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Salman Rushdie gestures as he speaks at a podium.
Community

Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ agent says

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author is “on the road to recovery” two days after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York.

3 years ago

Parents, students and teachers rallied ahead of the Central Bucks School District’s vote to remove books perceived to have sexualized content from their libraries outside the district’s headquarters in Doylestown on July 26, 2022.
Education

‘It’s just getting worse.’ Central Bucks passes policy censoring class materials with ‘sexualized content’

The Central Bucks policy “effectively bans human development and sex education in the schools,” one expert said.

3 years ago

A view from above of many people standing on stage, including security officers.
Arts & Entertainment

Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

His agent, Andrew Wylie, said the writer was on a ventilator, with a damaged liver, severed nerves in an arm and an eye he was likely to lose.

3 years ago

(photo credit, Colin Lenton)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

The Power of Fun

Catherine Price, author of "The Power of Fun," on the importance of having fun and how we can incorporate it into our lives so we're happier, healthier and more connected.

Air Date: August 12, 2022 10:00 am

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Bernard ''Billy'' Brown hugs a tree in Haddington Woods near Cobbs Creek. Brown is the author of a new guide book, ''Exploring Philly Nature.'' (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Bugs, birds, and plants: This writer wants you to embrace nature in Philly

Urban wildlife exists all around us, and Bernard Brown is on a mission to get people to enjoy it with his new book, “Exploring Philly Nature: A Guide for All Four Seasons."

3 years ago

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(photo credit, Ralph Answang)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Mark Leibovich on ‘Thank You For Your Servitude’

Journalist and author Mark Leibovich talks about his new book, "Thank You For Your Servitude," about the sycophants who enabled Donald Trump.

Air Date: August 10, 2022 10:00 am

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Former Philadelphia Eagles player Brian Westbrook, left, talks to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter prior to an NFL football game, Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Radio Times

Regional Roundup: August 8, 2022

A historic shortage of judges holds up thousands of cases in New Jersey. A rare Revolutionary War discovery. Lesley Van Arsdall and NFL's Brian Westbrook's children's book.

Air Date: August 8, 2022 10:00 am

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NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Authors and bookstore owners worry a big publishing merger will affect diversity

The proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster will likely change things for authors and readers - for better or worse.

3 years ago

The cover of a children's book, ''The mouse Who played football''
Arts & Entertainment

Man or mouse?: Former Eagle Brian Westbrook writes children’s book

The Eagles running back was relatively small for a football player. He tells his story in a picture book about a mouse with big dreams.

3 years ago

Jean Bartik (left) and Frances Spence operating the ENIAC’s main control panel. (photo credit U.S. Army and University of Pennsylvania)
Radio Times

The women who programmed the first modern computer

Kathy Kleiman on her new book about the ENIAC programmers, "Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer"  

Air Date: August 2, 2022 10:00 am

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Parkway Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Community

Video: What’s the future for Philly’s libraries?

WHYY student interns Dre'Mere Reyes and Lamar Reed explore the challenges facing the Free Library of Philadelphia.

3 years ago

Pennridge School District (Google maps)
Education

Pennridge proposed policy on student expression goes ‘way further than anything I have ever seen’ ACLU lawyer says

The Pennridge school board is considering a policy that would limit the “nonschool materials” students can share in school and online.

3 years ago

(photo credit, Emillie Krause)
Radio Times

‘The Great Stewardess Rebellion’ and air travel today

Nell McShane Wulfhart tells the history of how stewardesses became flight attendants and their influence on the labor movement in her book "The Great Stewardess Rebellion."

Air Date: July 29, 2022 10:00 am

Japanese Breakfast performs during Jack Antonoff's 1984 Superjam at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Bonus Interview: Michelle Zauner, “Crying in H Mart”

From the Radio Times archive, we revisit Marty Moss-Coane's interview with Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner on her musical talent and memoir, Crying in H Mart.

Air Date: July 23, 2022 6:00 am

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(photo credit, Aaron Fedor)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Author Susan Cain on ‘Bittersweet’

Susan Cain discusses her new book, "Bittersweet," about the power of the overlocked emotion that allows us to feel sad and happy simultaneously.

Air Date: July 19, 2022 10:00 am

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