Episodes

  • “The Exceptions" by Kate Zernike

    “The Exceptions" by Kate Zernike
    Nov 20 2024
    Nancy Hopkins began her career in science in the 1960s. By 1999, she and other female scientists at MIT gave detailed evidence of the college’s flagrant favoritism and discrimination. Their speaking out led to a historic admission by MIT and resulting changes. Their story is in the book “The Exceptions: Sixteen Brilliant Women at MIT and the Fight for Equality in Science” by Kate Zernike
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    9 mins
  • “Foot Soldier: New and Selected Poems” by John Stevens Berry

    “Foot Soldier: New and Selected Poems” by John Stevens Berry
    Nov 13 2024
    John Stevens Berry is probably best known as a lawyer with a Lincoln practice since 1965. But he’s also a Vietnam veteran and poet. This week Pat Leach talked with Berry about his book, “Foot Soldier: New and Selected Poems”
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    13 mins
  • "The Talk" a graphic novel by Darrin Bell

    "The Talk" a graphic novel by Darrin Bell
    Nov 6 2024
    Editorial cartoonist Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother had “the “talk” with him. For Darrin, who is mixed-race, the talk was about the reason he couldn’t have a realistic-looking water gun was for his own safety. Bell’s graphic novel, “The Talk” uses sharp humor to examine this talk that shaped his understanding going forward.
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    7 mins
  • “Into Whooperland" by Michael Forsberg

    “Into Whooperland" by Michael Forsberg
    Oct 30 2024
    They are an almost a mystical creature due to their rarity, size and beauty. The tallest bird in North America and rarest crane in the world. Nebraska photographer Michael Forsberg gives a rare glimpse into the world of the Whooping Crane.“Into Whooperland: A photographer's journey with whooping cranes by Michael Forsberg”
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    23 mins
  • "The Mystery Guest" by Nita Prose

    "The Mystery Guest" by Nita Prose
    Oct 23 2024
    Molly Gray’s flair for cleaning and proper etiquette sees her excel at her job as a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel. It’s her remarkable eye for detail that helps her solve mysteries. That’s exactly what’s in store for Molly in the new Nita Prose novel, “The Mystery Guest”
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    7 mins
  • “A Fever in the Heartland” Timothy Eagans

    “A Fever in the Heartland” Timothy Eagans
    Oct 16 2024
    The Roaring Twenties might be remembered for jazz, style and excitement, but it was also the decade that saw the rise of the hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their center of power was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and West. A new history of the group reveals the con man who rose as its leader, and the woman who stopped him. “A Fever in the Heartland” Timothy Eagans
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    9 mins
  • “The Biography of X” by Catherine Lacey

    “The Biography of X” by Catherine Lacey
    Oct 9 2024
    “The Biography of X” by Catherine Lacey is a novel adventure. When a polarizing artist and writer known as “X” dies unexpectedly, her widow goes on a quest to write a biography only to discover a life filled with deceptions.
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    7 mins
  • “Mott Street” by Ava Chin.

    “Mott Street” by Ava Chin.
    Oct 2 2024
    Ava Chin was confused that the stories her grandparents told her did not match the history she learned in school. Her research into family history and the father she never met, led to a single building in New York’s Chinatown where many of her ancestors lived. “Mott Street” by Ava Chin
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    9 mins