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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Author of seven post-World War II novels, Joe Kanon takes us back to Berlin, a once grand city now 80% destroyed in the late 1940s. In this book e...

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Frank has a 50-year sports writing career dating back to the beginnings of Sports Illustrated, and his NPR program, Sweetness and Light, has aired ...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 3
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It’s 1938 in San Francisco. War is brewing around the world, but America's entry into World War II is still several years away. Meanwhile in this ...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Though she identifies herself as just an ordinary person with a dream, au contraire, Jenny’s accomplishments are stunning. She is an American who...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2
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This outspoken Colorado author is known around the world for many things. She is one of the top scientists in the humane livestock industry. A few ...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Karen's latest book is “Reaching the Animal Mind.” Having started out as the world’s foremost dolphin trainer, Pryor is responsible for developing ...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Maybe you know this place. Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above-average. Perhaps best know...

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  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Jason’s first novel was inspired by a dream in which his late mother visited him. He goes on to describe his day job while he was writing the book ...

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 2
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British naturalist and jungle survivor of Borneo, Amazonia and the Congo, O’Hanlon sets off this time on a commercial fishing ship in the harsh wat...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
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Anthony’s latest book, “Hotels, Hospitals and Jails” describes his life after the pluses and minuses of the fame of "Jarhead." In that book he chro...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
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In “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus,” science writer Mann describes what some of the North and South American nations looked ...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Orloff is an Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA who incorporates energy medicine in her practice. In her fifth book she invites reader...

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2
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This European-born couple who have called Australia home for many decades created the first in the Lonely Planet series of guide books more than 40...

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
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A Chilean-born author, Isabel is best known for her novels and memoirs. But now, after deciding not to retire from writing books after all, she's ...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Arkady Renko, a senior investigator in the Moscow prosecutor's office, is back. Smith’s first book in this 8-book series was “Gorky Park” published...

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Todd is a professor of music at Washington University in St. Louis where he teaches popular music in American culture. The interview took place in ...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Never one to shy away from controversial topics, Joyce’s latest novel is based on the true story of Tawana Brawley of upstate New York who made hea...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
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George’s “The Tenth of December” has already appeared on many a best-book and award-finalist list. As we readers know, it's not every day that you ...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
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This Chinese-American novelist, perhaps best known for her book, "Joy Luck Club," takes readers to Shanghai and its International Settlement where ...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
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In “Men of Salt” this adventurer and outdoorsman travels from Timbuktu to the salt mines deep in the Mali desert. He traveled eighteen hours daily ...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 2