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Friday
6/15/2012
10:00 AM
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George Takei
Star Trek's George Takei joins Veronica Rueckert to discuss his television and film roles, becoming a social media superstar, and social activist.
Guest: George Takei, actor best known for his portrayal of Mr. Sulu in the acclaimed television and film series Star Trek.
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6/15/2012
10:00 PM
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George Takei
Star Trek's George Takei joins Veronica Rueckert to discuss his television and film roles, becoming a social media superstar, and social activist.
Guest: George Takei, actor best known for his portrayal of Mr. Sulu in the acclaimed television and film series Star Trek.
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Friday
6/8/2012
9:00 AM
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Unquenchable Thirst
Veronica Rueckert is joined by a former nun who worked with Mother Teresa for twenty years, before leaving in 1997. (From our archives)
Guest: Mary Johnson, former member, Missionaries of Charity, commonly known as the Sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Author, "An Unquenchable Thirst: One Woman's Extraordinary Journey of Faith, Hope, and Clarity."
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6/8/2012
10:00 AM
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Relevance of the Written Word
The future of the U.S. Postal Service is in peril, but "snail mail" enthusiasts across the country are banding together to keep the art of the written letter alive! Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the importance -- and relevance -- of the written word in the age of email. (From our archives.)
Guest: Samara O'Shea (suh-MAY-ruh oh-SHAY), author of "For the Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to the Art of Letter Writing," and creator of the letter writing service and blog, "Letter Lover" at www.letterlover.com.
For the Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to t...
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6/8/2012
10:00 PM
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Relevance of the Written Word
The future of the U.S. Postal Service is in peril, but "snail mail" enthusiasts across the country are banding together to keep the art of the written letter alive! Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the importance -- and relevance -- of the written word in the age of email. (From our archives.)
Guest: Samara O'Shea (suh-MAY-ruh oh-SHAY), author of "For the Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to the Art of Letter Writing," and creator of the letter writing service and blog, "Letter Lover" at www.letterlover.com.
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Friday
6/1/2012
9:00 AM
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Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
Babies depend on them, men fixate on them and women obsess over them. Humans in general like to look at them-so say scientists. But, for as much as breasts stare us in the face, we actually don't know much about them. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the past, present and future of breasts, and find out why they are increasingly threatened.
Guest:
Florence Williams is an award-winning journalist and contributor to Outside magazine. She also writes regularly for Slate and the New York Times. She is the author of Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History.
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6/1/2012
10:00 AM
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The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama
After ten, Veronica Rueckert asks musician and writer Elijah Wald to help us understand "The Dozens" - a tradition of African American street rhyming and verbal combat that ruled urban neighborhoods long before rap.
Guest:
Elijah Wald is a musician and writer whose books include "Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues," and "How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n Roll." He has taught blues history at UCLA and won multiple awards, including a 2002 Grammy. Wald's latest book is "The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama."
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Inventi...
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6/1/2012
10:00 PM
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The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama
After ten, Veronica Rueckert asks musician and writer Elijah Wald to help us understand "The Dozens" - a tradition of African American street rhyming and verbal combat that ruled urban neighborhoods long before rap.
Guest:
Elijah Wald is a musician and writer whose books include "Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues," and "How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n Roll." He has taught blues history at UCLA and won multiple awards, including a 2002 Grammy. Wald's latest book is "The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama."
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5/25/2012
9:00 AM
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The New Feminist Agenda
Feminists opened up thousands of doors for women in the '60s and '70s, but decades later, are U.S. women where they thought they'd be? After nine, Veronica Rueckert talks with two remarkable women about the state of women and feminism in 2012.
Guests:
- Madeleine M. Kunin was the first woman governor of Vermont and the first woman in the U.S. to serve three terms as governor. She served as Deputy Secretary of Education and Ambassador to Switzerland in the Clinton Administration. Her most recent book is "The New Feminist Agenda; Pearls, Politics and Power."
- Julie Zeilinger founded and edits The FBomb, a feminist blog and community for teens and young adults. Julie was named one of the eight most influential bloggers under 21 by Women's Day Magazine, and one of the London Time's "40 Bloggers Who Really Count." She is author of "A Little F'd Up: Why Feminism Is Not a Dirty Word."
The New Feminist Agenda
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Friday
5/25/2012
10:00 AM
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What's in a Name?
What's in a name? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore what our chosen names say about style, image, gender identity, class, ethnic heritage, and ultimately ourselves.
Guest:
Pamela Satran is a preeminent expert on the hottest trends in baby naming and has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, and BBC, among others. She is co-creator of the million-visitor website Nameberry.com and the coauthor of ten bestselling books about names.
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5/25/2012
10:00 PM
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What's in a Name?
What's in a name? After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore what our chosen names say about style, image, gender identity, class, ethnic heritage, and ultimately ourselves.
Guest:
Pamela Satran is a preeminent expert on the hottest trends in baby naming and has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, and BBC, among others. She is co-creator of the million-visitor website Nameberry.com and the coauthor of ten bestselling books about names.
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5/18/2012
9:00 AM
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Steven Pinker
After nine, we have a repeat broadcast of psychologist Steven Pinker's interview with Veronica Rueckert to discuss his claim that we're actually living in the most nonviolent time in human history.
Guest: Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University. Author, "The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature," and most recently, "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined."
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Hu...
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5/18/2012
10:00 AM
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The Appeal of Living Alone
Even though Americans like to think of themselves as individualists, the truth is more than half are far from independent. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest take a look at the rising trend of living alone. Once thought as a solitary livelihood for spinsters, it turns out today's singletons are deeply engaged in social and civic life - and far from lonely! (Repeat broadcast from 2/24/2012)
Guest: Eric Klinenberg is Professor of Sociology, Public Policy, and Media, Culture, and Communications at New York University, and editor of the journal Public Culture. His latest book is "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone".
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising ...
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5/18/2012
10:00 PM
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The Appeal of Living Alone
Even though Americans like to think of themselves as individualists, the truth is more than half are far from independent. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest take a look at the rising trend of living alone. Once thought as a solitary livelihood for spinsters, it turns out today's singletons are deeply engaged in social and civic life - and far from lonely! (Repeat broadcast from 2/24/2012)
Guest: Eric Klinenberg is Professor of Sociology, Public Policy, and Media, Culture, and Communications at New York University, and editor of the journal Public Culture. His latest book is "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone".
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5/11/2012
9:00 AM
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True Wealth: An Argument for the 21-hour Workwee...
After nine, Veronica Rueckert talks with economist Juliet Schor who argues for more leisure time, less consumption, and moving towards a small-scale economy.
Guest: Juliet Schor is an economist, a professor of sociology at Boston University and a former Guggenheim fellow. Her most recent book is "True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy."
True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans are...
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5/11/2012
10:00 AM
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Listen to Your Mother!
After ten, on the Veronica Rueckert show, we celebrate Mother's Day by reminding our listeners to "Listen to Your Mother!"
Guest: Ann Imig is the National Director of "Listen to your Mother," a national series of readings in honor of mothers and Mother's Day. She calls herself a "stay-at-home-humorist," Babble.com named her the funniest 2011 Top 50 Twitter Mom and she also serves on the Board of Directors for "Violence Unsilenced," a website dedicated to survivors of abuse.
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5/11/2012
10:00 PM
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Listen to Your Mother!
After ten, on the Veronica Rueckert show, we celebrate Mother's Day by reminding our listeners to "Listen to Your Mother!"
Guest: Ann Imig is the National Director of "Listen to your Mother," a national series of readings in honor of mothers and Mother's Day. She calls herself a "stay-at-home-humorist," Babble.com named her the funniest 2011 Top 50 Twitter Mom and she also serves on the Board of Directors for "Violence Unsilenced," a website dedicated to survivors of abuse.
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Friday
5/4/2012
9:00 AM
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An Intimate History of the Home
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the intimate and surprising history of the home - from bathrooms to bedrooms and everything in between.
Guest: Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity
that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, and others; she was the host of the four-part BBC television series If Walls Could Talk; author of If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home.
If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Ho...
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5/4/2012
10:00 AM
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
After ten, Veronica Rueckert is joined by the Grammy award-winning band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Guests:
- Dom Flemons
- Rhiannon Giddens
- Hubby Jenkins
- Leyla McCalla
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5/4/2012
10:00 PM
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
After ten, Veronica Rueckert is joined by the Grammy award-winning band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Guests:
- Dom Flemons
- Rhiannon Giddens
- Hubby Jenkins
- Leyla McCalla
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Friday
4/27/2012
9:00 AM
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Bill Mc Kibben on Global Climate Change
After nine, Veronica Rueckert talks with Bill McKibben about Global Climate Change-taking the temperature of the planet and figuring out what we can do 'on the ground.'
Guest: Bill McKibben is an author, environmentalist, and activist. In 1988, he wrote "The End of Nature", the first book for a common audience about global warming. He is the co-founder and Chairman of 350.org, an international climate campaign that works in 188 countries around the world. McKibben has received many awards, including a Guggenheim and a Lyndhurst Fellowship. Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the "100 most important global thinkers" and Utne Reader listed him as one of the "25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World".
The End of Nature
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4/27/2012
10:00 AM
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Compassion, Inc. by Mara Einstein
Veronica Rueckert's guest argues that often times when corporations team up with charitable organizations to market goods, the outcomes heavily favor the company, and not the organization. After ten, media critic Mara Einstein discusses how we can be more informed consumers.
Guest: Mara Einstein, Author, "Compassion, Inc.: How Corporate America Blurs the Line Between What We Buy, Who We Are and Those We Help."
Compassion, Inc.: How Corporate America Blurs the ...
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4/27/2012
10:00 PM
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Compassion, Inc. by Mara Einstein
Veronica Rueckert's guest argues that often times when corporations team up with charitable organizations to market goods, the outcomes heavily favor the company, and not the organization. After ten, media critic Mara Einstein discusses how we can be more informed consumers.
Guest: Mara Einstein, Author, "Compassion, Inc.: How Corporate America Blurs the Line Between What We Buy, Who We Are and Those We Help."
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Friday
4/20/2012
9:00 AM
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The Emotional Life of the Brain
After nine: How does the brain affect emotion? Can we really "change our minds?" Richard Davidson has been at the forefront of brain research for over 30 years. In his new book, "The Emotional Life of Your Brain," he offers a new model for understanding our emotions - and practical strategies to change them.
Guest: (Short)
Richard Davidson is a neuroscientist at the UW-Madison. His latest book is called The Emotional Life of Your Brain.
The Emotional Life of Your Brain
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Friday
4/20/2012
10:00 AM
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Garbology
After ten: In America, garbage is the single biggest thing we produce. Every day, each one of us tosses about 7.1 pounds of trash-that's 102 tons of garbage in our lifetime. But Pulitzer Prize-winner, Edward Humes says that waste is the one big societal and environmental problem over which we actually have control. He tells Veronica Rueckert how we can reduce our addiction to garbage.
Guest: Eward Humes is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of twelve non-fiction books, including, No Matter How Loud I Shout and Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution. His new book, Garbology, is just out.
NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT : A Year in the Life of...
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4/20/2012
10:00 PM
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Garbology
After ten: In America, garbage is the single biggest thing we produce. Every day, each one of us tosses about 7.1 pounds of trash-that's 102 tons of garbage in our lifetime. But Pulitzer Prize-winner, Edward Humes says that waste is the one big societal and environmental problem over which we actually have control. He tells Veronica Rueckert how we can reduce our addiction to garbage.
Guest: Eward Humes is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of twelve non-fiction books, including, No Matter How Loud I Shout and Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution. His new book, Garbology, is just out.
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Friday
4/13/2012
9:00 AM
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The Seven Laws of Magical Thinking
After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest argues that it's human nature to engage in magical thinking, and doing so is beneficial to us all.
Guest: Matthew Hutson, Author, "The Seven Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane."
The Seven Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational...
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Friday
4/13/2012
10:00 AM
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Prada to Poverty
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with Hogan Gorman about the car accident that left her with debilitating injuries and no health insurance. The result became an award-winning one-woman play and a commentary on the social welfare system.
Guest: Hogan Gorman is an actress and writer living in Manhattan. She received the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival's "Overall Excellence Award" for her one-woman stage production, "Hot Cripple," which is also the title of her new book.
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4/13/2012
10:00 PM
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Prada to Poverty
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with Hogan Gorman about the car accident that left her with debilitating injuries and no health insurance. The result became an award-winning one-woman play and a commentary on the social welfare system.
Guest: Hogan Gorman is an actress and writer living in Manhattan. She received the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival's "Overall Excellence Award" for her one-woman stage production, "Hot Cripple," which is also the title of her new book.
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Friday
4/6/2012
9:00 AM
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Republic of Nature
This year marks the the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Rachel Carson's, "Silent Spring." Veronica Rueckert's guests, after nine, discuss the historical significance of the book, and take the pulse of the environmental movement today.
Guests:
- Mark Fiege, associate professor of history and the William E. Morgan Chair of liberal Arts, Colorado State University. Author, "The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States."
- Jenny Price is a environmental writer whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and Audubon. She is the author of "Flight Maps: Adventures with Nature in Modern America". She also writes the environmental advice column, "Green Me Up, JJ!"
The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History o...
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4/6/2012
10:00 AM
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Changing Lives
After ten: Venezuela's El Sistema is the revolutionary music education program for children from low-income families that nurtured the world-famous conductor Gustavo Dudamel. It is also the subject of a new book by author Tricia Tunstall entitled "Changing Lives." Veronica Rueckert talks to Tunstall about El Sistema, Gustavo Dudamel, and the Transformative Power of Music.
Guest: Tricia Tunstall is a writer and a music educator. She is the author of Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano Lesson, and has also written for the Kenyon Review and the New York Times. Her latest book is Changing Lives: Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power of Music.
Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano Lesson
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4/6/2012
10:00 PM
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Changing Lives
After ten: Venezuela's El Sistema is the revolutionary music education program for children from low-income families that nurtured the world-famous conductor Gustavo Dudamel. It is also the subject of a new book by author Tricia Tunstall entitled "Changing Lives." Veronica Rueckert talks to Tunstall about El Sistema, Gustavo Dudamel, and the Transformative Power of Music.
Guest: Tricia Tunstall is a writer and a music educator. She is the author of Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano Lesson, and has also written for the Kenyon Review and the New York Times. Her latest book is Changing Lives: Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power of Music.
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Friday
3/30/2012
9:00 AM
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Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think
After nine, Steven Kotler, co-author of Abundance, tells Veronica Rueckert why the future is better than we think. He demonstrates how technological advances will make it possible to meet-and exceed-the basic needs of every man, woman and child on the planet.
Guest:
Steven Kotler is an author and journalist. His books include A Small Furry Prayer, West of Jesus and The Angle Quickest for Flight. His articles have appeared in more than 60 publications including The New York Times Magazine, Wired, Discover, GQ, and National Geographic.
A Small Furry Prayer: Dog Rescue and the Meaning o...
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3/30/2012
10:00 AM
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The Farm
After ten, New York food writer, Ian Knauer, tells Veronica Rueckert about life on his family farm in rural Pennsylvania where he keeps bees, grows vegetables, raises chickens, hunts and forages and turns the spoils into gourmet meals. His new cookbook, The Farm, will inspire cooks to make the most of their garden, local market or CSA.
Guest:
Ian Knauer is a cook and writer based in Brooklyn, NY and Knauertown, PA. He has written for Bon Appetit, Gourmet, The Atlantic, Men's Health and other publications. His cookbook, based on his life at Knauer Farm, is due out in the spring of 2012.
The Farm: Rustic Recipes for a Year of Incredible ...
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3/30/2012
10:00 PM
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The Farm
After ten, New York food writer, Ian Knauer, tells Veronica Rueckert about life on his family farm in rural Pennsylvania where he keeps bees, grows vegetables, raises chickens, hunts and forages and turns the spoils into gourmet meals. His new cookbook, The Farm, will inspire cooks to make the most of their garden, local market or CSA.
Guest:
Ian Knauer is a cook and writer based in Brooklyn, NY and Knauertown, PA. He has written for Bon Appetit, Gourmet, The Atlantic, Men's Health and other publications. His cookbook, based on his life at Knauer Farm, is due out in the spring of 2012.
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Friday
3/23/2012
9:00 AM
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Imagine: How Creativity Works.
After nine, best-selling author Jonah Lehrer takes us on an exhilarating ride through the imagination, showing Veronica Rueckert how we can make our cities, companies and even our culture more creative.
Guest: Jonah Lehrer is a contributing editor at Wired, writes the Head Case column for the Wall Street Journal and contributes to the New Yorker. His latest book is Imagine: How Creativity Works.
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Friday
3/23/2012
10:00 AM
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Hunger Games and Heroines
The Hunger Games movie, based on the best-selling trilogy by Suzanne Collins will hit theaters this weekend. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the emergence of strong female heroines in film and literature.
Guests:
- Patrick Rothfuss, author of "The Wise Man's Fear" and "The Name of the Wind".
- Laura Miller, Co-founder and Staff Writer, Salon.com
The Wise Man's Fear
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