read banned books" card.
3 weeks ago
‘The Great Stewardess Rebellion’
Stewardesses 60s and 70s could only be single, childless, and attractive women. Nell McShane Wulfhart talks about how stewardesses organized to change these sexist policies.
Air Date: May 3, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history
Historian Shannen Dee Williams' comprehensive and compelling history of America's Black nuns, “Subversive Habits,” will be published May 17.
3 weeks ago
Children’s author Floyd Cooper to be honored nationally with his own day
Children’s Book Council has created Floyd Cooper day on May 6, honoring the late children’s book author and artist from the Philadelphia area.
4 weeks ago
Listen 1:37The Shame Machine: Who Profits In The New Age Of Humiliation
We discuss the public shaming on social media, where one tweet or post can make you the subject of humiliation by millions of people and end your career in an instant.
Air Date: April 19, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:00New York Public Library makes banned books available for free
The initiative is called Books for All and allows any reader aged 13 and older to access commonly banned books through the library's app until the end of May.
1 month ago
Frans de Waal on gender roles and primates
In studying a society of male dominated monkeys and comparing them to a female-led group of monkeys, primatologist Frans de Waal challenges human assumptions about gender.
Air Date: April 14, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:13Efforts to ban books jumped an ‘unprecedented’ four-fold in 2021, ALA report says
Book banning is not new — in the U.S. alone the practice goes back to Puritan times.
2 months ago
‘Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff’: How to Declutter for Good
In Matt Paxton's latest book, America’s top cleaning expert and star of the hit PBS series 'Legacy List' distills his fail-proof approach to decluttering and downsizing.
Air Date: March 30, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Special Archive Edition: Former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright
On this special edition of the Radio Times podcast, we revisit our interview with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who died Wednesday at the age of 84.
Air Date: March 24, 2022 6:00 pm
Listen 49:14‘Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage’
A new book, 'Foreverland', has been called an "illuminating, poignant, and savagely funny examination of modern marriage from Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky."
Air Date: March 15, 2022 10:00 am
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