Author Anne Kreamer went on a mission: to find out what color her hair really was. The result was a book that explores the issues of women and self-image in a society that worships the young. The book is revealing, hilarious and filled with improbable adventures and investigative hijinks.
Original Air Date: 11/6/07
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Steven Merkel should be dead. Merkel is the General Counsel of Cantor, Fitzgerald, the finance firm based on the top floors of the World Trade Center that lost over 500 employees on September 11th, 2001. That morning Merkel made a series of out-of-character stops on his way to work that delayed him. If he’d gotten there 30 seconds earlier he would have died. He tells the story of what happened to him that day, of talking to friends as they faced death, of seeing people throw themselves from the building and losing friends who will be “forever young.”
Original Air Date: 9/10/07
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Andy Martin is the author of Stealing the Wave, the story of how surfers Mark Foo and Ken Bradshaw battled for supremacy in some of the biggest waves in the world at Waimea Bay, on the North Shore of Hawaii.
Original Air Date: 8/11/07
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Tom Wright was a photographer of rock and roll through the most fun and crazy periods of the 60’s and 70’s. He tells stories of his encounters with The Who and many others, and talks about his book of photographs, Road Work.
Original Air Date: 8/7/2007
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David speaks with Deborah Rodriguez, a former hairdresser and prison guard, about her book Kabul Beauty School. The book tells of her improbable journey to Afghanistan and the many challenges and adventures she’s had there. As a woman running a beauty parlor in — of all places — Kabul, she has unique insight into the lives of Afghan women.
Original Air Date: 6/13/07
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A book by Washington Post reporter, Jabari Asim looking at the third rail of American speech, The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn’t, and Why.
Original Air Date: 5/31/07
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Tom Bissell talks about The Father of All Things, an account of Bissell’s journey back to Vietnam with his former Marine father. Bissell explains the origin of the idea from GQ magazine, his father’s response to journeying back to a war zone, and the interweaving of the Bissells’ personal history with the history of the Vietnam War itself.
Original Air Date: 4/26/07
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Winning the Oscar for “Documentary-Short” may not be the biggest award, but it gave filmmaker Thomas Lennon one of the funniest adventures of his life. He tells the story of the absurdities of what happens when you win and how to get the Oscar statue through airport security.
Original Air Date: 4/19/07
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Journalist and author Jonathan Eig talks about Opening Day, his book about Jackie Robinson’s first season of professional baseball. Eig discusses the impact that baseball had on the Civil Rights movement, Robinson’s ambitious and stubborn personality, and the reason why Robinson was chosen as the first black major league player.
Original Air Date: 4/17/07
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Aline Kominsky-Crumb is a cartoonist and the wife of Robert Crumb. Her art — and her interview — is blunt, honest, embarrassing and hilarious.
Original Air Date: 2/22/07
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