Monday, November 29, 2010

THE POWER OF LOVE from NPR: Selected Shorts

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The Hungarian author and activist Tibor Dery must have drawn on his experiences as a political prisoner when he wrote "Love," whic...

Epidemics and Politics: Can Haiti Learn From History? from The Takeaway: Story of the Day by feedback@thetakeaway.org (Public Radio International and WNYC Radio)

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Demonstrators in Haiti have been protesting an outbreak of cholera, which has killed more than 1,000 people and has hospitalized more than 1...

Kennedy, Reagan, Bush, Obama: A History of the Tax Cut from The Takeaway: Story of the Day by feedback@thetakeaway.org (Public Radio International and WNYC Radio)

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The Bush-era tax cuts will be high on the agenda when the lame duck Congress reconvenes today. The cuts are scheduled to expire next year, b...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

On The Money with Chris DiSimio from 91.7 WVXU from On The Money with Chris DiSimio from 91.7 WVXU Podcast

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Authors Mary Buffett and David Clark are On the Money with Chris DeSimio discussing their new book, Warren Buffett and the Art of Stock Arbi...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Maria Bartiromo on Covering the Financial Meltdown from WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

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Maria Bartiromo, CNBC anchor, discusses her new book The Weekend That Changed Wall Street: An Eyewitness Account, and what's it's be...

The AV Club - December 2010 from PRI: The Sound of Young America

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Keith Phipps and Nathan Rabin of The AV Club stop by to sift through pop culture and present their picks, which include a box set from Apple...

Decades Later, Chinese Consumers' Tastes Change from NPR: Business Story of the Day Podcast

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Chinese consumers are spending. Karl Gerth, a professor at Oxford University, tells Steve Inskeep that Chinese consumerism already is changi...

NYT: Book Review for 11/26/2010 from NYT Book Review

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This week, Charles McGrath discusses William Trevor's new collection of short stories; Patricia Cohen reports on the digital humanities;...

Atlas of San Francisco from KQED's Forum Podcast

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Forum explores the many layers and different experiences of San Francisco with author Rebecca Solnit. Her new book, "Infinite City: A S...

The Moral Landscape from WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

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Sam Harris, author of the new book, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values, makes a clear case for a morality based on ...