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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 about issues and ideas that matter today.
Support for this podcast comes from Saint Alphonsus Sports Medicine
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 about issues and ideas that matter today.
Support for this podcast comes from Saint Alphonsus Sports Medicine
William Boyd, author of The Predicament. The book follows Gabriel Dax, travel writer and accidental spy, who has returned to a life of secrets and subterfuge. Dax is sent to Guatemala under the guise of covering a volatile presidential election, where the ruthless decisions of the Mafia threaten to provoke warfare in collusion with the CIA.
The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century
Interview with Joanna Kakissis, NPR Bureau Chief, Kiev, Ukraine
An interview with Mark L. Clifford, author of The Troublemaker. The book is a…
An interview with Nils Barrett, joining Reader's Corner to talk about his late…
Bob Kustra interviews Tod Lending, author of the novel, The Umbrella Maker’s…
An interview with Craig Foster, author of Amphibious Soul. The book is a…
An interview with Sandra Matz, author of the new book, Mindmasters. The book is…
An interview with Nathan J. Robinson, co-author of the new book, The Myth of…
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An interview with Kevin Grange, author of Grizzly Confidential. Part science,…
An interview with Russell Muirhead, co-author of the new book, Ungoverning: The…
An interview with Marsha E. Barrett, author of Nelson Rockefeller's Dilemma.…
An interview with legendary travel writer Rick Steves about his new book, On…
An interview with Christian Cooper, author of the book, Better Living Through…
An interview with Sy Montgomery, author of What the Chicken Knows. Part science…
An interview with Greg Barnhisel, author of Code Name Puritan. The book is a…
An interview with Maria Popova, co-author of the new book, Russia and Ukraine:…
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An interview with Mark Greaney, author of the new thriller, Midnight Black. The…
An interview with David Rohde, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Where…
An interview with Lindsey Cormack, author of the new book, How to Raise a…
An interview with Bryce Andrews, author of the new book, Holding Fire. The book…
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An interview with Hansen Shi, author of the thrilling new novel, The Expat. The…
An interview with Adam Higginbotham, author of Challenger. The book is a…
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An interview with Marcel Dirsus, author of How Tyrants Fall. The book is a…
An interview with Brian Rosenwald, author of the book, Talk Radio's America.…
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An interview with Rob Hart, author of the new novel, Assassins Anonymous. The…
An interview with Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of Stolen Pride. Set in…
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An interview with Melissa B. Jacoby, author of the new book, Unjust Debts. The…
An interview with Amor Towles, bestselling author of the new book, Table for…
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An interview with Timothy Snyder, author of the new book, On Freedom. The book…
An interview with Sergey Radchenko, author of the new book, To Run the World.…
An interview with Illia Ponomarenko, author of the new book, I Will Show You…
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An interview with Jonathan Blitzer, author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here. The…
An interview with Minxin Pei, author of The Sentinel State. The book argues…
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An interview with Paul Hendrickson, author of the new book, Fighting the Night.…
An interview with Nicholas Shakespeare, author of the new book, Ian Fleming:…
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An interview with David L. Roll, author of the new book, Ascent to Power. The…
An interview with David Ignatius, author of the new novel, Phantom Orbit. The…
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An interview with Steve Inskeep, author of the new book, Differ We Must. The…
An interview with Margot Susca, author of Hedged. The book reveals a newspaper…
An interview with Amy Gajda, author of Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of…
An interview with Erik Larson, author of the new book, The Demon of Unrest. The…
An interview with Illia Ponomarenko, author of the new book, I Will Show You…
An interview with Rob Percival, author of The Meat Paradox: Eating, Empathy,…
An interview with Stephen F. Knott, author of Coming to Terms with John F.…
An interview with Terry Hayes, acclaimed author of the new book, The Year of…
An interview with Moisés Naím, author of The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats…
An interview with Jonathan Taplin, author of The End of Reality. The book is a…
An interview with writer C.J. Box, joining us to talk about his new novel,…
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An interview with John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather. The book offers a…
An interview with Elena Conis, author of How to Sell a Poison. The book tells…
An interview with Charlotte McConaghy about her new novel, Once There Were…
An interview with Nathan Thrall, author of the new book, A Day in the Life of…
An interview with Jonathan Karl, author of Tired of Winning. The book explores…
An interview with Dana Stevens, author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, The Dawn…
An interview with Steven Levitsky, co-author of Tyranny of the Minority. The…
An interview with Steven Levitsky, co-author of Tyranny of the Minority. The…
An interview with Brendan Slocumb, author of the novel, The Violin Conspiracy.…
An interview with Joe Nocera, co-author of The Big Fail. Co-written by Bethany…
An interview with Shelley Fraser Mickle, author of the new book, White House…
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An interview with Brendan Ballou, author of the new book, Plunder. The book…
An interview with Morvan Lallouet, co-author of Navalny: Putin’s Nemesis,…
An interview with Yascha Mounk, author of the new book, The Identity Trap. The…
An interview with Peter Robison, author of Flying Blind: The 737 Tragedy and…
An interview with Peter Robison, author of Flying Blind: The 737 Tragedy and…
An interview with David McCloskey author of the new thriller, Moscow X. The…
An interview with Tom Wheeler, former FCC chairman and author of the new book,…
An interview with Azeem Azhar, author of The Exponential Age: How Accelerating…
An interview with Marc C. Johnson, author of Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan…
An interview with Stuart A. Reid, author of The Lumumba Plot. The book is a…
An interview with Stuart A. Reid, author of The Lumumba Plot. The book is a…
An interview with Naomi Hirahara, author of the new novel, Clark and Division.…
An interview with David Neiwert, author of The Age of Insurrection. In the…
An interview with Sean D. Carberry, author of the new book, Passport Stamps:…
An interview with Mitchell Zuckoff, author of The Secret Gate: A True Story of…
An interview with Eric A. Posner, author of How Antitrust Law Failed Workers.…
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An interview with John Perlin, author of A Forest Journey. Now with a brand new…
An interview with Shelby Van Pelt, author of the novel Remarkably Bright…
An interview with Kevin Roose, author of Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the…
An interview with James Risen, author of The Last Honest Man. The book examines…
An interview with S. Kirk Walsh author of the bestselling novel, The Elephant…
An interview with Isaac Stone Fish, author of America Second. The book is an…
An interview with Jamie Susskind, author of The Digital Republic. The book is a…
An interview with Alma Katsu, author of the new thriller, Red London. The book…
An interview with Edward Achorn, author of The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the…
An interview with Steven Feldstein, author of The Rise of Digital Repression:…
An interview with Ilyon Woo, author of Master Slave Husband Wife. The book…
Imbolo Mbue's novel, How Beautiful We Were, follows a fearless young woman from…
An interview with Nguyen Phan Que Mai, author of the new novel, Dust Child. The…
An interview with David Michaels, author of The Triumph of Doubt. In the book,…
An interview with Melissa Colasanti, author of the new novel, Call Me Elizabeth…
An interview with Martha C. Nussbaum, author of Justice for Animals. The book…
An interview with Susan Elia MacNeal, author of the novel, Mother Daughter…
An interview with Gilda R. Daniels, author of Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter…
An interview with Alex Bezzerides, author of Evolution Gone Wrong. The book is…
An interview with Walt Bogdanich, co-author of the new book, When McKinsey…
An interview with Geoff Dembicki, author of The Petroleum Papers. The book…
An interview with Seth David Radwell, author of American Schism. The book is an…
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An interview with Shannon K. O’Neil, author of The Globalization Myth: Why…
The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global…
Bob Kustra interviews Abdulrazak Gurnah, Nobel Prize winner and author of the…
An interview with Connor Sullivan, author of the new novel, Sleeping Bear. In…
An interview with Daniel Golden, author of The Ransomware Hunting Team. The…
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An interview with Dipo Faloyin, debut author of Africa is Not a Country: Notes…
An interview with Dipo Faloyin, debut author of Africa is Not a Country: Notes…
An interview with John Pomfret, author of From Warsaw With Love. The book tells…
In his latest book, Proof of Life, Daniel Levin dives deep into a shadowy world…
This is an encore program which originally aired in December of 2017.
An interview with Gaia Vince, author of Nomad Century: How Climate Migration…
An interview with Daniel Yergin, author of The New Map: Energy, Climate and the…
An interview with Amelia Pang, author of Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS…
An interview with Eric Rauchway, author of Why the New Deal Matters. The book…
In her bestselling memoir, When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and…
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An interview with Elie Honig, author of Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the…
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An interview with Andrea Elliott, author of Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival,…
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Growing up on Chicago’s Westside in the 90’s, Arshay Cooper knows the harder…
An interview with Daco Auffenorde, author of the thrilling novel, Cover Your…
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An interview with Eyal Press, author of Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the…
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An interview with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, author of The Daughters of Kobani: A…
In his new book, World Without Mind, Franklin Foer argues that today’s…
An interview with Blaine Harden, author of Murder at the Mission: A Frontier…
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In 1992, the United States stood at the pinnacle of world power and Americans…
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The Idaho Traveler explores the often ignored treasures of small-town Idaho,…
An interview with Samantha Silva about her latest book, Love and Fury, a moving…
This interview was originally broadcast in May, 2020.
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In Never Trump authors Robert Saldin and Steven Teles, took a deep-dive into…
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Esi Edugyan is the author of the book, Washington Black. The novel won the…
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Emily Nemen’s The Cactus League, as the title tells us, is set in the Arizona…
Imperiled Ocean is an exploration of the earth's last wild frontier, filled…
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Trump and His Generals is Peter Bergen's riveting account of what happened when…
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In America, domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime, and…
This interview was originally broadcast in April, 2019.
A literary thriller, Bearskin is set in the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains.…
Like so many young American couples, Chris Ingraham and his wife Briana were…
In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most…
This encore interview was originally broadcast in June, 2019.
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Daniel Mason's novel, The Winter Soldier, follows Lucius Krzelewski, a…
This encore interview originally aired in January, 2019.
Marie Colvin was one of the foremost war reporters of her generation, risking…
This encore interview was originally broadcast in October, 2017.
This encore conversation first was broadcast in October, 2017.
The grizzly bear is one of North America’s few remaining large predators. With…
This interview originally aired in November, 2018.
This Reader's Corner interview was originally broadcast in November, 2018.
America’s constitutional system of checks and balances has endured for more…
For decades, North Korea has operated as a prime example of a “hermit kingdom”…
This encore interview originally aired in October, 2018.
Jonathan Evison is a writer whose work frequently appears on the New York Times…
This encore Reader's Corner interview first aired in September, 2018.
What if you could take a road trip and visit all your heroes, door-to-door?…
This interview was first broadcast in August, 2018.
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The state of public education is a constant concern these days -- for families,…
When it comes to getting cash to make ends meet, many Americans don’t take…
Tara Westover grew up in far southeastern Idaho in a landscape familiar to many…
This encore interview with Nancy Koehn was originally broadcast in March, 2018.
Today we’re continuing our conversation with Scott Eyman about his book Hank &…
Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart are beloved icons of Hollywood’s Golden Age, with…
This encore interview was first broadcast in February, 2018
Today’s mountaineers tackle the world’s tallest peaks with the latest in…
A daily battle is raging along the 10th Parallel – the line of latitude 700…
The descriptive phrase, “The Wild West,” brings to mind images of gunslingers,…
This encore program originally was broadcast in March, 2018.
This interview was originally broadcast in January, 2018.
Russia is certainly in the headlines these days – but for the next 30 minutes,…
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Our country was founded on the very idea that a free people should not be ruled…
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From the moment we first laid eyes on them, Americans have been captivated by…
Sheriff Walt Longmire, his sidekick Henry Standing Bear and the wide open…
During the final days of World War II, a group of American soldiers encountered…
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The turn of the 20th century was a momentous time in U.S. history. After…
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In 1961, the world watched as tensions flared and the Berlin Wall went up,…
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the release of Casablanca, perhaps the…
The war that became known as World War I began over 100 years ago and ushered…
This interview was originally broadcast in May, 2017.
Fifty years after he was assassinated at age 39, Malcolm X remains a…
This episode originally was broadcast in March, 2017.
Today we’re featuring a special edition of our show as we remember and honor…
At the turn of the 20th century, the most popular entertainment acts in the…
With the 2017 total solar eclipse less than two weeks away, excitement is…
This interview was originally broadcast in March, 2017
This program was originally broadcast in March, 2017.
What does it take for someone with seemingly every advantage in life to turn on…
Every once in a while, you come across individuals who make you feel better…
This program was originally broadcast in May of 2016
Washington, Lincoln and FDR are revered as leaders who helped shape the course…
Following one of the most divisive and contentious elections in history, it is…
In our complex and data driven world, scientists are facing a major challenge…
This program was originally broadcast in December, 2016.
As anyone with children, or grandchildren, knows, parenting isn’t easy.…
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What’s it like to be an octopus? Is it anything like being a human? Is it even…
Two hundred and twenty-eight years ago this April, George Washington took the…
Domestic terrorism has taken many forms since the horrific events of September…
These days, the terrorist organization known as ISIS has much of the world on…
Novelists do their best to take you inside the worlds they create for their…
When Sally Ride flew into orbit aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1983,…
At the height of the Cold War, a seemingly unassuming Soviet electronics…
The recent death of Fidel Castro has once again placed Cuba in the spotlight as…
Owyhee County is Idaho’s second largest county and yet one of its least…
In the 1840s, a million Irish citizens died of starvation during what became…
Many of us remember reading The Great Gatsby in our high school English class –…
Imagine a world where you are driven to work by a driverless car, your morning…
On a summer morning in July 1915, thousands of poor factory workers lined the…
Hot dogs and popcorn under the sweltering summer sun at the local ball park is…
Today we’re continuing our timely conversation with author Jacob S. Hacker…
For much of the 20th century, private and public enterprises worked as both…
Terrie Williams is the author of The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine…
The belief that with hard work, prosperity and success are open to everyone, is…
It’s been more than 70 years since the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima,…
On May 1st, 1915, crowds lined New York’s harbor to bid farewell to nearly…
In 1906, an African native known as Ota Benga was displayed in a cage in the…
Jonathan Katz talks more about his award-winning book, The Big Truck That Went…
On a hot January afternoon in 2010, reporter Jonathan M. Katz heard a loud…
Every new technology has its critics. Whether it’s a fancy new digital gadget…
A shot fired in the lobby of a Washington, D.C. , train station in 1881 would…
Until now, human intelligence has had no rival. But as Artificial Intelligence…
When Germany invaded its European neighbors in 1940, the United States was a…
Grocery shopping is on almost everyone’s weekly list. For many households, that…
It’s a scenario familiar to many of us: We go online and search for a product…
Baseball legends hold a special place in our country’s collective heart. Dizzy…
This week we are mourning the loss of one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors –…
Few would put the name Juan Pujol alongside Eisenhower, Churchill and Roosevelt…
Baseball has inspired many works of fiction – including Chad Harbach’s…
With 70 percent of its land owned by the federal government, the Great Basin is…
On May 30th, 1912, Wilbur Wright died peacefully in his own bed in the family…
Those of us who grew up playing the board game “Monopoly” likely remember the…
Leon Panetta’s long service to our country is surely unique in the number of…
“Three shots. That’s all it takes to change the course of American history.”
History books are full of stories about the dangers and deprivations endured by…
For nearly a century, The Bassett Furniture Company was the center of life in…
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In 1987, President Ronald Reagan challenged the Soviet Union’s Mikhail…
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In 2005, Reader's Corner had the privilege of welcoming author Samuel Pisar to…
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For as long as humans have walked the Earth, we’ve been making changes to it –…
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The story told by Jan Jarboe Russell in her book, “The Train to Crystal City,”…
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Cuba is a mere 90 miles from the United States, a puddle-jump flight or a long…
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The recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France that claimed 17 lives sent shock…
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This is an encore broadcast of part 2 of the interview with Scott W. Berg, it…
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In honor of Veteran's Day, we're broadcasting this interview with Adam Makos.…
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This is an encore broadcast of the interview with David Robertson. The…
Antibiotics are ubiquitous in modern human life. Along with their well-known…
Generations of western leaders have puzzled over how to manage their nation’s…
This Reader's Corner interview was first broadcast in January, 2014
Businesses seeking to increase productivity, athletes striving to improve their…
It took Edward Curtis just a few years after arriving in the small town of…
Ask just about anyone their opinion about politics and the federal government…
In May, Anthony Doerr visited Reader's Corner to talk about his new novel, "All…
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The office of the President of the United States is among the most highly…
For John Thavis, the timing couldn’t have been better. His book, “The Vatican…
Preparing students to excel in a fast-changing world is a concern for many…
Earth Day 2014 is Tuesday, and celebrations are planned across our nation and…
In November of 1942, a U.S. cargo plane on a routine flight crashed into the…
Stories about the heroics of World War II are deeply embedded in our popular…
In 1886, William Temple Hornaday set out for the untamed West to collect…
Research shows that kids who read well do better in school and have a distinct…
Bethine Church was widow of Senator Frank Church and would have turned 91 on…
Preparing students to excel in a fast-changing world is a concern for many…
Each day, our lives are increasingly driven by the unseen force of data that is…
During World War II, a small group of British and American scientists worked…
In November of 1942, a U.S. cargo plane on a routine flight crashed into the…
As the former Rome bureau chief for Catholic News Service, few understand the…
We all know we’re in wild animal habitat when we enter the campground. Leave…
History books are full of stories about the dangers and deprivations endured by…
Many of us can probably recall maps of the solar system from our school days…
China has long been described as “inscrutable” – a country that is both exotic…
National Book Award-winner and Author of "Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a…
Author of "Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage and Assassination During the…
Author of "Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent who Tricked…
Author of "Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World"
Author of " The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches From the Fault Line Between…
Author of "Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought…
Author of "China in the 21st Century"
Author of "Wise Beyond Your Field: How Creative Leaders Out Innovate to Out…
Author of "How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of…
Author of "In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in…
Author of "Nature Wars"
Author of "Mr Hornaday's War: How a Peculiar Victorian Zookeeper Waged a Lonely…
Author of "The Spine of the Continent: The Most Ambitious Wildlife Conservation…
Astronomer and Author of "How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming"
Author of "Lions of the West"
Author of "The Vatican Diaries: a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power,…
Author of "The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of…
Author or "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation"
A baby seal abandoned on a remote beach on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, is an…
Author of "Superman, the High Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero"
Author of "Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground…
Oscar-winning Actor and Author of "Trust Me: A Memoir"
Author of "Strength in What Remains"
Author of "Agent Garbo: The Brilliant Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler…
Author of "A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for…
Author of "The NEW New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era"
Author of "Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned…
Author of "Manhunt: From 9/11 to Abbottabad, The Ten-Year Search for Osama Bin…
Author of "Lions of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion"
Author of "Embattled Ecumenism: The National Council of Churches, the Vietnam…
Author of "China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know"
Author of "Imperfect: An Improbable Life"
Author of "The Spine of the Continent: The Most Ambitious Wildlife Conservation…
Author of "How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of…
Author of the short story collection "Volt"
Author of "Little America: The War Within the War For Afghanistan"
Author of "American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900"
Author of "American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and the…
Author of "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend"
Author of "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend"
Interview with Gary Gallagher as he discusses his book "The Union War".
Author of "The Union War"
Author of "Manhunt: From 9/11 to Abbottabad"
Author of "The Violinist's Thumb and Other Lost Tales of Love, War and Genius,…
Academy Award-winning author of "Trust Me: A Memoir" and resident of Eagle, ID
Author of "Money Well Spent? The Truth Behind the Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, the…
Author of "Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America and the Future of Global Jihad"
Professor of History at Boise State and Author of "Embattled Ecumenism: The…
VOLT, the title of Alan Heathcock’s acclaimed collection of linked short…
Author of "A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for…
Author of "The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East"
Author of "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation"
Author of "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend"
Author of "Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of The Berlin Airlift,…
Author of "Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with Itself"
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Boise State political science professor, on the state of civic education.
“Scrim” by Kaye Courington
December 20, 202530min
An interview with Kaye Courington, author of Scrim: A New Orleans Story of Resilience and Rescue. The illustrated book tells the true story of a scrappy terrier-mix rescue who defied the odds and became an instant hero.