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Reader"s Corner

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.Support for this podcast comes from Saint Alphonsus Sports Medicine

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36:30

"Seek And Hide" By Amy Gajda

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/07/27

An interview with Amy Gajda, author of Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy. The book is an important primer for today’s privacy wars - the surprising history of the right to privacy, and its battle against the public’s right to know.

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30:10

"The Demon Of Unrest" By Erik Larson

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/07/20

An interview with Erik Larson, author of the new book, The Demon of Unrest. The book examines the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War.

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41:09

"I Will Show You How It Was" By Illia Ponomarenko

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/07/13

An interview with Illia Ponomarenko, author of the new book, I Will Show You How It Was. The book is powerful and personal chronicle of the war in Ukraine from the front lines.

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30:15

"The Meat Paradox" By Rob Percival

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/07/06

An interview with Rob Percival, author of The Meat Paradox: Eating, Empathy, and the Future of Meat. The book offers a vital and nuanced investigation into the current debate around meat.

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33:54

"Coming To Terms With John F. Kennedy" By Stephen F....

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/06/29

An interview with Stephen F. Knott, author of Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy. The book offers a broad view of the young President, and shows how politicians on both sides of the aisle distorted JFK's record for their own purposes.

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38:33

"The Year Of The Locust" By Terry Hayes

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/06/22

An interview with Terry Hayes, acclaimed author of the new book, The Year of the Locust. A thriller set in the borderlands of the Middle East, the novel follows a CIA spy as his plans to extract a source are complicated by a powerful adversary.

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34:15

"The Revenge of Power" By Moisés Naím

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/06/15

An interview with Moisés Naím, author of The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century. The book examines the future of freedom and how to contain and defeat the autocrats popping up around the world.

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37:23

"The End Of Reality" By Jonathan Taplin

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/06/08

An interview with Jonathan Taplin, author of The End of Reality. The book is a scathing critique of the worldview being sold by four American billionaires.

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30:00

"Three-Inch Teeth" By C.J. Box

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/06/01

An interview with writer C.J. Box, joining us to talk about his new novel, Three-Inch Teeth. In the book, game warden Joe Pickett contends with a vicious grizzly bear and an ex-convict out for revenge.

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30:00

"Sunny Days" By David Kamp

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/05/25

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in October 2020.

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34:16

"Fire Weather" By John Vaillant

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/05/18

An interview with John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather. The book offers a terrifying account of a colossal wildfire and an exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind.

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32:01

"How To Sell A Poison" By Elena Conis

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/05/11

An interview with Elena Conis, author of How to Sell a Poison. The book tells the tangled story of DDT, a corporate-backed poison that decimated wildlife and left behind toxic bodies.

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32:16

"Once There Were Wolves" By Charlotte McConaghy

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/05/04

An interview with Charlotte McConaghy about her new novel, Once There Were Wolves. The book is about the looming threat of environmental collapse and the bold and flawed humans working to avert it.

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36:01

"A Day In The Life Of Abed Salama" By Nathan Thrall

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/04/27

An interview with Nathan Thrall, author of the new book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama. The book tells the story of a deadly accident outside Jerusalem that unravels a tangle of lives, loves, and histories over the course of a single day.

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37:16

"Tired Of Winning" By Jonathan Karl

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/04/20

An interview with Jonathan Karl, author of Tired of Winning. The book explores how Donald Trump remade the Republican Party in his own image, baggage and all.

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37:30

"Camera Man" By Dana Stevens

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/04/13

An interview with Dana Stevens, author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, The Dawn of Cinema and the Invention of the Twentieth Century. In the book, Stevens places acclaimed filmmaker Buster Keaton’s unique creative genius in the context of his time.

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31:54

"Tyranny of the Minority" By Steven Levitsky (Part II)

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/04/06

An interview with Steven Levitsky, co-author of Tyranny of the Minority. The book offers important context for our volatile times and a framework for how to protect our democracy from an authoritarian backlash.

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30:39

"Tyranny of the Minority" By Steven Levitsky (Part I)

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/03/30

An interview with Steven Levitsky, co-author of Tyranny of the Minority. The book offers important context for our volatile times and a framework for how to protect our democracy from an authoritarian backlash.

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31:45

"The Violin Conspiracy" By Brendan Slocumb

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/03/23

An interview with Brendan Slocumb, author of the novel, The Violin Conspiracy. Part literary thriller and part mystery, the book is a gripping coming-of-age story about the love of music and a young man’s resilience.

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31:45

"The Big Fail" By Joe Nocera

Reader"s Corner ·

2024/03/16

An interview with Joe Nocera, co-author of The Big Fail. Co-written by Bethany MacLean, the book offers new answers for why and how America become the world leader in COVID deaths.

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