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Sinopse
Welcome to Reader's Corner, a weekly radio show hosted by Boise State University President Bob Kustra that features lively conversations with some of the nation's leading authors about issues and ideas that matter today.
Episódios
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"A Day In The Life Of Abed Salama" By Nathan Thrall
27/04/2024 Duração: 36minAn interview with Nathan Thrall, author of the new book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama. The book tells the story of a deadly accident outside Jerusalem that unravels a tangle of lives, loves, and histories over the course of a single day.
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"Tired Of Winning" By Jonathan Karl
20/04/2024 Duração: 37minAn interview with Jonathan Karl, author of Tired of Winning. The book explores how Donald Trump remade the Republican Party in his own image, baggage and all.
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"Camera Man" By Dana Stevens
13/04/2024 Duração: 37minAn interview with Dana Stevens, author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, The Dawn of Cinema and the Invention of the Twentieth Century. In the book, Stevens places acclaimed filmmaker Buster Keaton’s unique creative genius in the context of his time.
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"Tyranny of the Minority" By Steven Levitsky (Part II)
06/04/2024 Duração: 31minAn interview with Steven Levitsky, co-author of Tyranny of the Minority. The book offers important context for our volatile times and a framework for how to protect our democracy from an authoritarian backlash.
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"Tyranny of the Minority" By Steven Levitsky (Part I)
30/03/2024 Duração: 30minAn interview with Steven Levitsky, co-author of Tyranny of the Minority. The book offers important context for our volatile times and a framework for how to protect our democracy from an authoritarian backlash.
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"The Violin Conspiracy" By Brendan Slocumb
23/03/2024 Duração: 32minAn interview with Brendan Slocumb, author of the novel, The Violin Conspiracy. Part literary thriller and part mystery, the book is a gripping coming-of-age story about the love of music and a young man’s resilience.
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"The Big Fail" By Joe Nocera
16/03/2024 Duração: 31minAn interview with Joe Nocera, co-author of The Big Fail. Co-written by Bethany MacLean, the book offers new answers for why and how America become the world leader in COVID deaths.
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"White House Wild Child" By Shelley Fraser Mickle
08/03/2024 Duração: 34minAn interview with Shelley Fraser Mickle, author of the new book, White House Wild Child. The book is a fascinating biography of outspoken first-daughter Alice Roosevelt, sometimes dubbed the Jackie O of the early 20th century.
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"How Ike Led" By Susan Eisenhower
02/03/2024 Duração: 30minNote: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode first aired in January 2021.
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"Plunder" By Brendan Ballou
24/02/2024 Duração: 31minAn interview with Brendan Ballou, author of the new book, Plunder. The book offers a powerful expose on the private equity industry – what it is, how it harms businesses and jobs, how the government helps, and how it can be reined in.
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"Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future?" By Morvan Lallouet, Ben Noble, And Jan Matti Dollbaum
17/02/2024 Duração: 34minAn interview with Morvan Lallouet, co-author of Navalny: Putin’s Nemesis, Russia’s Future? The book offers a close look at Alexei Navalny, from his pioneering anti-corruption investigations to his leadership of a political movement.
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"The Identity Trap" By Yascha Mounk
10/02/2024 Duração: 34minAn interview with Yascha Mounk, author of the new book, The Identity Trap. The book provides a comprehensive account of the origins, consequences, and limitations of so-called “wokeness.”
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"Flying Blind" By Peter Robison (Part II)
03/02/2024 Duração: 29minAn interview with Peter Robison, author of Flying Blind: The 737 Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing. The book explores how an industry titan became consumed with the bottom line, leading to a tragedy that endangered countless lives. Note: This is the second of a two-part interview.
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"Flying Blind" By Peter Robison (Part I)
27/01/2024 Duração: 29minAn interview with Peter Robison, author of Flying Blind: The 737 Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing. The book explores how an industry titan became consumed with the bottom line, leading to a tragedy that endangered countless lives.
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"Moscow X" By David McCloskey
20/01/2024 Duração: 34minAn interview with David McCloskey author of the new thriller, Moscow X. The book centers on a daring CIA operation, which targets Putin’s private banker.
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"Techlash" By Tom Wheeler
13/01/2024 Duração: 32minAn interview with Tom Wheeler, former FCC chairman and author of the new book, Techlash. With the experiences of the late 19th century’s industrial Gilded Age as a backdrop, Wheeler makes the case for a new vision of digital governance.
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"The Exponential Age" By Azeem Azhar
06/01/2024 Duração: 32minAn interview with Azeem Azhar, author of The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics, and Society. The book explores the widening gap between rapidly-expanding technology and our ability to deal with its effects.
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"Mansfield And Dirksen" By Marc C. Johnson
30/12/2023 Duração: 31minAn interview with Marc C. Johnson, author of Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan Giants of the Senate. The book highlights two Senate leaders whose commitment to bipartisanship lead to the passage of groundbreaking legislation, even in tumultuous times.
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"The Lumumba Plot" By Stuart A. Reid (Part II)
23/12/2023 Duração: 32minAn interview with Stuart A. Reid, author of The Lumumba Plot. The book is a thrilling Cold War account of the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo.
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"The Lumumba Plot" By Stuart A. Reid (Part I)
16/12/2023 Duração: 31minAn interview with Stuart A. Reid, author of The Lumumba Plot. The book is a thrilling Cold War account of the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo.