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Welcome to Reader's Corner, a weekly radio show hosted by Boise State University president emeritus Bob Kustra that features lively conversations with some of the nation's leading authors about issues and ideas that matter today.

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Episode Date
“Justice for Animals” by Martha C. Nussbaum
Jun 13, 2026
"No One’s Coming" by Kevin Hazzard
Jun 06, 2026
“The Age of Extraction” by Tim Wu
May 30, 2026
“Mother Daughter Traitor Spy” by Susan Elia MacNeal
May 23, 2026
“The Gales of November” by John U. Bacon (Part II)
May 16, 2026
"The Gales of November” by John U. Bacon (Part I)
May 09, 2026
"Our Dear Friends in Moscow” by Andrei Soldatov
May 02, 2026
"38 Londres Street” by Philippe Sands
Apr 25, 2026
"When McKinsey Comes to Town” by Walt Bogdanich
Apr 18, 2026
“The War Below” by Ernest Scheyder
Apr 11, 2026
“Kings and Pawns” by Howard Bryant
Apr 04, 2026
“Everybody Loses” by Danny Funt
Mar 28, 2026
“Metamorphosis” by Oren Harman
Mar 21, 2026
"Starry and Restless" by Julia Cooke
Mar 14, 2026
“Wild Horse Country” by David Philipps
Mar 07, 2026
“The Blue Horse” by Bruce Borgos
Feb 28, 2026
“Epic Disruptions” by Scott D. Anthony
Feb 21, 2026
"A Day in the Life of Abed Salama” by Nathan Thrall
Feb 14, 2026
“Everybody Loses” by Danny Funt
Feb 07, 2026
“Dirtbag Billionaire” by David Gelles
Jan 31, 2026
“Fair Doses” by Dr. Seth Berkley
Jan 24, 2026
“Fighting the Night” by Paul Hendrickson
Jan 17, 2026
“The Predicament” by William Boyd
Jan 10, 2026
“So Far Gone” by Jess Walter
Jan 03, 2026
“Mr. Dickens and His Carol” by Samantha Silva
Dec 27, 2025
“Scrim” by Kaye Courington
Dec 20, 2025
“The Mission” by Tim Weiner
Dec 13, 2025
“The Folly of Realism” by Alexander Vindman
Dec 06, 2025
“A Certain Amount of Madness” by Amber Murrey
Nov 29, 2025
“Preparing for War” by Bradley Onishi (Part II)
Nov 22, 2025
“Preparing for War” by Bradley Onishi (Part I)
Nov 15, 2025
"Daughters of the Bamboo Grove” by Barbara Demick
Nov 08, 2025
"We the People" by Jill Lepore
Nov 01, 2025
"Medicine River" by Mary Annette Pember
Oct 25, 2025
"Afterlives" by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Oct 18, 2025
"Looking at Women Looking at War" by Victoria Amelina
Oct 11, 2025
"Twist" by Colum McCann
Oct 04, 2025
"The Ride" by Kostya Kennedy
Sep 27, 2025
"Sleeping Bear" by Connor Sullivan
Sep 20, 2025
"Spitfires" by Becky Aikman
Sep 13, 2025
"The Ransomware Hunting Team" by Daniel Golden
Sep 06, 2025
"The Oligarch's Daughter" by Joseph Finder
Aug 30, 2025
"A City on Mars" by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Aug 23, 2025
"Africa is Not a Country" by Dipo Faloyin (Part II)
Aug 16, 2025
"The Doorman" by Chris Pavone
Aug 09, 2025
"Paris Undercover" by Matthew Goodman
Aug 02, 2025
"Africa is Not a Country" by Dipo Faloyin (Part I)
Jul 26, 2025
"Kingmaker" by Sonia Purnell
Jul 19, 2025
"The Achilles Trap" by Steve Coll
Jul 12, 2025
"From Warsaw With Love" By John Pomfret
Jul 05, 2025
"The Troublemaker" by Mark L. Clifford
Jun 28, 2025
"Inside the President's Team" by Bob Barrett
Jun 21, 2025
"The Umbrella Maker's Son" by Tod Lending
Jun 14, 2025
"Amphibious Soul" by Craig Foster
Jun 07, 2025
"Mindmasters" by Sandra Matz
May 31, 2025
"The Myth of American Idealism" by Nathan J. Robinson and Noam Chomsky
May 24, 2025
"Prisoners Of The Castle" By Ben Macintyre
May 16, 2025
"Grizzly Confidential" by Kevin Grange
May 10, 2025
"Ungoverning" by Nancy L. Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead
May 03, 2025
"Nelson Rockefeller's Dilemma" by Marsha E. Barrett
Apr 26, 2025
"On the Hippie Trail" by Rick Steves
Apr 19, 2025
"Better Living Through Birding" by Christian Cooper
Apr 12, 2025
"What the Chicken Knows" by Sy Montgomery
Apr 05, 2025
"Code Name Puritan" by Greg Barnhisel
Mar 29, 2025
"Russia and Ukraine" by Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel
Mar 22, 2025
"This America Of Ours" By Nate Schweber
Mar 15, 2025
"Midnight Black" by Mark Greaney
Mar 08, 2025
"Where Tyranny Begins" by David Rohde
Mar 01, 2025
"How to Raise a Citizen" by Lindsey Cormack
Feb 22, 2025
"Holding Fire" by Bryce Andrews
Feb 15, 2025
"Two Nights In Lisbon" By Chris Pavone
Feb 08, 2025
"The Expat" by Hansen Shi
Feb 01, 2025
"Challenger" by Adam Higginbotham
Jan 25, 2025
"Last Summer On State Street" By Toya Wolfe
Jan 18, 2025
"How Tyrants Fall" by Marcel Dirsus
Jan 11, 2025
"Talk Radio's America" by Brian Rosenwald
Jan 04, 2025
"Trigger Points" By Mark Follman
Dec 28, 2024
"Assassins Anonymous" by Rob Hart
Dec 21, 2024
"Stolen Pride" by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Dec 14, 2024
"A Conspiratorial Life" By Edward H. Miller
Dec 07, 2024
"Unjust Debts" By Melissa B. Jacoby
Nov 30, 2024
"Table For Two" By Amor Towles
Nov 23, 2024
"The Man Who Broke Capitalism" By David Gelles
Nov 16, 2024
"On Freedom" By Timothy Snyder
Nov 09, 2024
"To Run The World" By Sergey Radchenko
Nov 02, 2024
"I Will Show You How It Was" By Illia Ponomarenko
Oct 26, 2024
"A World on the Wing" By Scott Weidensaul
Oct 19, 2024
"Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here" By Jonathan Blitzer
Oct 12, 2024
"The Sentinel State" By Minxin Pei
Oct 05, 2024
"The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu" By Tom Lin
Sep 28, 2024
"Fighting The Night" By Paul Hendrickson
Sep 21, 2024
"Ian Fleming: The Complete Man" By Nicholas Shakespeare
Sep 14, 2024
"The Rise And Fall Of The Neoliberal Order" By Gary Gerstle
Sep 07, 2024
"Ascent To Power" By David L. Roll
Aug 31, 2024
"Phantom Orbit" By David Ignatius
Aug 24, 2024
"Davos Man" By Peter S. Goodman
Aug 17, 2024
"Differ We Must" By Steve Inskeep
Aug 10, 2024
"Hedged" By Margot Susca
Aug 04, 2024
"Seek And Hide" By Amy Gajda
Jul 27, 2024
"The Demon Of Unrest" By Erik Larson
Jul 20, 2024
"I Will Show You How It Was" By Illia Ponomarenko
Jul 13, 2024
"The Meat Paradox" By Rob Percival
Jul 06, 2024
"Coming To Terms With John F. Kennedy" By Stephen F. Knott
Jun 29, 2024
"The Year Of The Locust" By Terry Hayes
Jun 22, 2024
"The Revenge of Power" By Moisés Naím
Jun 15, 2024
"The End Of Reality" By Jonathan Taplin
Jun 08, 2024
"Three-Inch Teeth" By C.J. Box
Jun 01, 2024
"Sunny Days" By David Kamp
May 25, 2024
"Fire Weather" By John Vaillant
May 18, 2024
"How To Sell A Poison" By Elena Conis
May 11, 2024
"Once There Were Wolves" By Charlotte McConaghy
May 04, 2024
"A Day In The Life Of Abed Salama" By Nathan Thrall
Apr 27, 2024
"Tired Of Winning" By Jonathan Karl
Apr 20, 2024
"Camera Man" By Dana Stevens
Apr 13, 2024
"Tyranny of the Minority" By Steven Levitsky (Part II)
Apr 06, 2024
"Tyranny of the Minority" By Steven Levitsky (Part I)
Mar 30, 2024
"The Violin Conspiracy" By Brendan Slocumb
Mar 23, 2024
"The Big Fail" By Joe Nocera
Mar 16, 2024
"White House Wild Child" By Shelley Fraser Mickle
Mar 08, 2024
"How Ike Led" By Susan Eisenhower
Mar 02, 2024
"Plunder" By Brendan Ballou
Feb 24, 2024
"Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future?" By Morvan Lallouet, Ben Noble, And Jan Matti Dollbaum
Feb 17, 2024
"The Identity Trap" By Yascha Mounk
Feb 10, 2024
"Flying Blind" By Peter Robison (Part II)
Feb 03, 2024
"Flying Blind" By Peter Robison (Part I)
Jan 27, 2024
"Moscow X" By David McCloskey
Jan 20, 2024
"Techlash" By Tom Wheeler
Jan 13, 2024
"The Exponential Age" By Azeem Azhar
Jan 06, 2024
"Mansfield And Dirksen" By Marc C. Johnson
Dec 30, 2023
"The Lumumba Plot" By Stuart A. Reid (Part II)
Dec 23, 2023
"The Lumumba Plot" By Stuart A. Reid (Part I)
Dec 16, 2023
"Clark and Division" By Naomi Hirahara
Dec 09, 2023
"The Age of Insurrection" By David Neiwert
Dec 02, 2023
"Passport Stamps" By Sean D. Carberry
Nov 25, 2023
"The Secret Gate" By Mitchell Zuckoff
Nov 11, 2023
"How Antitrust Failed Workers" By Eric A. Posner
Nov 04, 2023
"Pushed Out" By Ryanne Pilgeram (Part I)
Oct 21, 2023
"A Forest Journey" By John Perlin
Oct 14, 2023
"Remarkably Bright Creatures" By Shelby Van Pelt
Oct 07, 2023
"Futureproof" By Kevin Roose
Sep 30, 2023
"The Last Honest Man" By James Risen
Sep 23, 2023
"The Elephant Of Belfast" By S. Kirk Walsh
Sep 16, 2023
"America Second" By Isaac Stone Fish
Sep 02, 2023
"The Digital Republic" By Jamie Susskind
Aug 26, 2023
"Red London" By Alma Katsu
Aug 05, 2023
"The Lincoln Miracle" By Edward Achorn
Jul 22, 2023
"The Rise Of Digital Repression" By Steven Feldstein
Jul 15, 2023
"Master Slave Husband Wife" By Ilyon Woo
Jul 08, 2023
"How Beautiful We Were" By Imbolo Mbue
Jul 01, 2023
"Dust Child" By Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Jun 24, 2023
"The Triumph Of Doubt" By David Michaels
Jun 10, 2023
"Call Me Elizabeth Lark" By Melissa Colasanti
Jun 03, 2023
"Justice For Animals" By Martha C. Nussbaum
May 27, 2023
"Mother Daughter Traitor Spy" By Susan Elia MacNeal
May 20, 2023
"Uncounted" By Gilda R. Daniels
May 13, 2023
"Evolution Gone Wrong" By Alex Bezzerides
May 06, 2023
"When McKinsey Comes To Town" By Walt Bogdanich
Apr 29, 2023
"The Petroleum Papers" By Geoff Dembicki
Apr 15, 2023
"American Schism" By Seth David Radwell
Apr 08, 2023
"Kill Switch" By Adam Jentleson
Apr 01, 2023
"Preparing For War" By Bradley Onishi (Part II)
Mar 25, 2023
"Preparing For War" By Bradley Onishi (Part I)
Mar 19, 2023
"The Globalization Myth" By Shannon K. O'Neil
Mar 11, 2023
"The World Turned Upside Down" By Clyde Prestowitz
Mar 04, 2023
"Afterlives" By Abdulrazak Gurnah
Feb 25, 2023
"Sleeping Bear" By Connor Sullivan
Feb 18, 2023
"The Ransomware Hunting Team" By Daniel Golden
Feb 04, 2023
"Spymaster's Prism" By Jack Devine
Jan 28, 2023
"Africa Is Not A Country" By Dipo Faloyin (Part II)
Jan 21, 2023
"Africa Is Not A Country" By Dipo Faloyin
Jan 14, 2023
"From Warsaw With Love" By John Pomfret
Jan 07, 2023
"Proof Of Life" By Daniel Levin
Dec 30, 2022
"Mr. Dickens And His Carol" By Samantha Silva
Dec 24, 2022
"Nomad Century" By Gaia Vince
Dec 17, 2022
"The New Map" By Daniel Yergin
Dec 10, 2022
"Made In China" By Amelia Pang
Dec 03, 2022
"Why The New Deal Matters" By Eric Rauchway
Nov 26, 2022
"When Time Stopped" By Ariana Neumann
Sep 24, 2022
"A Children's Bible," By Lydia Millet
Sep 10, 2022
"The Mountains Sing" By Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Aug 27, 2022
"Robert E. Lee & Me" By Ty Seidule
Aug 20, 2022
"Tuesday Night Massacre" By Marc C. Johnson
Jul 30, 2022
"Beaten Down, Worked Up" By Steven Greenhouse
Jul 16, 2022
"This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto" By Suketu Mehta
Jul 02, 2022
"Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking Of America" By Kurt Andersen
Jun 17, 2022
"Putin's People" By Catherine Belton
Jun 04, 2022
"Hatchet Man" By Elie Honig
May 07, 2022
"Eat The Buddha" By Barbara Demick
Apr 22, 2022
"A Pilgrimage To Eternity" By Timothy Egan
Apr 02, 2022
"Pushed Out" By Ryanne Pilgeram (Part II)
Mar 26, 2022
"Ill Winds" By Larry Diamond
Mar 12, 2022
"Life Undercover" By Amaryllis Fox
Feb 12, 2022
"Invisible Child" By Andrea Elliott
Jan 29, 2022
"Supreme Inequality" By Adam Cohen
Jan 21, 2022
"In Deep" By David Rohde
Jan 01, 2022
"A Most Beautiful Thing" By Arshay Cooper
Dec 24, 2021
"Cover Your Tracks" By Daco Auffenorde
Dec 18, 2021
"Up All Night" By Lisa Napoli
Dec 11, 2021
"Dirty Work" By Eyal Press (Part II)
Dec 04, 2021
"Dirty Work" By Eyal Press (Part I)
Dec 01, 2021
"Overground Railroad" By Candacy Taylor
Nov 05, 2021
"The Shape Of The Ruins" By Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Oct 23, 2021
"Beijing Payback" By Daniel Nieh
Oct 09, 2021
"The Daughters of Kobani" by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Oct 02, 2021
"World Without Mind" By Franklin Foer
Sep 25, 2021
"Murder At The Mission" By Blaine Harden
Sep 11, 2021
"The Guarded Gate" By Daniel Okrent
Sep 03, 2021
American Foreign Policy And "The Hell Of Good Intentions" With Stephen M. Walt
Aug 27, 2021
"Tightrope: Americans Reaching For Hope" By Nicholas Kristof And Sheryl WuDunn
Aug 14, 2021
"The Ratline" By Philippe Sands
Aug 10, 2021
"The Splendid And The Vile" By Erik Larson
Jul 31, 2021
"A Long Petal Of The Sea" By Isabel Allende
Jul 17, 2021
"Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back To Save Democracy" By David Daley
Jul 03, 2021
"The Idaho Traveler" By Alan Minskoff
Jun 18, 2021
"Love and Fury" By Samantha Silva
May 22, 2021
"When Montezuma Met Cortés" By Matthew Restall
Apr 02, 2021
"Into The Jungle" By Erica Ferencik
Mar 19, 2021
"Putin's World" By Angela Stent
Feb 27, 2021
"American Spy" By Lauren Wilkinson
Feb 12, 2021
"A Covert Action" By Seth G. Jones
Jan 29, 2021
"Country Music" By Dayton Duncan
Jan 09, 2021
"Country Music" By Dayton Duncan
Jan 01, 2021
"Never Trump" By Robert Saldin And Steven Teles
Dec 12, 2020
"Say Nothing" By Patrick Radden Keefe
Dec 04, 2020
"The Fifth Domain" By Robert K. Knake
Nov 27, 2020
"The Storm On Our Shores" By Mark Obmascik
Nov 27, 2020
"From Cold War To Hot Peace" By Michael McFaul
Oct 16, 2020
"The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping And The New Chinese State" By Elizabeth Economy
Sep 25, 2020
"Lake Success" By Gary Shteyngart
Sep 04, 2020
"Washington Black" By Esi Edugyan
Aug 14, 2020
"The Lost Girls Of Paris" By Pam Jenoff
Jul 03, 2020
The Fire Is Upon Us By Nicholas Buccola
Jun 12, 2020
"The Cactus League" By Emily Nemens
Jun 06, 2020
"Imperiled Ocean" By Laura Trethewey
May 30, 2020
"Political Hell-Raiser" By Marc Johnson
May 22, 2020
"The Spy And The Traitor" By Ben McIntyre
May 08, 2020
"Dying Of Whiteness" By Jonathan M. Metzl
Apr 17, 2020
"Of Orcas And Men" By David Neiwert
Mar 27, 2020
"Rising Out Of Hatred" By Eli Saslow
Mar 14, 2020
"Trump And His Generals" By Peter Bergen
Mar 06, 2020
"The Flight Attendant" By Chris Bohjalian
Feb 21, 2020
Rachel Louise Snyder Explores Roots Of Domestic Violence And Femicide
Feb 07, 2020
Deborah Campbell On Iraqi Refugees And Experiencing "A Disappearance In Damascus"
Jan 31, 2020
James A. McLaughlin Shares His Debut Novel "Bearskin"
Jan 27, 2020
Making The Move From Urban To Rural With Christopher Ingraham
Dec 13, 2019
Virginia Hall, Spying During WWII And 'A Woman Of No Importance'
Nov 29, 2019
In "White Darkness" We Learn About Henry Worsley's Chilling Excursions To Antarctica
Nov 15, 2019
CJ Chivers' Details Modern Combat And America's Longest Wars In "The Fighters"
Nov 08, 2019
Michele Gelfand On How Tight And Loose Cultures Adhere (Or Don't) To Norms
Oct 18, 2019
Investigating The Forgotten War's Greatest Battle With Hampton Sides
Sep 21, 2019
In "Saudi America" Bethany McClean Shares The Truth About Fracking And How It's Changing The World
Aug 30, 2019
Brendan Koerner, "The Skies Belong To Us" And The Golden Age Of Hijacking
Aug 16, 2019
Listen To Daniel Mason Discuss His Novel "The Winter Soldier"
Aug 02, 2019
John Wray's "Godsend" Is A Coming-Of-Age Novel About A Girl Joining The Taliban
Jul 19, 2019
Lindsey Hilsum Writes About The Life Of The War Correspondent Marie Colvin
Jul 12, 2019
Real Life Influences Fiction In Emily Ruskovich's "Idaho"
Jul 05, 2019
Emily Ruskovich On Crafting Her Breakout Novel "Idaho"
Jun 28, 2019
Bryce Andrews Details Changing Habitats And "The Life And Death Of A Grizzly Bear"
Jun 10, 2019
How California's History Might Inform America's Future
May 24, 2019
Meghan L. O'Sullivan On Energy Independence, Global Politics And America
May 03, 2019
Co-Authors Levitsky & Ziblatt Assess The Stability Of Democracies
Apr 12, 2019
Daniel Tudor Peels Back The Curtains On Contemporary North Korea
Mar 30, 2019
Randall Fuller On How Darwin's Theory Of Evolution Made Waves In 1860's U.S.
Mar 22, 2019
Jonathan Evison's "Lawn Boy" Is A Coming-Of-Age Story About Class Distinctions
Mar 15, 2019
Peter Brannen On "The Ends Of The World" And Earth's Past Mass Extinctions
Mar 08, 2019
Master Writer Rick Bass Dines With His Idols In "The Traveling Feast"
Mar 02, 2019
David Goldfield's Latest Book Details When Government Was Good
Feb 08, 2019
Discussing The Human Need To Help With Nicholas Kristof
Jan 19, 2019
The Incredible Power Of "The Four" Tech Giants With Scott Galloway
Dec 07, 2018
The Fight To Vote In The U.S. With Scholar Michael Waldman
Nov 09, 2018
Chronicling Erdogan's Rise As "The New Sultan" Of Turkey
Nov 01, 2018
Interview With Basball Legend Jim Abbott About His Book "Imperfect"
Oct 26, 2018
Stephanie Coontz Warns Of Getting Caught In The Nostalgia Trap
Oct 12, 2018
Juxtaposing U.S. And Chinese Schools With Lenora Chu
Sep 14, 2018
Lisa Servon Elucidates Modern Consumer Finance In "The Unbanking Of America"
Aug 31, 2018
Tara Westover Discusses Her Bestselling Memoir "Educated"
Aug 17, 2018
Nancy Koehn's 'Forged In Crisis' Shares Insight To Five Historical Leaders
Aug 10, 2018
Part 2 With Scott Eyman About The Biography "Hank & Jim"
Aug 03, 2018
Scott Eyman Talks Fonda, Stewart And The 50-Year Friendship Of "Hank & Jim"
Jul 27, 2018
William Drozdiak Examines Brexit, Europe's Crises And The Fate Of The West
Jul 20, 2018
Go "Into the Silence" With Award-Winning Author Wade Davis
Jul 06, 2018
Eliza Griswold's "The Tenth Parallel" Surveys Collisions Between Christianity And Islam
Jun 22, 2018
Blaire Briody's "The New Wild West" Investigates Rural North Dakota Amid The Oil Boom
Jun 15, 2018
Amy Goldstein Reveals A Community Reeling From A Manufacturing Plant Closure In "Janesville"
Jun 09, 2018
Gregory Berns Researches Neuroscience And "What It's Like To Be A Dog"
May 25, 2018
Exploring The Novel "A Gentleman in Moscow" With Author Amor Towles
May 13, 2018
Kurt Andersen Says Americans Are Living In A 'Fantasyland'
May 05, 2018
Scott Anderson On How History Has Fractured The Arab World
Apr 20, 2018
Insight To The Monarchy And Prince Charles From Sally Bedell Smith
Apr 13, 2018
Author Tom Nichols On Cognitive Dissonance And "The Death of Expertise"
Apr 06, 2018
"The History, Myth, And Future Of The Mustang" With Author David Philipps
Mar 30, 2018
Longmire Mystery Series Author Craig Johnson And 'The Western Star'
Mar 23, 2018
In "The Perfect Horse" Elizabeth Letts Tells A Surprising WWII Story
Mar 09, 2018
Diplomat-Novelist Matthew Palmer Discusses His International Thriller "Enemy Of The Good"
Feb 23, 2018
Robert Merry Contends President McKinley Shaped 20th Century America
Feb 17, 2018
Debut Novel "Spoils" From Brian Van Reet Explores Facets Of Modern War
Feb 10, 2018
"Dark Money" By Jane Mayer Investigates The Rise Of The Radical Right
Jan 26, 2018
"High Noon" And The Hollywood Blacklist With Author Glenn Frankel
Jan 12, 2018
Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of "Mozart's Starling"
Dec 29, 2017
Edward Alden On The Global Economy Leaving America Behind
Dec 08, 2017
Greg Mitchell On "The Tunnels" Under The Berlin Wall
Nov 23, 2017
Noah Isenberg Shares His Book About 'Casablanca'
Nov 03, 2017
With "To End All Wars," Adam Hochschild Provides A Chilling Exposé Of WWI
Oct 27, 2017
Marc Levinson On Why The Mid-20th Century Was "An Extraordinary Time" For America's Economy
Oct 20, 2017
Author Saladin Ambar Malcolm X And Racial Politics In A Global Era
Sep 29, 2017
"Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are?" With Frans de Waal
Sep 15, 2017
An Interview From Our Archives With Cecil Andrus
Sep 02, 2017
Beth Macy Tells Of Two Brothers, A Kidnapping, And A Mother's Quest In "Truevine"
Aug 19, 2017
John Dvorak, author of "Mask of the Sun"
Aug 12, 2017
Award-winning Writer Shawn Vestal On His Debut Novel "Daredevils"
Jul 21, 2017
Why General MacArthur And President Truman Clashed In The Early 1950's
Jul 07, 2017
A Fascinating Look Into "Stalin's Last American Spy" With Author Kati Marton
Jun 24, 2017
Navigating "The Road To Character" With NY Times Columnist David Brooks
Jun 10, 2017
Charles Fountain On Why The 1919 World Series Scandal Was The Birth Of Modern Baseball
May 26, 2017
Why Americans May Not Want Another Great President, With Aaron David Miller
May 05, 2017
Author J.D. Vance On "Hillbilly Elegy" And A Culture In Crisis
Apr 21, 2017
Mary Ellen Hannibal, author of "Citizen Scientist"
Apr 14, 2017
How Winston Churchill Became "Hero Of The Empire"
Apr 07, 2017
Dr. Leonard Sax On What He Sees As "The Collapse Of Parenting"
Mar 24, 2017
"The Revised Fundamentals Of Caregiving" Author Jonathan Evison Will Visit 2017 Storyfort
Mar 10, 2017
Author Sy Montgomery On Octopuses And Animal Consciousness
Feb 25, 2017
How Voters And Historians View Presidential Greatness With Robert W. Merry
Feb 17, 2017
Author Peter Bergen On Domestic Terrorism In The "United States Of Jihad"
Feb 10, 2017
How ISIS Came To Be A Worldwide Threat With Author Joby Warrick
Jan 21, 2017
Matthew Palmer And His Book "The Wolf Of Sarajevo"
Dec 30, 2016
Lynn Sherr Tells The Story Of The First American Woman In Space, Sally Ride
Dec 23, 2016
A True Story Of Cold War Espionage With Author David E. Hoffman
Dec 16, 2016
Interview With Jim Rasenberger About His Book "The Brilliant Disaster"
Dec 09, 2016
Historian John Bieter On The People, Land And Myths Of The Owyhee Canyonlands
Nov 25, 2016
Author Tim Egan On The Life Of "Immortal Irishman," Thomas Meagher
Nov 11, 2016
Maureen Corrigan On The Significance Of "The Great Gatsby"
Oct 28, 2016
Author Martin Ford Discusses Technology Undermining Human Labor
Oct 14, 2016
Recounting The 1915 Sinking Of The SS Eastland With Author Michael McCarthy
Sep 30, 2016
"Inside Baseball's Endless Season" with sportswriter Barry Svrluga
Sep 16, 2016
Part 2 With "American Amnesia" Author, And Political Scientist Jacob Hacker
Sep 09, 2016
Jacob Hacker On "American Amnesia" And The Importance Of Government In The Economy
Sep 03, 2016
Marine Biologist Terrie Williams And The Inspiring "Odyssey Of KP2"
Aug 26, 2016
Author Robert Putnam On The Divergent Opportunities For America's Children
Aug 12, 2016
The Tale Of A Japanese-American Family Caught Between Two Worlds With Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
Jul 30, 2016
Best-Selling Author Erik Larson On The Sinking Of The Lusitania In 1915
Jul 12, 2016
Pamela Newkirk Tells Of The Shameful Treatment Of Ota Benga In The Early 20th Century
Jul 01, 2016
Jonathan Katz And Jason Herbeck Survived The 2010 Haiti Earthquake And Now Talk About Its Aftermath
Jun 24, 2016
Why Relief Efforts After The 2010 Haiti Earthquake Created Disaster With Author Jonathan Katz
Jun 17, 2016
Author Clive Thompson On How Technology Can Benefit Intelligence
Jun 10, 2016
All About The Life, Presidency, And Assassination Of James A. Garfield With Author Candice Millard
May 28, 2016
James Barrat Explores The Potential Pitfalls Of Artificial Intelligence
May 14, 2016
A.J. Baime On American Industry And "The Arsenal Of Democracy" of WWII
Apr 29, 2016
How Grocer A&P Changed Retail With Author Marc Levinson
Apr 15, 2016
Julia Angwin Uncovers A World Of Relentless Surveillance
Apr 01, 2016
"Satchel: The Life And Times Of An American Legend" With Author Larry Tye
Mar 18, 2016
In Memoriam: Oscar Award-Winning Actor George Kennedy
Mar 04, 2016
Stephan Talty And The Fascinating Story Of WWII Double "Agent Garbo"
Feb 26, 2016
Chad Harbach On His Bestselling Novel, "The Art Of Fielding"
Feb 13, 2016
Stephanie Witt Talks Urbanization and Cultural Conflict In The Great Basin
Feb 06, 2016
How Early Pioneers Of Flight Got Their Wings With "Birdmen" Author Lawrence Goldstone
Jan 30, 2016
Author Mary Pilon Shares The Fascinating History Of "Monopoly"
Jan 16, 2016
Leon Panetta On His Life As A Public Servant And Finding Osama Bin Laden
Jan 09, 2016
Rod Gramer's "The Good Assassin" Tackles Issues Of A Rising Surveillance State
Jan 01, 2016
Author Peter Carlson Writes A Book On A Civil War Odyssey
Dec 25, 2015
Beth Macy Chronicles The Bassett Furniture Company Amid Globalization In 'Factory Man'
Dec 11, 2015
An Exploratory Trip To The Arctic in 1879 As Described By Author Hampton Sides
Nov 28, 2015
Pulitzer Prize-Winner Matt Richtel Investigates Texting And Driving
Nov 07, 2015
What Really Brought Down The Berlin Wall With Author Mary Elise Sarotte
Oct 31, 2015
Conversation With Dr. Martin Blaser On The Overuse Of Antibiotics
Oct 24, 2015
Part 2 Of An Interview With Daniel James Brown About "The Boys In The Boat"
Oct 10, 2015
An Epic Quest For Rowing Gold At The 1936 Berlin Olympics
Oct 03, 2015
The Downside Of Computer Automation With Author Nicholas Carr
Sep 19, 2015
The True Story Behind Boris Pasternak's 'Dr. Zhivago'
Sep 04, 2015
Part Two Of An Archive Interview With Samuel Pisar
Aug 21, 2015
Listening Back To An Interview With Holocaust Survivor Samuel Pisar
Aug 14, 2015
Jacob Soll On Financial Accountability And The Rise And Fall Of Nations
Jul 30, 2015
Author Dan Hurley On 'The New Science of Building Brain Power'
Jul 17, 2015
Elizabeth Kolbert And Her Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book "The Sixth Extinction"
Jul 10, 2015
The History Of The Battle At Bunker Hill With Author Nathaniel Philbrick
Jul 03, 2015
Author Thomas Dyja On How Chicago Built The American Dream
Jun 20, 2015
Remembering D-Day With Author And Historian John C. McManus
Jun 05, 2015
Author Jan Jarboe Russell Talks WWII Family Internment And Prisoner Exchange
May 30, 2015
Author Paul Tough Challenges The Way We Measure Success In Children
May 16, 2015
Author Robert K. Fitts On American Baseball's 1934 Tour Of Japan
May 01, 2015
Author Douglas Brinkley On Teddy Roosevelt's Crusade For America's Wilderness
Apr 24, 2015
Former China Correspondent Adam Brookes Pens Debut Novel, 'Night Heron'
Apr 11, 2015
Pulitzer Prize Winner Dan Fagin And The Story Of 'Toms River'
Mar 27, 2015
Author Julia Sweig On Her Book 'Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know'
Mar 21, 2015
Author Peter Stark On John Jacob Astor's Lost Pacific Empire
Mar 14, 2015
Part 2: An Interview With Terrie Williams, Upcoming Speaker At Boise State
Feb 27, 2015
Marine Biologist Terrie Williams On Endangered Monk Seals And 'The Odyssey Of KP2'
Feb 21, 2015
Author Christine Bader On Corporate Idealism
Jan 30, 2015
Terrorism Expert Aaron Zelin Weighs In On ISIS, Global Jihad
Jan 24, 2015
Author Gary Bass Examines Cold War Foreign Policy In Asia
Jan 17, 2015
"38 Nooses" Part 2, With Scott W. Berg
Jan 03, 2015
Interview With '38 Nooses' Author Scott W. Berg
Dec 27, 2014
Pulitzer Prize Winner Isabel Wilkerson On 'America's Great Migration'
Dec 20, 2014
An Interview With 'All The Light We Cannot See' Author Anthony Doerr
Dec 06, 2014
Former Congressman Mickey Edwards On The Downside Of Partisan Politics
Nov 29, 2014
Author Adam Makos Tells An Incredible Story Of Chivalry In The Skies Of WWII
Nov 08, 2014
The Genius Of Dogs With Author Dr. Brian Hare
Oct 25, 2014
A Year On The Ragged Edge Of The West With Author Bryce Andrews
Oct 08, 2014
Interview With "In The Garden Of Beasts" Author Erik Larson
Sep 19, 2014
The Business Success Of LEGO With Author David Robertson
Sep 05, 2014
Imagining A Post-Antibiotic Future With Maryn McKenna
Aug 30, 2014
Understanding Russia's Modern History With Author Daniel Treisman
Aug 23, 2014
Author Christian Caryl On 1979 And The Birth Of The 21st Century
Aug 15, 2014
Talking About Commitment With Idaho Author Heidi Reeder
Aug 02, 2014
The Legacy Of Photographer Edward Curtis With Author Timothy Egan
Jul 12, 2014
A Conversation With 'The Last Great Senate' Author Ira Shapiro
Jul 04, 2014
Part 2: Idaho Author Anthony Doerr On Promoting 'All The Light We Cannot See'
Jun 27, 2014
Football And Concussions: An Interview With 'League Of Denial' Author Steve Fainaru
Jun 20, 2014
Author Justin Vaughn On The Heroic Expectations Of The American President
Jun 14, 2014
'The Vatican Diaries' Author John Thavis Offers An Insider's Look At The Catholic Church
May 16, 2014
Journalist Amanda Ripley On The Current State Of Education
Apr 25, 2014
History And Relevance Of Earth Day With Author Adam Rome
Apr 19, 2014
An Interview With "Frozen In Time" Author Mitchell Zuckoff
Apr 11, 2014
Author Ian Buruma On 1945 And The World After WWII
Mar 08, 2014
An Historic And Lonely Crusade For Wildlife With Stefan Bechtel
Mar 01, 2014
Literacy Educator Jeffrey Wilhelm Says Let Kids Read What They Want
Feb 22, 2014
Remembering Bethine Church And Her Passion For People And Politics
Feb 14, 2014
Why American Kids Aren't The Smartest In The World With Author Amanda Ripley
Feb 08, 2014
Interview With 'How Algorithms Came To Rule Our World' Author Christopher Steiner
Jan 24, 2014
'Blackett's War' And Operational Research In WWII With Stephen Budiansky
Jan 10, 2014
Author Explores WWII Story "Frozen in Time"
Nov 22, 2013
Vatican Expert Talks Change In Papacy
Nov 08, 2013
Interview With 'Nature Wars' Author Jim Sterba
Oct 18, 2013
Interview With Author And Journalist Peter Carlson
Oct 11, 2013
Interview With Astronomer Mike Brown
Oct 06, 2013
Interview With Chinese History Expert Jonathan Spence
Sep 27, 2013
Interview With Nathanial Philbrick
Sep 14, 2013
Interview With Robert Fitts
Sep 06, 2013
Interview With Stephan Talty
Aug 30, 2013
Interview With Christopher Steiner
Aug 23, 2013
Interview With Eliza Griswold
Aug 09, 2013
Interview With Stephen Budiansky
Aug 03, 2013
Interview With Jeffery Wasserstrom
Jul 26, 2013
Interview With Nancy Napier
Jul 19, 2013
Interview With Paul Tough
Jul 12, 2013
Interview With Erik Larson
Jul 03, 2013
Interview With Jim Sterba
Jun 28, 2013
Interview With Stefan Bechtel
Jun 26, 2013
Interview With Mary Ellen Hannibal
Jun 15, 2013
Interview With Mike Brown
Jun 08, 2013
Interview With Robert Morgan
Jun 01, 2013
Interview With John Thavis
May 25, 2013
Interview With Edward Ball
May 18, 2013
Interview With Jon Gertner
May 10, 2013
"The Odyssey of KP2" by Terrie Williams
May 10, 2013
Interview With Larry Tye About His Book "Superman"
Apr 20, 2013
Interview With Melanie Kirkpatrick
Apr 05, 2013
Interview With George Kennedy
Mar 29, 2013
Interview With Tracy Kidder
Mar 23, 2013
Interview With Stephan Talty
Mar 16, 2013
Interview With Aaron L. Friedberg
Mar 08, 2013
Interview With Michael Grunwald
Mar 02, 2013
Interview With Jim Sterba
Feb 23, 2013
Interview With Peter Bergen
Feb 16, 2013
Interview With Robert Morgan
Feb 09, 2013
Interview With Jill Gill
Feb 01, 2013
Interview With Jeffery Wasserstrom About His Book "China In The 21st Century"
Jan 26, 2013
Interview With Jim Abbott
Jan 19, 2013
Interview With Mary Ellen Hannibal About An Ambitious Project To Help Wildlife
Jan 16, 2013
Interview With Paul Tough
Jan 04, 2013
Interview With Alan Heathcock
Dec 21, 2012
Interview With Rajiv Chandrasekaran About His Book "Little America"
Nov 17, 2012
Interview With HW Bill Brands About His Book "American Colossus"
Nov 10, 2012
Interview With James Dodson About His Book "American Triumvirate"
Nov 03, 2012
Interview With Susan Orlean
Oct 29, 2012
Interview With Susan Orlean
Oct 29, 2012
Interview With Gary Gallagher About His Book "The Union War"
Oct 25, 2012
Interview With Gary Gallagher
Oct 25, 2012
Interview With Peter Bergen About His Book "Manhunt"
Oct 13, 2012
Interview With Sam Kean
Sep 29, 2012
Interview With George Kennedy Author of "Trust Me"
Sep 15, 2012
Interview With Michael Grabell About His Book "Money Well Spent?"
Aug 24, 2012
Interview With Bruce Riedel About His Book "Deadly Embrace"
Aug 10, 2012
Interview With Jill Gill About Her Book "Embattled Ecumenism"
Aug 06, 2012
Interview With Alan Heathcock About His Book "Volt"
Jul 20, 2012
Interview With Aaron Friedberg About His Book "A Contest of Supremacy"
Jul 06, 2012
Interview With Marc Lynch About His Book "The Arab Uprising"
Jun 22, 2012
Interview With Jon Gertner About His Book "The Idea Factory"
May 25, 2012
Interview with Susan Orlean About Her Book "Rin Tin Tin"
May 11, 2012
Interview with Richard Reeves About A Triumphant Military Operation
Apr 28, 2012
Interview with Pam Constable
Apr 20, 2012
Interview with Parag Khanna On "How To Run The World"
Apr 13, 2012
Interview with Matthew Deren About West Central Idaho's Wilderness
Apr 06, 2012
Interview With Ron Powers About His Mark Twain Biography
Mar 30, 2012
Interview with Don Carleton About "Conservations With Cronkite"
Mar 23, 2012
Interview with Mia Bay About Her Book "To Tell The Truth Freely"
Mar 16, 2012
Interview with Deborah Blum About "The Poisoner's Handbook"
Mar 09, 2012
Interview With Neil Lanctot About His Book "Campy"
Feb 24, 2012
Interview With Tim Woodward About His Book "Destination Idaho"
Feb 10, 2012
Interview with Donovan Hohn
Feb 03, 2012
Interview with Joseph A. McCartin
Jan 27, 2012
Interview With Mark Adams About His Book "Turn Right At Macchu Piccu"
Jan 20, 2012
Interview with Michael Mandelbaum
Jan 14, 2012
Interview with Mitchell Zuckoff About His Book "Lost In Shangri-La"
Jan 03, 2012
Charles C. Mann Uncovers The New World Columbus Created in His Book "1493"
Dec 16, 2011
Interview With Raj Patel About His Book "Stuffed and Starved"
Sep 30, 2011
Interview with Matthew Algeo
Sep 16, 2011
Interview With Tracy Kidder About His Book "The Strength In What Remains"
Jul 15, 2011
Jason Turbow On His Book "The Baseball Codes"
May 27, 2011
Interview With Christopher McDougall About His Book "Born to Run"
Mar 25, 2011
Interview with Scott Simon
Mar 18, 2011
David Grann On His Bestseller "Lost City of Z"
Feb 11, 2011
Interview With Bruce Barcott Author Of "The Last Fight Of The Scarlet Macaw"
May 07, 2010
Interview With Scott Yenor
Dec 14, 2007