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Sen. Cory Booker on 'Stand' and his intentions for the 2028 election
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration, but lately he’s also expressed frustration with the Democratic Party. …
2 weeks ago
The story behind cookbooks 'The Talisman of Happiness' and 'Will This Make You Happy'
Today’s episode features two cookbooks: One new, the other newly translated. First, a classic Italian cookbook (and classic wedding gift) has been tr…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Keith O'Brien on 'Heartland,' Larry Bird and the basketball career that almost wasn't
Larry Bird – one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA – once gave up his college basketball career to return to his hometown, French Lic…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
In the epic 'Son of Nobody,' Yann Martel gives footnotes a starring role
Yann Martel’s new novel Son of Nobody contains two narratives: a lost epic about the Trojan War and a personal tragedy that plays out in the book’s f…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Geoff Bennett on the history of Black comedy from vaudeville to sitcoms
PBS Newshour co-anchor Geoff Bennett is out with a new book that presents portraits of Black artists who shaped comedy. Black Out Loud is a history t…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Andy Weir reveals his fun and frantic creative process behind 'Project Hail Mary'
In Project Hail Mary, amateur astronaut Ryland Grace must travel light years from Earth to save humanity from a dying Sun. The stakes are high, to sa…
3 weeks ago
In new memoirs, David Archuleta and Lindy West break with their pasts
Singer-songwriter David Archuleta and writer Lindy West are both out with memoirs that deal with letting go of the past. First, Archuleta was the run…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Apple is turning 50. David Pogue’s new book tells its history.
Next month, tech giant Apple will turn 50, marking five decades since Steve Jobs and his co-founders set out to put powerful technology in the hands …
3 weeks, 4 days ago
In the novel ‘Black Bag,’ a classroom experiment invites questions about masculinity
The narrator in Black Bag is an unnamed and mostly unemployed actor until a professor offers him the starring role in an experiment. The narrator is …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Fab 5 Freddy’s 'Everybody’s Fly' is a backstage pass to NYC’s new wave hip hop scene
Fred Brathwaite — aka ‘Fab 5 Freddy’ — is a pioneering multimedia artist credited with bringing hip hop to the mainstream in the 1980s. His new memoi…
3 weeks, 6 days ago