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Title: Studio 360: Mark Twain & Georgia O'Keefe

Author: Kurt Andersen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-10

Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

A century after his death, Mark Twain has finally published his autobiography. It's not a cradle-to-grave memoir, but a kind of window into Twain's mind, full of memories and thoughts randomly strung together. Kurt talks with Robert Hirst, an editor of the volume, who explains why Twain went about writing what he called a "love letter from the grave."

Next, the man behind L.A. Confidential and The Black Dahlia has amassed a cult following and a reputation as the best modern noir writer around. His new book, Hilliker's Curse: My Pursuit of Women, is a memoir. Kurt talked with James Ellroy in 2009 when his book Bloods A Rover came out.

And finally, "The men were all talking about the great American novel, the great American play...the great American everything," said Georgia OKeeffe. "So I thought, Ill make it an American painting. O'Keeffe painted cow and deer skulls floating over delicate abstract landscapes of the New Mexico desert. [Broadcast Date: November 13, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Red Tooth, Red Clay

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-10

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, John Vaillant tells Steve Paulson about his book, The Tiger. It's about a rare Amur tiger who starts killing people in a remote corner of Siberia where there is a huge trade in tiger poaching because of demand in nearby China. Ironically, a unit dedicated to tiger conservation is charged with hunting the rogue.

Next, Susan Casey, author of The Wave, tells Jim Fleming about the recent research into the phenomenon of mammoth ocean waves. Casey moved to Hawaii to hang out with giant wave surfers including Laird Hamilton.

Then, Gordon Grice is the author of Deadly Kingdom. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about the wilder side of nature and why we overlook the ferocity of wild animals at our peril.

And finally, David Abram is an ecologist, anthropologist and philosopher, and author of Becoming Animal. He visited the studios of Wisconsin Public Radio to tell us about the day he rented a kayak and set out to explore the waterways in Southern Alaska. The events of that day changed him forever. [Broadcast Date: October 29, 2010]

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Title: Studio 360: Time Travel

Author: Kurt Andersen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-21-10

Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Kurt Andersen thinks time travel is the ultimate fantasy. He's made peace with the fact that he probably won't be climbing into a time machine any time soon because, he explains, he already has. The past isn't nearly as dead as we thought.

Then, the forward-thinking space funk singer performs "Sincerely, Jane" from her album Metropolis: The Chase Suite. She tells Kurt how she came to connect with her alter ego, Cindi Mayweather, an android from the 28th century.

Finally, Simon Wells is the great-grandson of H.G. Wells. He directed the 2002 film adaptation of his ancestor's classic novel, The Time Machine. Wells has very specific ideas about how a time machine should be designed but David Goldberg says the time transport vehicle might look more like a spaceship; Goldberg and Connie Willis also debate whether a visitor to the past would be able to reshape the future. [Broadcast Date: August 21, 2010]

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Title: Studio 360: New Culture for a New South Africa

Author: Kurt Andersen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-26-10

Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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Ntone Edjabe is the founder and editor of Chimurenga, a provocative South African literary magazine. Born in Cameroon, he arrived in South Africa in the early 1990s, just as apartheid was ending. He tells Kurt about Kwaito, a style of music that became popular after desegregation, and how it's starting to influence the nation's literature.

Next, at 55, the white Jewish artist William Kentridge has a complicated relationship with apartheid. His film, Ubu Tells the Truth, depicts atrocities committed by the South African security police in a surreal style. Kentridge aims to find "the narrow band between remembering and forgetting" that allows South Africans to deal with the past. Produced by Kara Oehler.

Then, few authors who write in Afrikaans are read as widely outside South Africa than Marlene Van Niekerk. Her challenging novel Agaat, about the complex and bitter relationship of a black and a white woman running a farm, has earned her the endorsement of Toni Morrison. Van Niekerk explains how moral ambiguities pervade everything about South Africa.

Finally, Darci Kistler was only 15 years old when she started dancing at the School of American Ballet, and she was the last protégé of the legendary George Balanchine. That was almost 30 years ago, and this weekend marks Kistler's final performance with the New York City Ballet. [Broadcast Date: June 26, 2010]

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Title: Charlie Rose: Joe Biden and Jim Gray, June 2, 2010

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-02-10

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

A conversation with Vice President Joe Biden. Next, a conversation with sportscaster Jim Gray. [Broadcast Date: June 2, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: How We Learn

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-10

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, Daniel Wolff is the author of How Lincoln Learned to Read: 12 Great Americans and the Education That Made Them. He tells Anne Strainchamps that most Americans learn what they really need to know outside of school and that as a society, we believe contradictory things about the value of public education.

Next, Richard Nisbett is an IQ expert. His latest book is Intelligence and How to Get It. He tells Steve Paulson that parenting styles have an enormous impact on the IQ of children and so does simply telling middle-school children that influencing their IQ is within their control.

Then, Maryanne Wolf runs the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University, and is the author of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. Wolf tells Anne Strainchamps that she thinks the dyslexia brain ought to be considered a gift that characterized some of history's leading figures.

After that, Rick Riordan is the author of the wildly popular series of children's books featuring Percy Jackson - the dyslexic son of the god Poseidon. We hear clips from two of Percy's adventures, and Rick Riordan tells Anne Strainchamps that he created the character to help his own dyslexic son learn to love stories and reading.

Finally, Lewis Buzbee has spent his life besotted with books. He's sold them, and now he writes them. His memoir is The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A memoir, A history and he's also the author of a novel called Steinbeck's Ghost for younger readers. Buzbee talks with Jim Fleming about the tactile pleasures of book shopping and why people still love going to the bookshop, despite the convenience of on-line shopping. [Broadcast Date: April 30, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge

Subtitle: Polar Stories

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-10

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, After a bit of DJ Spooky's "Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica," we hear geo-political expert Charles Emmerson talk with Steve Paulson about the future prospects for the Arctic. Emmerson is a former Director at the World Economics Forum and the author of The Future History of the Arctic.

Next, Richard Ellis talks with Jim Fleming about how the melting of the Polar Ice cap in the Arctic is destroying the habitat for polar bears and the seals they eat. Ellis is the author of On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear.

Then, Douglas Quin is an award-winning sound designer, naturalist and composer. His latest project is called Fathom. It's an album of underwater field recordings from the Polar regions of the earth. Quin plays some of his favorites for Anne Strainchamps and talks about them with her.

After that, Lucy Jane Bledsoe is a novelist who's made three trips to Antarctica as part of the National Science Foundation's Artists and Writers in Antarctica Program. She tells Anne Strainchamps that the place is addictive. Her most recent novel, set in Antarctica, is The Big Bang Symphony: A Novel of Antarctica.

And finally, biologist Bill Streever is a cryophile - someone who loves the cold. He talks with Steve Paulson about his book, Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places. [Broadcast Date: March 31, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge

Subtitle: Hive Mind

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-12-10

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

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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In this hour, Thomas Seeley is a professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University. He talks about the social organization of a bee colony with Steve Paulson.

Next, intrepid TTBOOK intern John Pederson visits local bee keeper Mary Seeley as she's setting up some new hives.

Then, Len Fisher is the author of The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about "swarm intelligence" and how it differs from "group think."

After that, E.O. Wilson may know more about ants than anyone else on the planet. He and his colleague, Bert Holldobler, are the authors of The Superorganism. It's a book about the organization and communication among the millions of members of the colonies of certain species of ants. Wilson tells Steve Paulson they do it all with chemical signals secreted by their bodies.

Finally, Jaron Lanier is a Silicon Valley visionary and a virtuoso musician and composer. His new book is You Are Not a Gadget. The man who popularized "virtual reality" in the 80s tells Anne Strainchamps why he thinks Web 2.0 technology is erasing our sense of our own identity. [Broadcast Date: February 12, 2010]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, David Broder, Katherine Paterson, and Dan Gediman, January 29, 2010

Author: Bob Edwards

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-10

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

David Broder of The Washington Post joins Bob to talk politics. Next, this month, The Library of Congress named young adult novelist Katherine Paterson the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. She is this position's second appointee, and has chosen the theme "Read for Your Life" for her two year tenure. Paterson is a two-time Newbery Award winner, for Bridget to Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved and two-time winner of the National Book Award for The Great Gilly Hopkins and The Master Puppeteer. Then, in this week's installment of our ongoing series This I Believe, Bob talks with curator Dan Gediman about the essay of Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi. He was born in Cairo, studied medicine in London, and returned to Egypt to research bacteriology and teach. Also an accomplished artist, Shadi published several collections of poetry, wrote scripts for operas and painted. He immigrated to the United States in 1946. [Broadcast Date: January 29, 2010]

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Title: Charlie Rose

Subtitle: Robin Williams, January 7, 2010

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-07-10

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

A conversation with Robin Williams. [Broadcast Date: January 7, 2010]

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