David Sedaris Takes a Vacation, Today's Classical Music Picks, 'The Broadcast 41'

David Sedaris joins us to discuss his new book, Calypso. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves. Instead, he realizes that it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself.

Clemency Burton-Hill joins us to offer her thoughts on the best classical music for the day.

Carol A. Stabile joins us to discuss her book, The Broadcast 41: Women and the Anti-Communist Blacklist. At the dawn of the Cold War era, 41 women working in American radio and television were placed on a media blacklist and forced from their industry. These women―among them Dorothy Parker, Lena Horne, and Gypsy Rose Lee―were, by nature of their diversity and ambition, a threat to the traditional portrayal of the American family on the airwaves. This book describes what American media lost when these women were blacklisted, documenting their aspirations and achievements.