"Redemption: Faith, Justice, And Sisterhood On Death Row" by Laurence Wright
We learn about an about an order of cloistered nuns who befriend a group of women on death row in a Texas prison from Lawrence Wright, the a...
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Welcome to Reader's Corner, a weekly radio show hosted by Boise State University president emeritus Bob Kustra that features lively conversations with some of the nation's leading authors ab...
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20 of 521 episodes"The Talking Bone" by Rene Denfeld
From the revered bestselling author, a compulsive, page-turning thriller inspired by her real life work exonerating innocents, a novel that...
Private Power and the Decline Of Democracy: How to Maker Capitalism Support Democracy by Mordecai Kurz
What is the relationship between the decline of democratic practices we took for granted over the years and the growth of Big Tech in what M...
Encore: A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, by Edward H. Miller
The first full-scale biography of Robert Welch, who founded the John Birch Society and planted some of modern conservatism’s most insidious...
"Escape from Kabul: The Afghan Women Judges Who Fled the Taliban and Those They Left Behind" by Karen Bartlett
"Escape from Kabul: The Afghan Women Judges Who Fled the Taliban and Those They Left Behind" by Karen Bartlett
"The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet" by Scott Weidensau
The Return of the Oystercatcher by Scott Weidensau explores the recovery efforts that are not only preventing declines in bird population, b...
Encore: The Man Who Broke Capitalism by David Gelles
New York Times reporter and "Corner Office" columnist David Gelles reveals legendary GE CEO Jack Welch to be the root of all that's wrong wi...
"The Closing of the Russian Mind: How Putin's Ideology Took the Nation Hostage," by Andrey Kolesnikov
Our Dear Friends in Moscow follows a group of young Russians, part of an idealistic generation who came of age in Moscow at the end of the 2...
"Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea's Personality Cult" by Jonathan Cheng
For nearly eight decades, North Korea has marched defiantly to its own beat, shaking off its Soviet and Chinese sponsors to emerge as the wo...
"Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom," by Ilyon Woo
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom is a 2023 non-fiction book by Ilyon Woo that examines the history of the...
"The Diversity Principle: The Story of a Transformative Idea" by David B. Oppenheimer
The diversity principle – the idea that people with different backgrounds, identities, and viewpoints produce better work – was a core tenet...
"The Cypriot Mask" by Scott McIntosh
A priceless mask, a beautiful woman, a deadly secret, and a curse if it doesn’t fit Philip Chandler, a small-town Idaho newspaper reporter a...
"Dust Child" by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
"Dust Child" by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
"The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Center of the New Cold War" by J. Michael Cole
"The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Center of the New Cold War" by J. Michael Cole
July 10, 2026 - Christine Kuehn
July 10, 2026 - Christine Kuehn
July 3, 2026 - David Michaels
July 3, 2026 - David Michaels
“Paper Girl” by Beth Macy
An interview with Beth Macy, author of the new book, Paper Girl . The book examines the forces eroding America’s social fabric, through the...
“Your Presence is Mandatory” by Sasha Vasilyuk
An interview with Sasha Vasilyuk, author of the novel, Your Presence is Mandatory. Based on real events, the book follows a World War II vet...
“Justice for Animals” by Martha C. Nussbaum
An interview with Martha C. Nussbaum, author of Justice for Animals. The book offers a revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal...
"No One’s Coming" by Kevin Hazzard
An interview with Kevin Hazzard, author of No One’s Coming. The book is a real-life thriller about the most daring rescue in air-medical his...