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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Scott Eyman, Author of "Hank & Jim" Part II
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Bob Kustra and Scott Eyman continue their conversation about the biography "Hank & Jim"

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Brannen, author of "The Ends of the World"
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Bob Kustra speaks with Peter Brannen about Earth's mass-extinctions and piecing together the details with the world's leading paleontologists and g...

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Randall Fuller, author of "The Book That Changed America"
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Bob Kustra interviews Randall Fuller who's written an historical take on how Darwin's Theory of Evolution ignited leaders and thinkers in the US in...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt, authors of "How Democracies Die"
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An interview about the downfall of creeping authoritarianism in Europe and Latin America and insight how American democracy could be undermined.

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:16
  • Purchases: 1
Meghan O'Sullivan, author of "Windfall"
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Bob Kustra interviews Meghan O'Sullivan about global energy and her book "Windfall"

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 30:06
  • Purchases: 1
Manuel Pastor, author of "State of Resistance"
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Bob Kustra interviews Manuel Pastor about his book "State of Resistance" about California's past and how it can inform America's future.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 30:11
Bethany McClean, author of "Saudi America"
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Bob Kustra interviews Bethany McClean about her book "Saudi America"

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1
Brendan Koerner, author of "The Skies Belong To Us"
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Bob Kustra Interviews Brendan Koerner about his book "The Skies Belong To Us"

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:10
  • Purchases: 1
John Wray, author of "Godsend"
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Bob Kustra interviews John Wray about his novel "Godsend"

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2019
  • Length: 30:16
  • Purchases: 1
Hampton Sides, author of "On Desperate Ground"
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Bob Kustra interviews Hampton Sides about his book "On Desperate Ground: The Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle"

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Michele Gelfand, author of "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers"
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Bob Kustra interviews Michele Gelfand about her book "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers"

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Stephen M. Walt, author of "The Hell of Good Intentions"
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Bob Kustra interviews Stephen M. Walt about his book "The Hell of Good Intentions"

  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
Rick Bass, author of "The Traveling Feast"
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Bob Kustra interviews Rick Bass about his book "The Traveling Feast: On the Road and at the Table with My Heroes"

  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
Jonathan Evison, author of "Lawn Boy"
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Bob Kustra talks with Novelist Jonathan Evison about "Lawn Boy"

  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 30:11
Daniel Tudor, Co-author of "North Korea Confidential"
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Bob Kustra talks with Daniel Tudor, co-author of the book "North Korea Confidential"

  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
Chris Bohjalian, author of "The Flight Attendant"
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Bob Kustra interviews novelist Chris Bohjalian about his latest best-seller "The Flight Attendant"

  • Added: Apr 06, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
James A. McLaughlin, author of "Bearskin"
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Bob Kustra speaks with James A. McLaughlin about his debut novel "Bearskin"

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 30:05
Deborah Campbell, author of "A Disappearance in Damascus"
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An Interview with Deborah Campbell about her Investigative Non-Fiction Book "A Disappearance in Damascus"

  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
Ben Macintyre, author of "The Spy and the Traitor"
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Bob Kustra interviews Ben Macintyre about his book "The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War"

  • Added: May 20, 2019
  • Length: 30:10
Eli Saslow, Author of "Rising Out of Hatred"
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Bob Kustra Interviews Eli Saslow about his book "Rising Out of Hatred"

  • Added: May 31, 2019
  • Length: 30:05

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