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Interview with Don Piper on the trials, tribulations and joys of being a bestselling author
- Added: Aug 06, 2013
- Length: 22:26
Bobby speaks, from the steps of the NYC Public Library, with Van Wallach, author of "A Kosher Dating Odyssey: One Former Texas Baptist's Quest for ...
- Added: Jul 06, 2013
- Length: 50:02
Pakistani-American writer Ayad Akhtar has made a living as a screenwriter, but 2012 brought him notice as both a playwright and a novelist. He deb...
Bought by WJCU
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Literary ecocritic George Handley discusses how literature ranging from sacred texts like the Bible to Charles Dickens to Twilight shape our percep...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 26:18
In this episode we talk about a lesser known tale, The Armless Maiden. How does she get her arms chopped off you ask? Maybe her dad does it to save...
- Added: Mar 04, 2013
- Length: 19:56
What happens when a female shock jock from Hackensack, New Jersey finds herself working at a radio station near a polygamist enclave in Utah?
- Added: Feb 21, 2013
- Length: 14:22
Bobby speaks with Dina Rae, a loving wife and mother who resides in the Chicago suburbs and writes novels of fiction about what we both agree to be...
- Added: Jan 03, 2013
- Length: 39:48
Deepak Chopra talks identity, infinity, and the benefits of laughter.
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 10:27
Whatever your spiritual path, chances are that the primary tenets of your faith include universal love, acceptance and compassion. Yet three thousa...
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 28:55
Dr. David Levy, neurosurgeon and author, discusses the role that prayer can play in the healing relationship between physician and patient.
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 29:29
The Magna Carta is one of most important legal documents in history and it is now being digitized, translated, and uploaded online.
- Added: Feb 27, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A "non-saccharin", "non pie-in-the-sky" exploration of the power of Hope.
Bought by Nevada Public Radio and WLRN
- Added: Nov 21, 2011
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 2
Tom Perrotta, the author of "Little Children", "Election" and the upcoming novel "The Leftovers", speaks with ThoughtCast about a writer who fascin...
- Added: Apr 11, 2011
- Length: 30:00
On this edition of "Art Beat" we feature a new personification of an artist - The Writer. John Reimriner is the author of the newly released book e...
- Added: Nov 23, 2010
- Length: 24:21
On this edition of "Art Beat" we feature a new personification of an artist - The Writer. John Reimriner is the author of the newly released book e...
- Added: Nov 23, 2010
- Length: 24:56
A Grand Rapids man recently wrote and illustrated a picture book about a cowboy… a cowboy who finds
himself a pawn in a parlor game between God a...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and mnartists.org
- Added: Oct 07, 2010
- Length: 11:27
- Purchases: 2
A conversation about the Bible's universality and relevance in pop culture, with the author who aims to give "people what they don't get in church ...
Bought by WFIU
- Added: Jun 09, 2010
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky tackles King David of the Bible - the shepherd, poet, warrior and adulterer - in his "Life of David."
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Sep 06, 2009
- Length: 28:26
- Purchases: 1
Natalie Goldberg, the writer, painter and writing teacher, speaks with ThoughtCast in Santa Fe, NM!
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WFIU
- Added: Sep 06, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 2
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
Public intellectual Jack Beatty, theologist Harvey Cox and philosopher Simon Blackburn -- on ThoughtCast!
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRNC-LP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Dec 07, 2008
- Length: 57:30
- Purchases: 3
Two words: Thank you. They sound simple enough. But there is always more to a topic, phrase, or ritual than one might think.
Bought by WABE, KOSU, Michigan Radio, KTSW 89.9, Prairie Public and more
- Added: Nov 18, 2008
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 29
Author Wendy Marcus reflects on a storytelling tradition that goes back to Wendy's childhood. KRAK
- Added: Jul 30, 2008
- Length: 09:00
A Muslim, a Christian and a Jew shed light on love, faith and understanding.
- Added: Jan 17, 2008
- Length: 24:34
With a new novel out, Norman Mailer proffers his views on Hitler, the Devil, E. M. Forster, and how Texas Hold'Em has taught him to be more than a ...
- Added: Jan 30, 2007
- Length: 16:05
