Sinopsis
John Augustine reviews biographies and recounts the lives of the people featured in them. From Q-90.1 FM, Delta College Quality Public Radio.
Episodios
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Frida Kahlo by Jack Rummel
14/04/2023 Duración: 04minThere is a cliché that artists must struggle, but Frida Kahlo must hold the world record.
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Socrates - The Trial of Socrates by I. F. Stone
26/01/2023 Duración: 05minHow could the famously enlightened city of Athens execute one of its most outstanding citizens? A reporter covers a trial held 2,400 years ago in this book.
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Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler, Pt. 2
11/01/2023 Duración: 04minToday's review covers the second half of Walt Disney's career, following up on the success of Mickey Mouse and Snow White.
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Dr. Martin Couney - The Strange Case of Dr. Couney by Dawn Raffel
16/12/2022 Duración: 04minA century ago you could see many bizarre sideshows on the boardwalk at Coney Island. But one of these was not an act, but a system that saved thousands of premature babies.
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George Gershwin by Walter Rimler
26/09/2022 Duración: 04minYears ago, I read a fine biography of Gershwin, but I decided to read a more recent one and, sure enough, I'm impressed by Gershwin all over again.
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Dylan Thomas - Dylan the Bard by Andrew Sinclair
26/08/2022 Duración: 04minDylan Thomas wasn't just a star. He was a supernova blazing before us before flaming out.
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Dashiell Hammett by Diane Johnson
18/08/2022 Duración: 05minThe American detective story with its hardboiled protagonist walking the mean streets was invented by Dashiell Hammett.
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Johnny Appleseed by Howard Means
12/08/2022 Duración: 05minJohnny Appleseed might be the best known figure from America's past that most people know almost nothing about (and one that many believe to be a myth).
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Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler, Pt. 1
09/08/2022 Duración: 05minThere are many people with TV shows named after them, but only a few have entire networks, and only Walt Disney transformed American culture.
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Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln at Gettysburg by Gary Wills
01/08/2022 Duración: 05minThe story of Abraham Lincoln is best take in small doses and today's book focuses on the events leading up to and including the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg.
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Frank Lloyd Wright by Robert Twombly
23/06/2022 Duración: 05minIt seems wrong to call Frank Lloyd Wright a "modern" architect - he was born just two years after the end of the Civil War. But he lived a long life and some of his buildings still look something that landed from outer space.
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Milman Parry - Hearing Homer's Song by Robert Kanigel
09/05/2022 Duración: 05minIs it possible that The Iliad and The Odyssey, with over 25,000 lines between them, originated in oral tradition rather than written texts? This is the story of a young Classics student who set out to prove it.
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Salka Viertel - The Sun and Her Stars by Donna Rifkind
03/05/2022 Duración: 05minThe little-known story of screenwriter Salka Viertel, who created a refuge for famous figures escaping World War ll.