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Books

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Van Jones’ “Beyond The Messy Truth”

VAN JONES, CNN political contributor, host and longtime social activist, has been ...

Air Date: October 12, 2017

Listen 48:59
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

E.J. Dionne and Norman Ornstein’s “One Nation After Trump”

E.J. DIONNE JR. and ...

Air Date: October 11, 2017

Listen 48:58
Community

First Person: Louise Ballard

The wife of fallen Delaware state police trooper Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard is honoring the memory of her husband with a reading program.

6 years ago

Julie Lythcott-Haims (TED Conference)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Julie Lythcott-Haims’ “Real American: A Memoir”

Guest: Julie Lythcott-Haims Growing up as the only child of an African American father and a white British mothe ...

Air Date: October 4, 2017

Listen 49:13
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and his wife, Aileen (center), listen as Hackett School third-grader Madison Boudreaux reads. Through their foundation, the Robertses donated $450,000 to put books in Philadelphia public school classrooms. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Comcast’s Brian and Aileen Roberts give $450,000 for Philly school books

Roberts' gift completed a $3.5 million campaign to put "leveled" books in every one of the district's K-3 classrooms, capping the drive a year earlier than expected.

6 years ago

Author Salman Rushdie poses for photographers at a book signing in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
Arts & Entertainment

On ‘Radio Times’: Salman Rushdie, over the rainbow

Novelist Salman Rushdie may be best known for his novel, “The Satanic Verses,” which forced him into hiding after Iran’s Ay ...

6 years ago

Listen 0:00
Author Salman Rushdie poses for photographers at a signing for his new book 'Home',  in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Salman Rushdie, “The Golden House”

Guest: Salman Rushdie SALMAN RUSHDIE’s new novel, ...

Air Date: September 28, 2017

Listen 49:30
The cover of local author Becky Birtha's book evokes prison bars because it focuses on kids coping when their parents are incarcerated. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Book explores how kids cope with parents in prison

Nearly 3 million children in the U.S. have a parent in jail or prison. Local author Becky Birtha is hoping her children's book, "Far Apart, Close in Heart," will help them.

6 years ago

Listen 0:00
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Stephen Greenblatt’s “The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve”

Guest: Stephen Greenblatt STEPHEN GREENBLATT, an Ame ...

Air Date: September 15, 2017

Listen 00:49:55
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Novelist Nicole Krauss; the Caribbean post-Irma

Guests: Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Nicole Krauss NICOLE KRAUSS, author of t ...

Air Date: September 14, 2017

Listen 0:00
 Current and former city, county and state leaders joined in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Route 9 Library and Innovation Center (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Community

Route 9 Library in New Castle opens to the public

A county library years in the making came to fruition Tuesday.   Adults and children were greeted by the smell of new ...

6 years ago

 Hillary Clinton speaks at AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia in April 2016. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Hey, Hillary, we already know what happened

Al Franken said it well last spring: “I love Hillary … and I think she has a right to analyze what happened. But we do have t ...

6 years ago

 Mindell Dubansky has been repairing books at the Met for 35 years. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

The art of preserving and fixing rare books

Mindell Dubansky has been repairing and taking care of books for 35 years. Mindell Dubansky once slapped someone’s hand for ...

6 years ago

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 The Second Bank of the United States in Philadelphia (WikiCommons)
Arts & Entertainment

Imagine trying to write Philadelphia’s history in a short book

The challenge of writing a brief history of Philadelphia has been taken up by Roger Simon, professor of history at Lehigh University. ...

6 years ago

Listen 10:44
Michael Becker with WHYY's Dave Heller. (WHYY photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Bucks County author Michael Becker talks about his memoir ‘A Walk with Purpose’

He joined NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller to discuss life with a terminal illness and the activities that keep him going. & ...

6 years ago

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