Podcasts
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Jason Baumann | The Stonewall Reader with Mark Segal, Karla Jay and Joel Hall
• Recorded Jun 20, 2019On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the riots that started the fight for American LGBTQ+ rights, The Stonewall Reader highlights some of the movement’s most iconic moments and figures in the years before and after those tumultuous events.… more
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In conversation with Annette John-Hall, cohost and producer of The Why on WHYY A 14-year veteran crime reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News , Nicole Weisensee Egan was the first journalist to delve into Andrea Constand’s 2005 sexual assault… more
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Emily Bazelon | Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
• Recorded Apr 18, 2019In conversation with State Representative Christopher M. Raab Emily Bazelon is the author of Sticks and Stones , “a humane and closely reported exploration” ( Wall Street Journal ) of school bullying and the empathetic steps students, parents,… more
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Albert Woodfox | Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope
• Recorded Mar 26, 2019In conversation with award-winning journalist Tracey Matisak. Falsely accused and convicted of a 1972 robbery in which a white guard was killed, Albert Woodfox served more than four decades in solitary confinement in Louisiana’s notoriously… more
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Steve Luxenberg | Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation
• Recorded Feb 21, 2019A 30-year writer and senior editor at The Washington Post , Steve Luxenberg has overseen reportage that has won a host of awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes for explanatory journalism. He is the author of Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey in a Family… more
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Chris Wilson | The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose
• Recorded Feb 7, 2019In conversation with State Representative Jordan A. Harris Convicted of murder at 18 and sentenced to life in prison with no hope of release, Chris Wilson began to improve himself through study, physical fitness, and even started a business. For… more
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David Levering Lewis | The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order
• Recorded Sep 26, 2018In conversation with Sam Katz, civic entrepreneur and executive producer of History Making Productions Professor emeritus of history at New York University, David Levering Lewis won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 and 2001 for his “superb” ( The… more
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Sarah McBride | Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
• Recorded Jun 7, 2018In conversation with State Representative Brian K. Sims , former staff counsel for policy and planning at the Philadelphia Bar Association. Sims recently stepped down as both the president of the board of directors of Equality Pennsylvania and as… more
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Edward Snowden in Conversation with Jeremy Scahill | The Surveillance State Then and Now
• Recorded Sep 11, 2017Watch the video here . In 2013 NSA contractor Edward Snowden shook the pillars of the worldwide intelligence community when he revealed a trove of highly classified information that exposed astonishingly widespread mass U.S. surveillance… more
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Natashia Deón's debut novel Grace depicts the violent, terrifying world of the antebellum South, where the emancipation of slaves can bring anything but freedom. She is "not merely another new author to watch. She has delivered something whole,… more
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Both the first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired people all over the globe through her pioneering legal work. Her books include Iran Awakening: One Woman’s Journey to Reclaim Her Life and… more
Top 10 Podcast Episodes August 2019
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Richard Russo
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George Packer
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Terry McAuliffe
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Julie Salamon
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Nicole Dennis-Benn
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Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
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Mary Pope Osborne
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Tyler Kepner
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Richard A. Clarke and Robert K. Knake
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Trevor Noah
Bottom 10 YouTube Videos August 2019
- Robert Gates
- David Axelrod
- Zinzi Clemmons
- Peter Carey
- Amy Goodman
- Sayed Kashua
- Amy Tan
- Darryl Pinckney
- Max Boot
- David Hare
