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Dialogue with Marcia Franklin

Idaho Public Television

Choose from dozens of illuminating conversations with some of the finest writers and thinkers in the world, interviewed over the past 25 years by Idaho Public Television host Marcia Franklin. Be sure to subscribe to receive the latest episodes!

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29:00

Marion Blumenthal Lazan: Remembering the Holocaust

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2025/01/26

Host Marcia Franklin talks with Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan about her experiences in several concentration camps, including Bergen-Belsen, and her life educating others about how to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again. Lazan is the co-author of a young adult book about her experiences called Four Perfect Pebbles, and is the subject of a documentary called Marion's Triumph. Originally Aired: 09/05/13

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45:52

Rep. John Lewis: Last of the Big Six

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2025/01/19

Marcia Franklin talks with Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), the last of the so-called "Big Six" leaders of the African-American civil rights movement. Lewis was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966, and played a seminal role in some of the 56 most important activities of the movement, including the Freedom Rides, the march from Selma to Montgomery and the March on Washington (at which he was the youngest speaker). He became a United States

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28:51

Historian Robert Dallek: Hail to the Chief

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2025/01/12

Marcia Franklin interviews presidential historian Robert Dallek about the upcoming election and the qualities he believes are important in order to lead a country. Dallek, the author of more than a half dozen books, including a two-volume biography of President Lyndon Johnson, is a professor of history at Boston University. He is a frequent commentator on radio and television, and was the 2004 distinguished Idaho Humanities Council lecturer. Originally aired: 10/14/2004

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27:09

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss: Creating "Game of...

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2025/01/05

In part two of her interview with David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, co-creators of “Game of Thrones,” Marcia Franklin talks with the duo about the effect the program has had on Northern Ireland, where they film, the technological breakthroughs the production has achieved, what they’d like the legacy of the series to be, and their next project. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/11/2016 The interview is part of

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29:02

Writer Samantha Silva: Mr. Dickens and His Carol

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/12/22

It's one of his most beloved tales, but was written in a hurry and under duress. On this holiday episode of Dialogue, Marcia Franklin talks with Boise writer Samantha Silva about "A Christmas Carol," penned by Charles Dickens in 1843. In her debut novel, "Mr. Dickens and His Carol," Silva melds fact with fiction to imagine how Dickens came up with the plot for his now-classic story. Of Silva's work, Pulitzer Prize-winner and Boise resident Anthony Doerr says, "It's as foggy and haunted

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29:11

Adam Johnson: The Meaning-Making Machine

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/12/15

Author Adam Johnson, who has won both a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his works, talks with host Marcia Franklin about his writing philosophy. The two also discuss his thoughts on North Korea, which he has visited and about which he wrote in The Orphan Master's Son. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/2/2018 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers'

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28:59

Gretchen Morgenson: The Roots of the Financial Crisis

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/12/08

Host Marcia Franklin talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gretchen Morgenson, then a financial editor and columnist at the New York Times who covered the country’s financial crisis since its inception. They discuss the federal government’s push to increase home ownership, which Morgenson sees as the underpinning of the financial collapse. The two also talk about various taxpayer-funded bailouts of companies such as AIG, and whether Morgenson sees any light at the end of the tunnel

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29:19

Playwright Samuel Hunter: The Whale

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/12/01

Marcia Franklin talks with playwright Samuel D. Hunter about his work, including “The Whale,” which was adapted into a movie with Brendan Fraser, who won an Academy Award. The two also discuss the role of Idaho in his works, and the importance of the humanities.

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29:13

Historian Tiya Miles: All That She Carried

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/11/24

Marcia Franklin talks with historian Tiya Miles about her book, “All That She Carried,” which won the National Book Award. It tells the story of “Ashley’s sack,” a bag given to an enslaved girl by her mother in the 1850s. The two discuss how a material object can bring untold history alive, and also talk about Miles’ book, “Night Flyer,” which looks at the effect of the outdoors on Harriet Tubman.

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29:13

Journalist Clarissa Ward: On All Fronts

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/11/17

Marcia Franklin talks with Clarissa Ward, the chief international correspondent for CNN, about her start in the business, her assignments in some of the most dangerous parts of the world and the continuing need for journalistic ethics. The two also discuss her memoir, “On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist.” The conversation was taped at the 2024 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.

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29:13

Rabbi Sharon Brous: The Amen Effect

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/11/10

Marcia Franklin talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, a Jewish congregation in Los Angeles. The two discuss how the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel affected her and her congregants, Israel’s bombing of Gaza, increasing antisemitism, and a path forward to peace.

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29:13

Author Margaret Atwood: The Testaments

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/11/03

Host Marcia Franklin talks with author Margaret Atwood about her work, which includes the bestselling novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale” and its sequel, “The Testaments.” Atwood also shares her thoughts on whether the United States could head towards totalitarianism. The conversation was recorded at the 2024 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.

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28:48

Abraham Verghese: The Covenant of Water

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/10/27

In this episode, host Marcia Franklin talks with Dr. Abraham Verghese about his latest blockbuster novel, The Covenant of Water. The epic, which includes a mystery at its core, covers more than 70 years in the intertwined lives of families in the Indian state of Kerala. Verghese discusses the ties the story has to his own family history and shares his joy of writing. Originally Aired: 12/01/2023 The interview is part of the series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference” and

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28:48

Hernan Diaz: Trust

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/10/20

In this episode, Hernan Diaz joins Marcia Franklin to discuss his latest novel, Trust, which won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The intricately braided tale about characters in the world of high finance gives readers four different takes on the same story, playing with the idea of “truth.” Diaz explains why he constructed the novel using multiple voices, and what it was like to win the Pulitzer Prize. Originally Aired: 12/08/2023 The interview is part of the series “Conversations

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28:48

David Grann: The Wager

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/10/13

In this episode, David Grann regales viewers with some of the amazing true stories surrounding the wreck of The Wager, a British ship that sank off the tip of South America in 1741. In his book The Wager, Grann uses rare primary source documents to reconstruct the harrowing experiences of the ship’s castaways and shows how the aftermath of the saga is still relevant today. The book will be adapted into a film directed by Martin Scorsese, as was another of Grann’s bestsellers, Killers of the

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28:48

Andrea Elliott: Invisible Child

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/10/06

Conversations From the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference is back for a 16th season! In this episode, journalist Andrea Elliott joins host Marcia Franklin to talk about her book, Invisible Child, which won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The book chronicles eight years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child in Brooklyn. Elliott shares what compelled her to spend that much time covering the story, and how Dasani’s life exemplifies the challenges of being poor in America. Elliott

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28:48

Mohsin Hamid: The Last White Man

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/09/29

In this episode, host Marcia Franklin speaks with writer Mohsin Hamid about his latest novel, The Last White Man. The story follows the transformation of a man who wakes up one day to find that his skin color has changed. Hamid, who often incorporates his own multicultural background into his work, talks with Franklin about how his life changed after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and how he aims with his writing to “imagine the world into a better place.” Originally Aired: 12/29/2023

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29:10

Barry Lopez: The Horizon of Life, Part Two

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/09/22

More of Marcia Franklin’s 2019 conversation with National Book Award-winning author and world traveler Barry Lopez about his life, his philosophy of writing and his new memoir, Horizon. In December 2020, the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference awarded Barry Lopez with the inaugural Writer in the World Prize in recognition of his singular voice in the landscape of English Literature. Lopez died December 25, 2020. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations

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29:10

Barry Lopez: The Horizon of Life, Part One

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/09/15

Marcia Franklin talks with National Book Award-winning author and world traveler Barry Lopez about his philosophy of writing and his penultimate memoir, Horizon. In December 2020, the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference awarded Barry Lopez with the inaugural Writer in the World Prize in recognition of his singular voice in the landscape of English Literature. Lopez died on December 25, 2020. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter.

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29:09

Brando Skyhorse: The Shifting Faces of Personal Identity

Dialogue with Marcia Franklin ·

2024/09/08

Marcia Franklin talks with author Brando Skyhorse about his life and works, focusing on his memoir, Take This Man. In the book, Skyhorse writes about what it was like to grow up thinking he was Native American and then to find out that was not true. He also discusses the topic of his next novel, Wall. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/15/2019 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from

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