Booktalk

Series produced by Diana Korte

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Top authors are interviewed for this 10-minute program that captures their words about their books and often the story behind the story. Booktalk also airs in a podcast, BOOKTALK WITH DIANA KORTE, and on KGNU in Colorado on most Friday afternoons. The show, hosted by Diana Korte and engineered by Gene Korte, has been in production for over 25 years.

Diana has interviewed hundreds of authors from national politicians and scientists to novelists and storytellers of all kinds. Notable among them are Madeline Albright, Buzz Aldrin, Isabel Allende, Bill Bryson, James Lee Burke, Hillary Clinton, Frank Deford, Ken Follett, Diana Gabaldon, William Gibson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Al Gore, Sue Grafton, Temple Grandin, Paul Krugman, Daniel J Levitin, David McCullough, Senator George Mitchell, Roger Penrose, Michael Pollan, Karen Pryor, Lisa See, Daniel Silva, Gloria Steinem, Alexander McCall Smith, Amy Tan, Andrew Weil and Don Winslow.


198 Pieces

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Known for creating captivating crime series characters, Steve’s newest invention is Nick Mason. He appears in an exciting series featuring a Chicag...

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  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
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In “Bully Pulpit” Doris focuses on the friendship and eventual falling out of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft while describing t...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
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An international human rights lawyer, Ausma Zehanet Khan in “The Unquiet Dead” introduces two Canadian police inspectors, Rachel Getty and Esa Khat...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
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In Parker’s 22nd book, it’s high noon up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Mammoth Falls, 7880 feet above sea level. The air smells like snow, memo...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
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“It may well be that the Senate Republicans would be better off confirming some moderate Obama nominee to the Supreme Court now, rather than having...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
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JLB has published 36 books over 50 years. He’s best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series and the Holland family storie...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 2
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This southern noir tale is the intimate story of 18-year-old Jacob McNeely whose daddy controls the crystal meth business in a small town in rural ...

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2016
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 2
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Anne’s debut novel is an imaginative contemporary view of Italy's iconic star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Her newest book, "The Lost Sisterho...

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
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Many observers including his biographers would say he’s the most famous artist in the world. Master of sunflowers and starry skies, Vincent Van Gog...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
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This river is a tributary of the mighty Amazon. It snakes through one of the world’s most treacherous jungles and it’s where President Teddy Roosev...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
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A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the author describes political issues of the day, the new influence of ...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Mary has developed a career specializing in popular science and doing it with respect and wit. Since the publication of her first book “Stiff,” she...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1
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His box of crayons on his desk inspired Drew's first book, "The Day the Crayons Quit." His parents' generosity served as the bedrock for his latest...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Don’s 19th thriller may be fiction, but it’s the truth about our longest war, the war on drugs, especially in all the ways it effects Mexico. To le...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 1
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This Paonia, Colorado National Book Award finalist describes a thriller version of possible future water wars in the American Southwest. Is this an...

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 3
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Anne’s particular talent with her cookbooks is creating well written and easy-to-follow recipes. And as many readers know, this is not always true ...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 1
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As runners gear up for race season, Christopher McDougall's book is timely. He spurred on the barefoot running revolution several years ago with hi...

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  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Based on a time-traveling English nurse in the 20th century who is married to an 18th century Scotsman, Diana’s eight books in The Outlander series...

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  • Added: May 01, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
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He used to be one of the many thousands of child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s, in dozens of conflicts around the world. Ishmael...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 2
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Taking place mostly in the Vatican and the tiny town that surrounds it, this fast moving, thoughtful novel features two brothers who are priests, t...

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2