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  • Jason Baumann | The Stonewall Reader with Mark Segal, Karla Jay and Joel Hall

    • Recorded Jun 20, 2019

    On 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

    African American  Author Events  Biography & Autobiography   Law  LGBTQ  Philadelphia History  General Research  Technology  History 

  • Nicole Weisensee Egan | Chasing Cosby: The Downfall of America’s Dad

    • Recorded Apr 30, 2019

    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

    African American  Author Events  Biography & Autobiography   Law  Movies & Television  Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals  Philadelphia History  Politics  Psychology  General Research 

  • Emily Bazelon | Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration

    • Recorded Apr 18, 2019

    In 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

    Author Events  Law  Philadelphia History  General Research  Social Science 

  • Albert Woodfox | Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope

    • Recorded Mar 26, 2019

    In 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

    Author Events  Biography & Autobiography   Law  Politics  History 

  • Steve Luxenberg | Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation

    • Recorded Feb 21, 2019

    A 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

    African American  Author Events  Citizenship  Law  Philadelphia  Philadelphia History  Politics  General Research 

  • Chris Wilson | The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

    • Recorded Feb 7, 2019

    In 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

    African American  Author Events  Biography & Autobiography   Law  General Research  Self-Help  Business & Entrepreneurs  Social Science 

  • 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, 2018

    In 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

    Author Events  Biography & Autobiography   Law  Philadelphia History  Politics  History 

  • Sarah McBride | Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

    • Recorded Jun 7, 2018

    In 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

    Author Events  Biography & Autobiography   Body, Mind & Spirit  Law  LGBTQ  Self-Help 

  • Edward Snowden in Conversation with Jeremy Scahill | The Surveillance State Then and Now

    • Recorded Sep 11, 2017

    Watch 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

    Computers  Databases & Electronic Resources  Government Information  Law  Politics  Technology  Digital Media 

  • Natashia Deon | Grace

    • Recorded Jul 20, 2016

    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

    African American  Author Events  Fiction  Law  Literature  History 

  • Shirin Ebadi | Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran

    Recorded Mar 16, 2016

    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

    Author Events  Biography & Autobiography   Law  Politics  Humanities 

Top 10 Podcast Episodes June 2019

  1. Rick Atkinson Rick Atkinson
  2. James Ellroy James Ellroy
  3. Jacob Shell Jacob Shell
  4. Nicole Dennis-Benn Nicole Dennis-Benn
  5. James Patterson James Patterson
  6. John Waters John Waters
  7. Mark Kram Jr. Mark Kram Jr.
  8. Esi Edugyan Esi Edugyan
  9. Frank Langfitt Frank Langfitt
  10. Trevor Noah Trevor Noah

Top 10 YouTube Videos June 2019

  1. Pete Buttigieg
  2. Slavoj Zizek
  3. Ta-Nehisi Coates
  4. Ben Macintyre
  5. James Ellroy
  6. Lamont "U-God" Hawkins
  7. Robert A. Caro
  8. Camille Paglia
  9. Timothy Snyder
  10. René Redzepi and David Zilber

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