Music Interviews Saving The Sacred Blues Of Highway 61 October 31, 2009 Driving his Chevrolet Nova up and down Highway 61 in Mississippi, William Ferris stopped at churches and juke joints and penitentiaries to record the music he found. In his new book, Give My Poor Heart Ease, Ferris explores the legacy of the "The Blues Highway." Saving The Sacred Blues Of Highway 61 Listen · 10:48 10:48 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114319924/114361243" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Terrifying Tour Of 'American Fantastic' October 31, 2009 Author Peter Straub knows a bit about terror. As the editor of the new two-volume set American Fantastic: Tales, Terror and the Uncanny, he spent two years researching the best — and scariest — American stories, dating from the age of Edgar Allan Poe to the present. A Terrifying Tour Of 'American Fantastic' Listen · 5:59 5:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114288711/114352486" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books People ... People Who Eat People October 30, 2009 In her book Dinner With a Cannibal, writer Carole Travis-Henikoff documents the long — and often hidden — history of cannibalism in humans. Travis-Henikoff notes that cannibalism wasn't always taboo, whether it be eating loved ones out of respect or eating enemies out of disdain. People ... People Who Eat People Listen · 12:00 12:00 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114319712/114319694" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Teddy Roosevelt And The Fire That Saved The Forests Fresh Air October 29, 2009 Author Timothy Egan argues in The Big Burn that the forest fire of 1910 — the largest in American history — actually saved the forests, even as its flames charred the trees. It helped rally public support, Egan explains, behind Theodore Roosevelt's push to protect national lands. Teddy Roosevelt And The Fire That Saved The Forests Listen · 27:41 27:41 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114248029/114282846" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books Cornel West, 'Living And Loving Out Loud' October 29, 2009 Philosopher, civil rights activist and professor Cornel West has described himself as a "bluesman in the life of the mind, and a jazzman in the world of ideas." He talks with Neal Conan about his memoir, Living And Loving Out Loud. Cornel West, 'Living And Loving Out Loud' Listen · 30:20 30:20 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114287606/114287590" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Memoir Of Pakistan, Islamic Fundamentalism Fresh Air October 29, 2009 Ali Eteraz returned to his home country of Pakistan after living in the US to find himself at the center of an abduction plot. He describes his experiences in his new memoir, Children of the Dust. A Memoir Of Pakistan, Islamic Fundamentalism Listen · 16:55 16:55 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114278941/114282601" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analyzing Obama's Options In Afghanistan Fresh Air October 28, 2009 Washington Post Pentagon Correspondent Greg Jaffe joins Fresh Air to talk about the military options available to President Obama as he develops a new strategy in Afghanistan. Jaffe is co-author of the new book The Fourth Star, about the four generals who led the US military's efforts in Iraq. Analyzing Obama's Options In Afghanistan Listen · 38:27 38:27 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114210259/114245240" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books Foreign Companies Remake The American Dream October 27, 2009 More than 5 million Americans work for companies that aren't American. New York Times senior business correspondent Micheline Maynard, author of The selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream, says the foreign share of the American economy is almost double the share of the U.S. auto industry. Foreign Companies Remake The American Dream Listen · 5:25 5:25 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114215630/114216191" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Malalai Joya: 'A Woman Among Warlords' October 27, 2009 Three days after Malalai Joya was born in Afghanistan, the government was overthrown. In A Woman Among Warlords, Joya tells the story of her family's struggle against Islamic fundamentalists, warlords and foreign occupation. Malalai Joya: 'A Woman Among Warlords' Listen · 14:26 14:26 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114207995/114207985" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sweet potato cake Annabelle Breakey hide caption toggle caption Annabelle Breakey Food New Cookbook Chronicles A Year Of Cakes At NPR October 26, 2009 All Things Considered producer Melissa Gray describes her adventures in baking — and the staff's adventures in eating — in All Cakes Considered. Gray brings a new cake into the office every Monday. She says she loves to see the staff's childish joy at seeing her latest confection. New Cookbook Chronicles A Year Of Cakes At NPR Listen · 6:36 6:36 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114057039/114164467" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Daily Show' Writer's 'Genius Of Unspeakable Evil' October 25, 2009 Host Liane Hansen talks to Daily Show Executive Producer Josh Lieb about his new book, I Am A Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be Your Class President. 'Daily Show' Writer's 'Genius Of Unspeakable Evil' Listen · 9:11 9:11 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114144212/114144180" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Booker Prizewinner Mantel Tells The Story Of Henry VIII October 25, 2009 Liane Hansen talks with author Hilary Mantel, this year's winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Her novel, Wolf Hall, tells the story of the reign of England's King Henry VIII and the subsequent ushering in of the Reformation — all through the eyes Thomas Cromwell, the king's adviser for almost a decade. Booker Prizewinner Mantel Tells The Story Of Henry VIII Listen · 8:11 8:11 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114144201/114144177" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books A New Look At 'Iliad' In 'The War That Killed Achilles' October 24, 2009 Homer's epic poem "The Iliad" dates back thousands of years, but author Caroline Alexander says its themes, especially about war, ring true today. Guy Raz talks to Alexander about her new book, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War. A New Look At 'Iliad' In 'The War That Killed Achilles' Listen · 5:41 5:41 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114136854/114136867" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Recipes Recipes From 'B. Smith Cooks Southern Style' October 24, 2009 Get B. Smith's recipes for Southern-style collard greens and braise of black-eyed peas and greens soup.
Venturing Inside Bellevue's Psychiatric ER Fresh Air October 23, 2009 Weekends at Bellevue is psychiatrist Julie Holland's account of her years treating patients in a New York City psychiatric ER. She says one of the hardest parts of her job was figuring out which patients were manic or schizophrenic and which were high on cocaine or methamphetamines. Venturing Inside Bellevue's Psychiatric ER Listen · 38:00 38:00 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114095164/114167510" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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