Jess Walter
Jess Walter, author of the novels "Beautiful Ruins" and "Financial Lives of the Poets" talks about his work, his career, and the writing life with host Richard Wolinsky.
Religion and the Election, Sikhs Mourn, and More
From Mitt Romney’s Mormonism to Barack Obama’s support of same sex marriage, religious and moral issues infuse the race for the White House. Jobs and the economy are still top issues in this year's presidential race, but religious concerns lend a certain X-factor. "When a voter is torn," says religion pollster...
Documentary Pioneers Albert and David Maysles
This week on From the Vault we spend some time with documentarian brothers Albert and David Maysles, whose unconventional subject choices led to groundbreaking films such as 1968’s Salesman, which takes to the road with a travelling Bible salesman, and Gimme Shelter, the iconic 1970 film chronicling the infamous (and...
Blues Kitchen Alert! Diana Linn’s serving up breakfast.
Junebug is taking a little R and R before the summer ends (will THIS summer ever really end?) and Diana Linn will be serving up your breakfast in the Blues Kitchen this Saturday, August 11. She promises a Tasty Brew of blues from the Delta, Chicago, Kansas City and all...
Remembering Nagasaki
Gayle June talks about his mothers experience in Nagasaki, when the second A Bomb was dropped. Jim Hannah, of Peaceworks shares some thought on WMDs then and now. And Amy Goodman says, that with an average of 32 people killed by guns in this country every day—the equivalent of five Wisconsin...
Elvis: A Space Odyssey
"We deal with Elvis as a cultural icon, as a kind of transcendental outside‐time entity withmythological and sociological ramifications," Dwight Frizzell said...The program's Elvis music will be 'altered slightly' with mixing in of Olmec chants, Peruvian instrumentation and 'musique concrete,' which Frizzell called 'tape manipulated sounds from the environment.' "We're...
Jonathan Edwards
Our guest this week on Art of the song is Jonathan Edwards. Four decades into a stellar career of uncompromising musical integrity, he delivers, night after night – songs of passion, songs of insight, songs of humor. He’s perhaps best known for his tune, “Sunshine (Go Away Today),” a fierce...
Monsanto, Where Science Meets Politics, and Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein
Monsanto's Claims Extolling Benefits of Genetically Engineered Crops Challenged - Karen Perry Stillerman The Intersection where Science and Politics Meet - Paul Anastas; Green Party Presidential Candidate - Jill Stein.
