The Thread with Kerri Miller

By Minnesota Public Radio

On The Thread, books are just the beginning. Host Kerri Miller talks with comedians, scientists and other big thinkers about how books and reading have shaped their lives.... more

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The podcast currently has 181 episodes available.

The Thread with Kerri Miller episodes:

May 29, 2018 Thread Book Hour: Arundhati Roy
Kerri Miller interviews Man Booker Award winning author Arundhati Roy.
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49min
May 27, 2018 Two Syrian teenage girls, 800 years apart
The author of "The Map of Salt and Stars" tells two parallel stories that she hopes will move readers to care about the Syrian war.
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5min
May 25, 2018 Murakami mesmerizes with his fiction, but his nonfiction is not to be missed
In the late 90s, Haruki Murakami published a nonfiction account of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. Bookseller Lucas Mcguffie calls it a mix of "literature and journalism."
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2min
May 18, 2018 'A good, old-fashioned page turner' from Jennifer Egan
Bookseller Linda Kass says you "always learn something in a Jennifer Egan novel." In Egan's latest, the subjects range from searching for bodies underwater to running a nightclub.
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2min
May 14, 2018 National Book Award finalists: 'Never Caught' and 'Democracy in Chains'
Two 2017 National Book Award finalists speak at Concordia College in Moorhead about their new books.
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1h 5min
May 09, 2018 Historical Society's newest old book tells tales of a new world
The 1619 volume records the experiences of Samuel de Champlain, who traveled the eastern Great Lakes region.
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3min
May 04, 2018 Thread Book Hour: Carter Meland and Terese Mailhot
Today on MPR News Presents it's the Thread Book Hour with a duo of Native American authors.
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18min
May 04, 2018 An 'elegant, accessible, transcendent, earthy' poetry collection
National Poetry Month ended in April, but bookstore owner Nathan Montoya has a poetry recommendation that's fresh year-round.
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2min
April 27, 2018 When Teddy Roosevelt went to the Amazon
Bookseller Jinny Amundson pulls a good read from the backlist with a tale of adventure and Teddy Roosevelt.
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2min
April 24, 2018 A story of apathy in 'Red Clocks'
Author Leni Zumas explores what it would be like if everyone gave up the fight for reproductive rights.
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36min

FAQs about The Thread with Kerri Miller:

How many episodes does The Thread with Kerri Miller have?

The podcast currently has 181 episodes available.