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The Rest Is Noise: Listening To The Twentieth Century

Alex Ross

The New Yorker’s brilliant music critic takes us inside the labyrinth of modern sound, from Vienna before World War I…

Musicophilia: Tales Of Music And The Brain

Oliver Sacks

“The poet laureate of medicine” (New York Times) examines the complexities of our response to music and the particular powers…

Hotel De Dream: A New York Novel

Edmund White

The acclaimed memoirist, author, and biographer of Jean Genet conjures the true-life love affair between author Stephen Crane and the…

The Terror Dream: Fear And Fantasy In Post-9/11 America

Susan Faludi

The Pulitzer Prize- winning author of Stiffed and Backlash examines the post-9/11 outpouring in the media, popular culture, and political…

COOL IT: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming

Bjørn Lomborg

A highly respected statistical analyst of climate discusses why and how he believes the debate over climate change, fueled by…

Eccentric Embodiment: Tales and Truths | Encarnación excéntrica: hechos y embustes

Valeria Luiselli, Guadalupe Nettel

This is a bilingual podcast (English/Spanish). The eccentric fictional worlds of authors Valeria Luiselli and Guadalupe Nettel come alive on the…

Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean

Jonathan White

Writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White journeys deep into the world’s oceans in his new book Tides: The Science and…

The Book of Psalms: A Conversation

Robert Alter, Jonathan Kirsch

Robert Alter’s translation of The Five Books of Moses was hailed as a “godsend” by poet Seamus Heaney. He discusses…

Two Actors, Two Authors, Two Lives

Alan Alda, Mike Farrell

Alda and Farrell, former co-stars of M*A*S*H, both authors of recent memoirs, re-unite to discuss art, activism, family, money, and…

No Simple Victory:
Europe at War 1939-1945

Norman Davies

One of the world’s preeminent scholars of World War II history, author of the bestselling Europe: A History and Rising…