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Umberto Eco | The Island of the Day Before
Recorded 11/18/1996
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In an interview with Radio Times host Barbara Bogaev, Eco discusses his lyrical tale of a dreamer in search of me... More...

Umberto Eco | Baudolino
Recorded 10/21/2002
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An Italian writer of fiction, essays and academic texts, Umberto Eco is professor of semiotics at the University of Bolo... More...

Umberto Eco | The Prague Cemetery

Umberto Eco | The Prague Cemetery
Recorded 11/10/2011
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Umberto Eco's new book, The Prague Cemetery is "a novel that takes the power of fakery in history to new heights,... More...

Jacqueline Edelberg | How to Walk to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood Renaissance

Jacqueline Edelberg | How to Walk to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood Renaissance
Recorded 4/7/2010
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When two moms ventured inside their struggling public elementary school, the new principal asked what it would take for ... More...

Peter Edelman | So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America

Peter Edelman | So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America
Recorded 2/28/2013
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Anti-poverty advocate Peter Edelman is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University and the Faculty Director at the Cente... More...

Jennifer Egan | A Visit From the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan | A Visit From the Goon Squad
Recorded 6/17/2010
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According to the New York Times Book Review, Jennifer Egan writes with "an admirably deft touch, but more impress... More...

Jennifer Egan | A Visit from the Goon Squad with Jaimy Gordon | Lord of Misrule and Karen Russell | Swamplandia!

Jennifer Egan | A Visit from the Goon Squad with Jaimy Gordon | Lord of Misrule and Karen Russell | Swamplandia!
Recorded 10/27/2011
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According to the New York Times Book Review, Jennifer Egan writes with "an admirably deft touch, but more impress... More...

Jan Egeland | A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity

Jan Egeland | A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity
Recorded 3/10/2008
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Named the world’s conscience by Time magazine, Jan Egeland is the former United Nations Undersecretary-General fo... More...

Dave Eggers | What Is the What AND Mary Williams | Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan with Valentino Achak Deng

Dave Eggers | What Is the What AND Mary Williams | Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan with Valentino Achak Deng
Recorded 3/20/2008
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Part of the 2008 One Book, One Philadelphia program, featured authors Dave Eggers and Mary Williams, with special guest ... More...

Dave Eggers and Neal Pollack
Recorded 4/19/2004
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Dave Eggers is the bestselling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Neal Pollack is a major contr... More...

Barbara Ehrenreich | Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream

Barbara Ehrenreich | Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
Recorded 10/5/2005
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An outspoken feminist and social activist, Barbara Ehrenreich writes with great passion on subjects as varied as healthc... More...

Barbara Ehrenreich | Dancing In the Streets: A History of Collective Joy

Barbara Ehrenreich | Dancing In the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
Recorded 1/11/2007
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A journalist, historian, and social critic, Barbara Ehrenreich is the outspoken author of fourteen books. In 2001, Ehren... More...

Bart D. Ehrman | Forged: Writing in the Name of God-Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are

Bart D. Ehrman | Forged: Writing in the Name of God—Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are
Recorded 3/31/2011
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Bart D. Ehrman is the author of more than 20 books, including the New York Times bestsellers Misquoting Jesus,... More...

Baseball Panel Discussion With Jonathan Eig, Leigh Montville, Art Shamsky, and Neil Lanctot

Baseball Panel Discussion With Jonathan Eig, Leigh Montville, Art Shamsky, and Neil Lanctot
Recorded 5/10/2005
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Jonathan Eig, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig - Jonathan Eig is a senior special writer for The... More...

Carlos Eire | Waiting for Snow in Havana

Carlos Eire | Waiting for Snow in Havana
Recorded 3/15/2007
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Born in Havana in 1950, Carlos Eire was one of fourteen thousand unaccompanied children airlifted out of Cuba by Operati... More...

Carlos Eire | Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy

Carlos Eire | Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy
Recorded 11/16/2010
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Born in Havana in 1950, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 unaccompanied children airlifted out of Cuba by Operation Pedro Pa... More...

David Eisenhower | Going Home To Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969

David Eisenhower | Going Home To Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969
Recorded 12/2/2010
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Director of the Institute for Public Service at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communication, Davi... More...

Paul Elie | Reinventing Bach

Paul Elie | Reinventing Bach
Recorded 10/11/2012
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Paul Elie's debut book, The Life You Save May Be Your Own told the stories of four great American Catholic writer... More...

Joseph J. Ellis | First Family: Abigail and John Adams

Joseph J. Ellis | First Family: Abigail and John Adams
Recorded 10/28/2010
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Joseph J. Ellis is a bestselling author and distinguished chronicler of early American history. His book, American Sp... More...

Joseph J. Ellis | American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic

Joseph J. Ellis | American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic
Recorded 11/13/2007
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Founding Brothers and the National Book Award for American Sphinx, Joseph... More...

Charles Ellis | Capital: The Story of Long-Term Investment Excellence
Recorded 5/12/2004
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Charles Ellis is an expert on investment management. For thirty years, he was Managing Partner of Greenwich Associates, ... More...

Joseph J. Ellis | His Excellency: George Washington

Joseph J. Ellis | His Excellency: George Washington
Recorded 11/4/2004
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Joseph J. Ellis is a best-selling author and distinguished chronicler of early American history. His book The Passion... More...

James Ellroy | Blood's A Rover

James Ellroy | Blood's A Rover
Recorded 9/24/2009
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(This recording contains explicit content.) "Pick it up if you dare; put it down if you can," wrote Time magazine... More...

Ezekiel Emanuel | Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family

Ezekiel Emanuel | Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family
Recorded 4/1/2013
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Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is a leading oncologist, political theorist, and the author of nine books on medical ethics and heal... More...

Nathan Englander | Ministry of Special Cases

Nathan Englander | Ministry of Special Cases
Recorded 5/3/2007
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In 1999, Nathan Englander published the New York Times best-selling story collection For the Relief of Unbeara... More...

Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander | New American Haggadah

Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander | New American Haggadah
Recorded 3/8/2012
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Jonathan Safran Foer became a certified literary wunderkind at the age of 25 with his debut novel, Everything Is Il... More...

Anne Enright | The Forgotten Waltz with Julie Otsuka | The Buddha in the Attic

Anne Enright | The Forgotten Waltz with Julie Otsuka | The Buddha in the Attic
Recorded 10/4/2011
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Known for her gritty realism, Anne Enright shot to international fame when her fourth novel, The Gathering, abo... More...

Eve Ensler | In the Body of the World

Eve Ensler | In the Body of the World
Recorded 5/4/2013
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One of Newsweek’s 150 Women Who Changed the World, Eve Ensler has devoted her life to the defense of the female b... More...

Nora Ephron | I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections

Nora Ephron | I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections
Recorded 12/14/2010
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Writer and director Nora Ephron is a three-time Academy Award-nominee, for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally, and ... More...

Nora Ephron | I Feel Bad About My Neck

Nora Ephron | I Feel Bad About My Neck
Recorded 9/21/2006
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Nora Ephron has earned Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay for the films When Harry Met Sally, Silkwood, ... More...

Louise Erdrich | The Plague of Doves

Louise Erdrich | The Plague of Doves
Recorded 4/29/2008
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Award-winning novelist Louise Erdrich explores the cultural issues facing modern-day Native Americans and Americans of m... More...

Louise Erdrich | The Round House

Louise Erdrich | The Round House
Recorded 10/4/2012
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In her 14 novels, children's stories, and poetry collections, Louise Erdrich revisits the beloved and familiar Native Am... More...

Haleh Esfandiari | My Prison, My Home with Ali Eteraz | Children of Dust

Haleh Esfandiari | My Prison, My Home with Ali Eteraz | Children of Dust
Recorded 10/20/2009
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A distinguished Iranian-American intellectual, Haleh Esfandiari is the founding Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's ... More...

Jeffrey Eugenides | Middlesex
Recorded 9/20/2003
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Eugenides’ first novel, The Virgin Suicides, was the basis for the much-acclaimed film directed by Sofia Coppola.... More...

Jeffrey Eugenides | The Marriage Plot

Jeffrey Eugenides | The Marriage Plot
Recorded 11/1/2011
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Jeffrey Eugenides is the celebrated author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Middlesex, which has sold more tha... More...

Larry Flynt and David Eisenbach, Ph.D. | One Nation Under Sex: How the Private Lives of Presidents, First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History

Larry Flynt and David Eisenbach, Ph.D. | One Nation Under Sex: How the Private Lives of Presidents, First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History
Recorded 7/25/2011
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Notorious publisher and free speech champion Larry Flynt has been challenging America’s interpretation of the First Amen... More...

Tayari Jones | Silver Sparrow With Danielle Evans | Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self

Tayari Jones | Silver Sparrow With Danielle Evans | Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Recorded 6/28/2011
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Tayari Jones is a novelist and short-story writer whose fiction often focuses on the urban south. In Leaving Atlanta<... More...

William S. McFeely | Portrait: A Life of Thomas Eakins

William S. McFeely | Portrait: A Life of Thomas Eakins
Recorded 12/7/2006
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William S. McFeely, whose biography of Ulysses S. Grant won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982, sheds new light on the famed Phi... More...

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