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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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"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: 31minAn 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.
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"Clark and Division" By Naomi Hirahara
09/12/2023 Duração: 30minAn interview with Naomi Hirahara, author of the new novel, Clark and Division. Part crime novel, part poignant historical fiction, the book was recently listed as a New York Times Best Mystery Novel of 2021.
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"The Age of Insurrection" By David Neiwert
02/12/2023 Duração: 30minAn interview with David Neiwert, author of The Age of Insurrection. In the book, Neiwert charts the rise of the far right’s threats against American democracy.
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"Passport Stamps" By Sean D. Carberry
25/11/2023 Duração: 39minAn interview with Sean D. Carberry, author of the new book, Passport Stamps: Searching the World for a War to Call Home. The book is a darkly comic and emotionally-fraught tale of a former NPR journalist who seeks solace in the world’s most dangerous places.