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We speak with 2010 National Book Award winner Jaimy Gordon about her novel "Lord of Misrule" -- and ride into the world of horse r...

What was the best book you read this year? We open the phone lines to ask listeners about their recent and all-time favorites. Download the ...

There will be no peeking. No snitching. No playing with the Christmas ornaments. There will be no opening presents early. No staying up late...

The second edition of The Encyclopedia of New York City is newly published. Hear about some of the tidbits of city lore each week in Decembe...

December 7, 2010 A study of five U.S. allies who ended bans on gays openly serving in their militaries showed that the wide-scale disruption...

Easy Cranberry & Apple Cake Serves 6 to 8 This recipe is inspired by a cranberry pie from Sarah Chase’s book Cold Weather Cooking. My fr...

December 06, 2010 - Garry Trudeau Views: 76,690 Aired: 12/06/10 Episode 06154 Obama tries to win over Republicans, and Garry Trudeau looks b...

Novelist Kathy Reichs talks about how her series of books about forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan inspired the television show Bone...

W. Bruce Cameron’s A Dog’s Purpose is a New York Times best seller. The novel is about a dog named Baily that finds himself reincarnated ove...

Today's Please Explain looks at spying, the organizations that do it, and how it's carried out and why. We're joined by Thomas S...

December 02, 2010 - David Stockman Views: 46,809 Aired: 12/02/10 Episode 06153 Stephen covers the war on Christmas and asks David Stockman w...

For more than two decades, as the cost of college has climbed at twice the rate of inflation, critics have argued that bloated bureaucracies...

America's system of criminal justice is based on the presumption of innocence. But what happens when innocent people are wrongly convict...

William Upski Wimsatt, hip hop and graffiti writer, founder of the League of Young Voters and the author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburb...