Episodes

  • Mike Hixenbaugh on his Award-Winning Book 'The Came for the Schools'

    Mike Hixenbaugh on his Award-Winning Book 'The Came for the Schools'
    May 7 2025

    On this special episode of Library Talks, we speak with Mike Hixenbaugh, winner of the 38th annual Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, for his book They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms.
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    56 mins
  • Vicky Nguyen with Tracey Nguyen Mang: Boat Baby

    Vicky Nguyen with Tracey Nguyen Mang: Boat Baby
    Apr 30 2025

    News anchor Vicky Nguyen talks to Tracey Nguyen Mang about her new memoir, Boat Baby.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • José Andrés with Gail Simmons: Change the Recipe

    José Andrés with Gail Simmons: Change the Recipe
    Apr 23 2025

    Michelin-starred chef José Andrés talks to Gail Simmons about his latest book, Change the Recipe.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Timothy Snyder: The New Paganism—A Framework for Understanding Our Politics

    Timothy Snyder: The New Paganism—A Framework for Understanding Our Politics
    Apr 16 2025

    American historian Timothy Snyder presents his lecture The New Paganism—A Framework for Understanding Our Politics
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Alissa Wilkinson with Aidan Flax-Clark: We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine

    Alissa Wilkinson with Aidan Flax-Clark: We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine
    Apr 9 2025

    Film critic Alissa Wilkinson talks to Aidan Flax-Clark about her latest book, We Tell Ourselves Stories.
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    51 mins
  • Edna Bonhomme with Linda Villarosa: A History of the World in Six Plagues

    Edna Bonhomme with Linda Villarosa: A History of the World in Six Plagues
    Apr 2 2025

    Historian Edna Bonhomme talks to Linda Villarosa about her latest book, A History of the World in Six Plagues.
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    59 mins
  • Hamid Rahmanian with Ahmad Sadri and Melissa Hibbard: Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings

    Hamid Rahmanian with Ahmad Sadri and Melissa Hibbard: Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings
    Mar 26 2025

    Artist Hamid Rahmanian speaks with translator Ahmad Sadri and producer Melissa Hibbard about the Persian epic poem Shahnameh.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Lisa Kyung Gross with Yael Raviv and Abi Balingit: The League of Kitchens Cookbook

    Lisa Kyung Gross with Yael Raviv and Abi Balingit: The League of Kitchens Cookbook
    Mar 19 2025

    Cookbook Author Lisa Kyung Gross is joined by Yael Raviv and Abi Balingit to talk about her latest book, The League of Kitchens Cookbook
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    1 hr