Media Archive

Can Religion and Reason be Reconciled?

Reza Aslan, Sam Harris

Aslan (No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam) and Harris (The End of Faith: Religion, Terror,…

House of Meetings

Martin Amis

A surprising love story set in 1946 Moscow and a camp in the Arctic Circle by the bestselling author of…

Dancing in the Streets:
A History of Collective Joy

Barbara Ehrenreich

What are the deep origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture? This program includes an original and exhilarating look at…

Point to Point Navigation:
A Memoir

Gore Vidal

The inimitable raconteur, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, critic and screenwriter travels in memory through the arenas of literature, television, film,…

Deadwood:
Stories of the Black Hills

David Milch

The creator/executive producer and cast members of HBO’s Deadwood discuss the themes and motivations that run through the series –…

The Light of Evening: A Novel

Edna O'Brien

The great Irish novelist–known as a pioneer for her frank portrayals of women–discusses her daring new work that explores the…

Mary Gordon on A Writer’s Life

Mary Gordon

Gordon, one of America’s master story-tellers, probes the lives of her characters and how the workings of the world- both…

The Battle Over Books:
Authors and Publishers Take on the Google Books Library Project

Allan Adler, David Drummond, Fontayne Holmes, Jonathan Kirsch, Lawrence Lessig, Gary Wolf

A provocative discussion about the competing interests and issues raised by The Google Books Library Project, and whether a universal…

Life as Art, Art as Life

Harvey Pekar

Pekar, known for his autobiographical slice-of-life comic book series American Splendor, is also the author of Ego & Malice: The…

In Defense of Food

Michael Pollan

The author of the national bestseller The Omnivore’s Dilemma returns with a manifesto for our times: what to eat, what not to…