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Books

John Bolton's book, The Room Where It Happened
NPR
Politics & Policy

Judge allows Bolton memoir to proceed, despite Trump administration objection

Judge Royce Lamberth said the administration failed to prove that demanding a halt to publication was "an appropriate remedy" for the complications raised by Bolton's book.

5 years ago

In this photo an intercontinental ballistic missile lifts off from a truck-mounted launcher somewhere in Russia. The Russian military said the Avangard hypersonic weapon entered combat duty. The Kremlin has made modernization of Russia's strategic nuclear forces one of its top priorities. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Nuclear security and Chris Wallace on “Countdown 1945”

As U.S./ Russia nuclear weapons talks begin next week, we look at the state of nuclear proliferation and speak with Fox News' Chris Wallace about his book on the atomic bomb.

Air Date: June 16, 2020 10:00 am

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Community
Billy Penn

Former Penn Book Center closing for good, coronavirus ends 60-year run in West Philly

The shop nearly shut down last year, before new owners stepped in.

5 years ago

IF Lab cofounders Tayyib Smith and Meegan Denenberg (Facebook / Little Giant Creative)
Community
Billy Penn

Entrepreneurs of color from around the nation connect at IF Lab’s first virtual symposium

The new speaker series is based in Philly, but has a much wider reach.

5 years ago

Robert H. Frank's new book Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work examines the role of social influence in enacting larger social change.
Radio Times
Science

Peer pressure and social change

Do our individual actions matter? While policy change is critical, our individual actions carry the social influence necessary to make these changes possible.

Air Date: May 12, 2020

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Vikram Paralkar is an oncologist and author of Night Theater
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Night Theater

In Vikram Paralkar's new novel, a surgeon in India has one night to bring three people back from the dead, raising questions about medicine, corruption, and the afterlife.

Air Date: May 7, 2020

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Poets Richard Blanco and Nikky Finney
Arts & Entertainment

Healing words: poets and the pandemic

We talk with poets Richard Blanco and Nikky Finney about writing and reading poetry during the pandemic.

5 years ago

Listen 35:30
Illustration for Moby Dick by Rockwell Kent (The Rosenbach)
The Why
Arts & Entertainment

Inside Philly’s famous rare books collection

Join The Why's Shai Ben-Yaacov and his son for virtual tours of cool Philly spots they wish they could visit instead of being cooped up at home. First up: The Rosenbach.

Air Date: April 14, 2020

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How to stay occupied during quarantine
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

How to stay occupied during quarantine

What are the best things to read, watch and cook during your time in quarantine?

Air Date: April 10, 2020

Listen 49:13
First grader David waving his magic wand at the Harry Potter Festival in Chestnut Hill, in 2015. (Natavan Werbock for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Rowling starts Harry Potter At Home for housebound families

J.K. Rowling is hoping a dash of Harry Potter will help families confined to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

(Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

10 underrated Philly books to devour in the quarantine era

Buy them online to support local independent booksellers.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Novelist James McBride

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: March 10, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Banned books in prisons. (Sally Deng for NPR)
NPR
Community

Who should decide what books are allowed in prison?

Michael Tafolla says the books he read in prison helped him understand how he had landed there in the first place.

5 years ago

Actor LeVar Burton, 63, greets hundreds of young students at the Wilmington Public Library on Thursday, Feb., 20, 2020, in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.    ( Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Community

Wilmington Public Library hosts LeVar Burton for storytime with children

“Reading out loud to children is one of the most pure forms of storytelling I know,” said LeVar Burton.

5 years ago

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JerriAnne Boggis, executive director of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, poses with a monument that was erected in Harriet E. Wilson's honor. Boggis says when she read Wilson's book, she felt as if it was written the book just for her. (Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Early novel written by free Black woman called out racism among abolitionists

Here's one thing historians know to be true about Harriet Wilson: Some indomitable part of her spirit allowed her to survive a life on the margins of American society.

5 years ago

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