Q-90.1's Lifelines With John Augustine
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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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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.
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His Excellency, George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis, Part 2
09/03/2022 Duración: 05minThe second part of our review of His Excellency, George Washington.
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His Excellency, George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis, Part 1
09/03/2022 Duración: 05minAfter 13 years of this program, we are finally getting around to the first and most important leader in American history.
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Robert Goddard
20/12/2021 Duración: 04minThe first person to attain the grand status of rocket scientist was Robert Goddard, a pioneer who laid the groundwork for space travel.
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Hatshepsut: The Female Pharaoh by Joyce Tyldesley
14/12/2021 Duración: 04minThe name of Hatshepsut, a woman who declared herself king of Egypt, was scratched out of the hieroglyphics, but her story is told in this week's biography.
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Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell
06/08/2021 Duración: 05minTrial lawyers are popular protagonists in TV and movies, but few are celebrated in biographies, except for Clarence Darrow.
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Gen. Alexandre Dumas - The Black Count by Tom Reiss
06/08/2021 Duración: 04minYou've likely never heard of General Alexandre Dumas, but his life served as inspiration for the swashbuckling adventure stories written by his famous son.
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Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
06/08/2021 Duración: 05minDorothea Lange's most famous photograph is of a weather-beaten migrant mother whose face is burned into the American soul.
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Julius Rosenwald by by Hasia R. Diner
01/02/2021 Duración: 05minAn immigrant peddler's son, Julius Rosenwald headed to Chicago and eventually became the head of one of the most successful companies in the world.
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Lionel Logue - The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
01/02/2021 Duración: 05minWould you be interested in a biography of the world's most famous speech therapist, a man you may already be familiar with?
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Raymond Chandler - The Life of Raymond Chandler by Frank McShane
01/02/2021 Duración: 04minAmerica's take on the detective novel gave us hard-boiled figures like Raymond Chandler's gumshoe Philip Marlowe.
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Johann Sebastian Bach - Bach: Everyman's Library by Peter Washington
01/02/2021 Duración: 04minBach is the grandmaster of German baroque, but so little is known about Bach's life that after his death, he almost disappeared!
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James McNeill Whistler - Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake by Daniel E. Sutherland
27/01/2021 Duración: 05minOne of the world's most famous paintings is "Whistler's Mother" by James McNeill Whistler, except that it isn't, even though she is.