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 […]
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 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/CWDL-Jabari_Asim_The_N_Word_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/CWDL-Jabari_Asim_The_N_Word_Part_2.mp3]
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 […]
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 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Thomas_Lennon_Winning_the_Oscar_Part_1.mp3] Part […]
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 Part […]
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 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Aline_Kominsky_Crumb_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Aline_Kominsky_Crumb_Part_2.mp3] Part 3[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Aline_Kominsky_Crumb_Part_3.mp3]
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Thomas Lennon describes the terrifying impact of AIDS on China and its implications for the rest of the world. Lennon describes the intensification of the China AIDS epidemic due to China’s huge population, and talks about his award-winning film and the international draw of the story it tells. Original Air Date: 2/22/07
Lorraine Gordon is the owner of the greatest jazz club in the world, The Village Vanguard. A fierce 80-something, Gordon has been involved with jazz since the age of bebop and is credited with getting Thelonious Monk some of his first gigs. Her first marriage was to the founder of Blue Note Records, Alfred Lion, […]
Legendary New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast talks about where her unique perspective comes from, what she finds funny about her family’s anxieties, and how she broke into the cartoon industry. Original Air Date: 1/30/07 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Roz_Chast_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Roz_Chast_Part_2.mp3] Part 3[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Roz_Chast_Part_3.mp3]
The New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright talks about his book The Looming Tower: Al Queda and the Road to 9/11, and the research journey along a five-year project that began the morning of the attacks. Original Air Date: 1/18/2007 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/CWDL-Lawrence_Wright_The_Looming_Tower_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/CWDL-Lawrence_Wright_The_Looming_Tower_Part_2.mp3] Part 3[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/CWDL-Lawrence_Wright_The_Looming_Tower_Part_3.mp3] Part 4[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/CWDL-Lawrence_Wright_The_Looming_Tower_Part_4.mp3]