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Title: Studio 360: Jennifer Egan, The Afterlife of Sum

Author: Kurt Andersen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-18-10

Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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What if God was a bickering couple? That's just one of the provocative speculations in a book of short fiction a surprise hit last year called Sum: 40 Tales from the Afterlives. Another surprise: its author, David Eagleman, is a neuroscience researcher at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. When he can't test his ideas with experiments, he just writes them as fiction.

Then, the music industry is ailing, but an ambitious guitarist has hatched a genius new revenue model for struggling musicians. It's not enough to give your songs away for free on the internet: you have to pay the listeners. A satire by Scott Blaszak, featuring Pace Rommel. With voiceover by Mark Price and music by John Delore and Jay Frederick.

Finally, Jennifer Egan's new novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad, is a time-shifting collection of tales that weaves around the music industry. Egan explains why PowerPoint was the natural choice for a chapter about a 12-year old, and tells Kurt how her 9-year old son helped her develop a deep appreciation for Eminem. [Broadcast Date: September 18, 2010]

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Title: Studio 360: Franzen & Chocolate Genius

Author: Kurt Andersen

Narrator: Kurt Andersen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-11-10

Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Ever since Jonathan Franzen wowed the literary world with his 2001 novel The Corrections, he's been hailed as the next great American writer. Kurt talks to Franzen about the perils of literary success and his new novel Freedom, another epic about a colorful and troubled Midwestern family.

Then, Felice Frankel spent the last 20 years photographing objects that only the most powerful microscopes can see. In her book No Small Matter, which she wrote with the Harvard chemist George Whitesides, Frankel shows what life on the nanoscale looks like. Produced by Studio 360's Sarah Lilley.

Finally, Marc Anthony Thompson, the musician known as Chocolate Genius, wrote intimate songs about his family for his new album Swansongs. He performs live for us in studio, and tells Kurt about the origin of his stage name and his love-hate relationship with Randy Newman. [Broadcast Date: September 11, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Welcome to the Working Week

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-10-10

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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In this hour, Douglas Rushkoff is a well-known media critic and maker of documentaries. His tenth book is Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back. He talks about the book with Steve Paulson.

Next, Matthew Crawford is a philosopher and mechanic who's written a book called Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work. Crawford tells Steve Paulson why manual work matters.

Then, Candacy Taylor is an award-winning photographer, writer and visual artist. Her new book is Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress. Taylor tells Anne Strainchamps about the lives of the career waitresses she interviewed for her book.

And finally, Charles Wilkins is one of Canada's most celebrated non-fiction writers. In the Land of Long Fingernails: A Gravedigger in the Age of Aquarius is his memoir of his summer job as a college student when he worked for a large suburban cemetery in Toronto. He tells Jim Fleming about some of the characters who were his co-workers. [Broadcast Date: September 10, 2010]

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Title: Charlie Rose: George Osborne, September 10, 2010

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-10-10

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

A conversation with George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer. [Broadcast Date: September 10, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Superheroes

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-10

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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In this hour, James Kakalios teaches physics at the University of Minnesota and is the author of The Physics of Superheroes. He tells Jim Fleming that Superman'spowers make sense for a creature born on a planet with stronger gravity than Earth's, and that often fantasy writers strive to be scientific if you grant them one impossible feat.

Next, Wonder Woman is 70! Jim Lee drew the updated Wonder Woman and describes her to Steve Paulson, explaining the reasoning behind the updates. Jim Lee is co-publisher of DC comics.

Then, Aimee Mullins is an athlete, fashion model and activist who uses whichever of her 12 pairs of prosthetic legs is appropriate for the task at hand. She talks with Anne Strainchamps about why her running legs are modeled on a cheetah's and why she sees herself as having superpowers, rather than being "disabled."

And finally, Naif Al-Mutawa lives in his native Kuwait and is the Creator of The 99, a comic book series featuring a group of superheroes each of whom derives a power from one of the 99 attributes of Allah. Al-Mutawa tells Steve Paulson that his Islamic superheroes are a response to President Obama's Cairo speech, and that they may soon engage with the traditional Western superheroes. [Broadcast Date: September 8, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Losing Religion

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-27-10

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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In this hour, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born woman who later settled in the Netherlands and was elected to the Dutch Parliament. Her latest book is Nomad: From Islam to America, A Personal Journey through the Clash of Civilizations and argues that fundamentalist Islam poses a serious threat to the West. Hirsi Ali tells Anne Strainchamps that her fierce criticism of religion grows out of her own shattering personal experience.

Next, Philip Pullman is one of England's most famous atheists. Author of the best-selling fantasy novels The Amber Spyglass and The Golden Compass, Pullman's latest novel tackles the story of Jesus. Pullman talks with Steve Paulson about The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ and the role supernatural miracles play in his life.

Then, sociologist Phil Zuckerman talks with Jim Fleming about his book Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment. Zuckerman spent a year in Scandinavia and found that most Danes and Swedes he spoke with are happy to get along without religion.

After that, Rhoda Janzen talks with Anne Strainchamps about the life experiences behind her successful book Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home.

And finally, Tony Dushane talks with Steve Paulson about his novel based on his childhood as a Jehovah's Witness. The book is called Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk. [Broadcast Date: Augst 27, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Writers on Writing

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-10

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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In this hour, Nicholson Baker's latest novel is called The Anthologist. Baker tells Anne Strainchamps the book's about a writer who longs to be a poet. Baker shares his character's passion for verse and quotes several examples to illustrate his points about, for example, the problem with "iambic pentameter."

Next, Daniyal Mueenuddin divides his time between the United States and Pakistan, where his family owns a farm. His collection of short stories, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, a Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award. He talks with Steve Paulson.

After that, rocker Nick Cave of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds has written his second novel. It's called The Death of Bunny Munro. He talks with Steve Paulson about the relative freedom of writing prose versus song-writing, and disputes the conventional wisdom that performers can't get any new, creative work done while they're on the road.

Following that, Keith Miller is a novelist for whom libraries function as a muse. He reads an essay about the library he knew as a child in Africa then talks with Jim Fleming about the importance of libraries for him. His novels are called The Book of Flying and The Book of Fire.

Finally, Jane Hamilton is the author of several well-respected and thoughtful novels. Her latest is a departure: a satire called Laura Rider's Masterpiece. Hamilton tells Anne Strainchamps the inspiration for the book came when she was teaching a writing workshop on a cruise ship. [Broadcast Date: August 25, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Coming of Age Through Music

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-10

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

In this hour, novelist and poet Lavinia Greenlaw has written a memoir called The Importance of Music to Girls. She talks with Anne Strainchamps about how music helped her as she grew up ans reads from her book.

Next, Ralph Stanley is one of the founding fathers of bluegrass or old-time mountain music. His memoir is called Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times, and was written with music journalist Eddie Dean. Stanley talks with Steve Paulson about his family, his music and his concern with death, and we hear lots of his music.

Then, novelist Nick Hornby reveals his knowledge of obsessive music fan-dom in his new book, Juliet, Naked. He reads from the book and talks about it with Jim Fleming.

And finally, Geraint Watkins is a rock and roll pianist and accordionist who's worked with big stars like Paul McCartney and Dave Edmunds. He's also a gifted singer/songwriter who's recorded 3 solo albums. TTBOOK producer Doug Gordon prepared this report on the musician who's doing his best work as he nears sixty. [Broadcast Date: August 20, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Ethics of Western Aid

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-10

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Making Words

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-10

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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In this hour, Patricia O'Conner is a former editor at The New York Times Book Review and the author of Woe is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English. She tells Jim Fleming that what Americans think of as a British accent is a fairly recent development.

Next, Roy Blount Jr. is a humorist, word maven and the author of Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory. He tells Anne Strainchamps about the title of this program.

Then, Dan Everett went to the Amazon as a young Christian missionary and became captivated by the Indian people he'd come to convert and their totally unknown language. He describes his time with them in a book called Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, and talks with Steve Paulson about the Piraha culture.

After that, Arika Okrent is a linguist and the author of In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Logian Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language. She tries her Klingon out on Jim Fleming and explains why people make up languages.

And finally, Irene Pepperberg teaches animal cognition at Harvard and is an associate research professor at Brandeis. For thirty years, she worked with a remarkable grey parrot named Alex. She's chronicled their relationship in a book: Alex & Me: How A Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process. Pepperberg talks about her work with Alex with Steve Paulson, and we hear recordings of them at work. [Broadcast Date: August 6, 2010]

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