Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra

Series produced by Boise State Public Radio

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Reader’s Corner with Bob Kustra features lively interviews with today’s leading writers about ideas and issues that matter today. Join us each week for thoughtful interviews centered around books on a broad range of topics, from world politics and scientific discovery to the best in literary fiction.

Bob Kustra, president of Boise State University, hosts this 30-minute weekly interview program featuring today's leading writers talking about ideas and issues that matter today. Reader's Corner airs weekly on KBSX 91.5 FM. Previous shows are online and available for podcast at http://boisestatepublicradio.org/programs/readers-corner. To listen to previous shows anytime, download our free player from the iTunes App Store.


171 Pieces

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Host Bob Kustra interviews Egan about the amazing life of Thomas Francis Meagher.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
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Host Bob Kustra interviews NPR’s Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan, author of “So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came To Be And Why It Endur...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:45
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Martin Ford, author of "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future."

  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 30:10
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Leonard Sax, author of “The Collapse of Parenting. How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups.”

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 30:11
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Washington Post sportswriter Barry Svrluga about "The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season."

  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 30:12
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Host Bob Kustra continues his conversation with Jacob S. Hacker, author of "American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 30:30
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Jacob Hacker, author of "American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper."

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Bob Kustra interviews marine biologist Terrie Williams about her book about an endangered monk seal.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Palmer, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, about his latest political thriller.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:40
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Harvard professor Robert Putnam about his bestselling book.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 30:01
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Host Bob Kustra talks with longtime ABC broadcaster Lynn Sherr about her book, "Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space."

  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 30:31
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Sakamoto about the moving true story of a Japanese American family during World War II

  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 31:00
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Bieter about his book about Idaho's remote and colorful Owyhee County.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 30:31
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Host Bob Kustra talks with bestselling author Larson about his book about the sinking of the Lusitania.

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Hoffman about his nonfiction story of Cold War espionage and betrayal.

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2016
  • Length: 30:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Pamela Newkirk about her book about a young African man who was displayed in a cage in the Bronx Zoo in 1906.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:51
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Host Bob Kustra continues his conversation with Jonathan Katz, author of "The Big Truck That Went Way." Also featured is Boise State University Fre...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 30:11
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Katz about his book, "The Big Truck that Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster."

  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 30:56
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Clive Thompson about this book, "Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing our Minds for the Better."

  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:06
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NPR's Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan discusses her book about the enduring appeal of "The Great Gatsby"

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 30:50