The December selection for the Radio Bookclub is Tannery Bay, a novel co-written by Steven Dunn and Katie Jean Shinkle. The story takes place in the fictional town of Tannery Bay, where residents are stuck in a perpetual July. Caught in this eternal loop, the townspeople unite in defiance of The Owners, who control the local tannery, casino, and newspaper.

With elements of magical realism, the novel explores themes of Black joy, Queer joy, and the transformative power of art and love.

Steven Dunn joined the Radio Bookclub to discuss the novel. The episode aired on KGNU on Thursday, Dec. 26, at 9 a.m.

Tune in to our extended conversation with Steven Dunn on our podcast-only episode Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub. Hear Steven talk about the process of writing books collaboratively and his current projects.

Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spotify and Stitcher.

The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore. Every month, Arsen Kashkashian, head buyer at the Boulder Bookstore, selects a book to inspire listeners to read along together. The author will then join Maeve Conran and Arsen Kashkashian for a discussion that airs the fourth Thursday of every month at 9am.

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author William T. Taylor speaks more about the history of horses. He talks about efforts to domesticate zebras, how we’re rethinking archaeology and historical research to include Indigenous perspectives.

Listen to the broadcast interview with William Taylor where he talks about his new book Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History.

That interview was broadcast on KGNU on Thursday, November 28, 2024, at 9.00 am.

Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spotify and Stitcher. The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore. Every month, Arsen Kashkashian, head buyer at the Boulder Bookstore, selects a book to inspire listeners to read along together.

Dr. William T. Taylor is an Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology at the University of Colorado-Boulder, whose work explores the domestication of the horse and the ancient relationships between people and animals. In his new book Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History, he explores how four dynamic pulses (hoof ‘beats’) in the story of humans and horses – their initial domestication, the invention of horse transport, the explosive shift to mounted riding, and their dispersal into the New World – transformed ancient societies and created the world we live in today.

This episode was broadcast on KGNU on Thursday November 28 at 9.00am.

Tune in to our extended conversation with William Taylor on our podcast-only episode Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub. Hear William talk about efforts to domesticate zebras, how we’re rethinking archaeology and historical research to include Indigenous perspectives.

Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spotify and Stitcher.

The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore. Every month, Arsen Kashkashian, head buyer at the Boulder Bookstore, selects a book to inspire listeners to read along together. The author will then join Maeve Conran and Arsen Kashkashian for a discussion that airs the fourth Thursday of every month at 9am.

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Bonnie Garmus answers questions from the audience at this live taping of the Bookclub at the Boulder Library Foundation’s 50-year gala celebration on September 26, 2024.

Listen to the broadcast interview with Bonnie Garmus where she talks about her best-selling novel Lessons in Chemistry.

That interview was broadcast on KGNU on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at 9.00 am.

Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spotify and Stitcher. The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore. Every month, Arsen Kashkashian, head buyer at the Boulder Bookstore, selects a book to inspire listeners to read along together.

The October selection for the Radio Bookclub is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the novel follows Elizabeth Zott, a scientist who faces misogyny in her research career and ultimately becomes the host of a TV cooking show, Supper at Six, inspiring countless women. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Boulder Public Library on September 26, 2024, as part of the Boulder Library Foundation’s 50-year gala celebration.

This episode was broadcast on KGNU on Thursday October 24 at 9.00am.

Tune in to our extended conversation with Bonnie Garmus on our podcast-only episode Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub. Hear Bonnie Garmus answer questions from the audience at the Boulder Library Foundation’s 50-year gala celebration..

Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spotify and Stitcher.

The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore. Every month, Arsen Kashkashian, head buyer at the Boulder Bookstore, selects a book to inspire listeners to read along together. The author will then join Maeve Conran and Arsen Kashkashian for a discussion that airs the fourth Thursday of every month at 9am.

On today’s Morning Magazine, a new state report shows that roughly 60 percent of Colorado air pollution comes from one industry that the state does not want to talk about. Then, it’s our weekly segment Radio Nibbles, with John Lehndorff.

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