Books
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 years 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 years 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 years ago
On the anniversary of the Pleasantville shooting, survivor Isaiah Green explains how he keeps alive the memory of a 10-year-old killed in the crossfire.
3 years ago
Listen 5:12Pittsburgh writers look back on Tree of Life shooting in new book
“Bound in the Bond of Life: Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy” (University of Pittsburgh Press) features essays by two dozen writers.
3 years ago
The 25th Amendment; Cole Brown and finding Blackness in a white world
Author Cole Brown joins to discuss Blackness and his experience being tokenized in his wealthy, predominantly white upbringing.
Air Date: October 13, 2020
Listen 49:45Milk Street host Christopher Kimball talks bridging cultural divides through food
Milk Street host/creator Christopher Kimball talks to Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn about the new season of his show and his new book, “Cookish.”
4 years ago
Listen 6:08Secret garden alert: Neglected for 20 years, the Rosenbach revives its urban oasis
Ignored behind a brick wall for 20 years, the rare book library and museum revived its garden for visitors.
4 years ago
Listen 1:40Jacob Goldstein on “Money: the True Story of a Made-Up Thing”
Planet Money's Jacob Goldstein discusses his new book about the history and future of money.
Air Date: September 15, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:29‘Deadly stuff’: Trump’s own words bring focus back to coronavirus
President Trump is acknowledging he played down the projected impact of the deadly coronavirus early this year and says he meant to avoid creating a panic.
4 years ago
Lacy Crawford talks about her sexual assault by two upperclassmen at St. Paul's School, the school's effort to cover it up, and role power and gender played in the aftermath.
Air Date: July 31, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:29In his new book, poet Mark Doty traces the life and work of Walt Whitman and, in the process, examines his own experience as a writer.
Air Date: July 21, 2020 10:00 am
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