Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
174 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago -Choose from dozens of illuminating conversations with some of the finest writers and thinkers in the world, interviewed over the past 25 years by Idaho Public Television host Marcia Franklin. Be sure to subscribe to receive the latest episodes!
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Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
April 03, 2022 06:30 - 26 minutes - 52.7 MBHost Marcia Franklin talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Idaho native Laurel Thatcher Ulrich about her latest book, "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History." Ulrich, a professor at Harvard University, coined the phrase in a scholarly paper she wrote in the 1970s. Franklin and her guest discuss how growing up in Idaho influenced Professor Ulrich to become a historian. She also explains why she calls herself "a Mormon feminist" and why she believes "good history is almost always ...
Novelist Lois Leveen: A Spy in the Confederate White House
February 13, 2022 07:30 - 28 minutes - 52.6 MBDialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with historical novelist Lois Leveen about two of her works: The Secrets of Mary Bowser, about a former slave who was a spy in the Confederate White House, and Juliet's Nurse, which imagines the life of the nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Franklin asks Leveen about how she researches her ideas and what she hopes readers will glean from her works. Originally Aired: 02/13/15
Journalist Isabel Wilkerson: The Warmth of Other Suns
February 06, 2022 07:30 - 29 minutes - 54 MBMarcia Franklin interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson about her book, The Warmth of Other Suns. The work, about the Great Migration of African-Americans from the south to other parts of the country, took Wilkerson 15 years to research and write. They discuss the reasons for the migration, its influence on the country, and how the book's success has affected Wilkerson. Originally Aired: 10/16/14
Author Richard Russo: Elsewhere, A Memoir
January 30, 2022 07:30 - 29 minutes - 56.7 MBMarcia Franklin talks with Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Richard Russo about his book, Elsewhere: A Memoir. The book describes the complicated relationship Russo had with his mother, who raised him, but who needed assistance herself. He and Franklin also discuss the themes of his other works, the process of adapting his books for the screen, and his upcoming projects. Originally Aired: 11/30/12
Marion Blumenthal Lazan: Dialogue Extra
January 23, 2022 08:45 - 11 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this extra segment, host Marcia Franklin continues her discussion with Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, focusing on the changes that have taken place in Germany since World War II, and her thoughts on Israel. Originally Aired: 09/05/13
Dialogue Extra: Marion Blumenthal Lazan
January 23, 2022 08:45 - 11 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this extra segment, host Marcia Franklin continues her discussion with Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, focusing on the changes that have taken place in Germany since World War II, and her thoughts on Israel. Originally Aired: 09/05/13
Marion Blumenthal Lazan: Remembering the Holocaust
January 23, 2022 08:31 - 29 minutes - 55.9 MBHost Marcia Franklin talks with Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan about her experiences in several concentration camps, including Bergen-Belsen, and her life educating others about how to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again. Lazan is the co-author of a young adult book about her experiences called Four Perfect Pebbles, and is the subject of a documentary called Marion's Triumph. Originally Aired: 09/05/13
Remembering the Holocaust: Marion Blumenthal Lazan
January 23, 2022 08:31 - 29 minutes - 55.9 MBHost Marcia Franklin talks with Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan about her experiences in several concentration camps, including Bergen-Belsen, and her life educating others about how to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again. Lazan is the co-author of a young adult book about her experiences called Four Perfect Pebbles, and is the subject of a documentary called Marion's Triumph. Originally Aired: 09/05/13
Novelist Tayari Jones: An American Marriage
January 09, 2022 07:30 - 29 minutes - 54.8 MBNovelist Tayari Jones describes the process of writing “An American Marriage,” a novel that chronicles the trajectory of a marriage when one of the spouses is wrongfully convicted of a crime. Jones talks with Marcia about the serendipity that led to the book’s characters, as well as how her writing is informed by the experiences of her parents, who were both active in the civil rights movement. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. ...
Author Susan Orlean: True Story
January 02, 2022 07:30 - 29 minutes - 55.2 MBLongtime New Yorker writer and author Susan Orlean rounds out the month with a lively chat with Franklin about her writing style and her work, including hundreds of magazine articles, “The Library Book,” and an upcoming memoir. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 12/31/2021 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” and was taped at the 2021 conference. S...
Author Sarah Broom: The Yellow House
December 26, 2021 07:30 - 29 minutes - 54.8 MBSarah Broom unpacks her National Book Award-winning memoir, “The Yellow House,” which chronicles the devastating effects that decades of neglect and bureaucratic amnesia have had on her childhood neighborhood of New Orleans East. The book also pays homage to the house she and her 11 siblings grew up in, which was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, but which lives on in Broom’s prose. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Air...
Author Catherine Grace Katz: The Daughters of Yalta
December 19, 2021 07:30 - 29 minutes - 54.9 MBCatherine Grace Katz talks with host Marcia Franklin about “The Daughters of Yalta,” her first book. In it, she illuminates the contributions that Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill and Kathleen Harriman made during the seminal 1945 meeting of world leaders at Yalta, which included their fathers, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Averell Harriman. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 12/17/2021 The ...
Public Historian Tom Ikeda: Public History, Hidden Stories
December 12, 2021 07:30 - 29 minutes - 55 MBTom Ikeda, who provided critical research for Daniel James Brown’s book “Facing the Mountain,” discusses his Seattle-based non-profit, Densho. It preserves the stories of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II. Ikeda’s parents and grandparents were imprisoned in the Minidoka camp in Idaho. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 12/10/2021 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from th...
Author Daniel James Brown: Facing the Mountain
December 05, 2021 07:30 - 29 minutes - 54.9 MBDaniel James Brown, the best-selling author of “The Boys in the Boat,” talks about his newest book, “Facing the Mountain,” which honors the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated unit of Japanese-Americans who fought in World War II despite the fact that many of their families were incarcerated in the United States simply for being of Japanese descent. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 12/3/2021 The inte...
Writer Barry Lopez: The Horizon of Life, Part Two
November 21, 2021 07:30 - 29 minutes - 29.6 MBMore of Marcia Franklin’s 2019 conversation with National Book Award-winning author and world traveler Barry Lopez about his life, his philosophy of writing and his new memoir, Horizon. In December 2020, the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference awarded Barry Lopez with the inaugural Writer in the World Prize in recognition of his singular voice in the landscape of English Literature. Lopez died December 25, 2020. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations ...
Writer Barry Lopez: The Horizon of Life, Part One
November 14, 2021 07:30 - 29 minutes - 29.2 MBMarcia Franklin talks with National Book Award-winning author and world traveler Barry Lopez about his philosophy of writing and his penultimate memoir, Horizon. In December 2020, the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference awarded Barry Lopez with the inaugural Writer in the World Prize in recognition of his singular voice in the landscape of English Literature. Lopez died on December 25, 2020. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Origin...
Historian Joanne Freeman: The Past as Present
October 24, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.5 MBMarcia Franklin talks with Yale Professor of History Joanne Freeman about her book The Field of Blood. In it, Freeman illustrates how the U.S. Congress leading up to the Civil War was a more violent body than previously thought. Franklin asks her about parallels to current tensions in Congress. Freeman also discusses her next book, “Hunting for Hamilton,” and the value of studying history. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Origi...
Author Emily Ruskovich: Idaho as Inspiration
October 17, 2021 06:30 - 28 minutes - 28.8 MBMarcia Franklin talks with Emily Ruskovich, the author of Idaho: A Novel. In 2019, the novel won the Dublin Literary Award, worth more than $100,000. Ruskovich reflects on what it has been like to win the award. The two also discuss the plot of Idaho, whose setting is based on the landscape of Ruskovich’s childhood in northern Idaho. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/1/2019 The interview is part of Dialogu...
Architect Jeanne Gang: Designing the Built Environment
October 10, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.3 MBMarcia Franklin talks with renowned architect Jeanne Gang about her work and architectural philosophy. Gang, the founder of Studio Gang in Chicago, is known for her innovative use of materials and approach to architecture. She was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for her work. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/30/2018 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley W...
Journalist Steve Coll: Journalism Under Fire
October 03, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.1 MBJournalist Steve Coll talks with Marcia Franklin about his latest book, Directorate S, a follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Ghost Wars. He discusses why he wanted to write the book and what he learned -- including about Idahoan Bowe Bergdahl, who was imprisoned by the Taliban. Coll, who is also the dean of the Columbia University School of Journalism, discusses threats to journalism. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. O...
Journalist Eliza Griswold: Amity and Prosperity
September 26, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.5 MBJournalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eliza Griswold talks with host Marcia Franklin about her book Amity and Prosperity, which investigates the effects of fracking in a southwestern Pennsylvania community. The two discuss how Griswold researched the book and the rural-urban divide in American politics. Griswold also talks about her forthcoming book of poetry. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/9/2018 ...
Author Adam Johnson: The Meaning-Making Machine
September 19, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 28.9 MBAuthor Adam Johnson, who has won both a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his works, talks with host Marcia Franklin about his writing philosophy. The two also discuss his thoughts on North Korea, which he has visited and about which he wrote in The Orphan Master's Son. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/2/2018 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writer...
Falconer Helen Macdonald: Soaring above Grief
September 05, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.1 MBFalconer and author Helen Macdonald shares how a goshawk helped her soar above grief and loss and discusses her new PBS Nature documentary. Her memoir, "H is for Hawk," recounts the year Macdonald spent training a goshawk in the wake of her father’s death and how it helped her begin her life anew. She is also the author of Shaler’s Fish and has since published the book Vesper Flights. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally...
Playwright Ayad Akhtar: Our Tribal Identities
August 29, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.5 MBPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar talks with Marcia Franklin about his trajectory from Milwaukee to Broadway, and the often controversial themes of his works. Akhtar won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013 for his play "Disgraced." Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 9/8/2017 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” and was taped at the 2017 conferenc...
Journalist Louisa Thomas: First Lady Louisa Adams
August 22, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.3 MBJournalist Louisa Thomas talks about her book Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, which examines the life and times of First Lady Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of President John Quincy Adams and the first foreign-born First Lady of the United States. Thomas illuminates not only the life of this fascinating woman, but also the political life of America in the 1800s. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired:...
Author Jamaica Kincaid: The Garden of My Mind
August 15, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.1 MBIn a far-ranging discussion, Dialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with author Jamaica Kincaid about her life, her writing philosophy, gardening, Brexit, and race relations in America. Kincaid, who spoke at the 2016 Sun Valley Writers' Conference, was a staff writer for The New Yorker for 20 years. She's also the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 12/16/2016 Th...
Author Claire Vaye Watkins: The Myth of the West
August 08, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.2 MBMarcia Franklin talks with author Claire Vaye Watkins about the nexus between her life and her books, which include the novel Gold Fame Citrus and the short story collection Battleborn. The two also discuss the myths that surround the American West, and how Watkins has incorporated her anger about them into her works. Watkins, a professor at the University of California at Irvine, was the recipient of the Story Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship before she was 30. Don’t forget to subscribe,...
Author Susan Casey: Voices in the Ocean
August 01, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.5 MBAuthor and open-water devotee Susan Casey talks with Marcia Franklin about her book, Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins. It examines the unique qualities of dolphins, threats to the species, and the people trying to save them. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/25/2016 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” ...
Journalist Walter Robinson: In the Spotlight
July 25, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 28.8 MBMarcia Franklin talks with Walter Robinson, former editor of the Boston Globe's Spotlight team. The team won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its investigation of the cover-up within the Boston Archdiocese of sexual abuse by clergy. Robinson talks about the importance of the investigation, the stresses involved, and the Academy Award-winning movie made about it, "Spotlight." Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Origin...
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss: Creating "Game of Thrones," Part Two
July 18, 2021 06:30 - 27 minutes - 27.8 MBIn part two of her interview with David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, co-creators of “Game of Thrones,” Marcia Franklin talks with the duo about the effect the program has had on Northern Ireland, where they film, the technological breakthroughs the production has achieved, what they’d like the legacy of the series to be, and their next project. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/11/2016 The interview is part of D...
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss: Creating "Game of Thrones," Part One
July 11, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.2 MBIn part one of her interview with David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, co-creators of the immensely popular “Game of Thrones” television series, Marcia Franklin talks with the duo about why they wanted to create the series, what they think of criticism about its violence, how they work together, and how they’ve dealt with the fear of the unknown on such a complex project. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/4/2016 T...
Journalist Jeffrey Brown: Finding a Voice as a Poet
July 04, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29 MBMarcia Franklin talks with PBS NewsHour Chief Arts Correspondent Jeffrey Brown about his book of poetry, The News. The poems reflect some of Brown’s thoughts and emotions about his profession and the stories he covers. The two also discuss why he’s drawn to poetry. The interview was recorded at the annual Sun Valley Writers’ Conference in Idaho. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 12/4/2015 The interview is par...
Author Dinaw Mengestu: Truth, Memory and What it Means to be an American
June 27, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.2 MBMarcia Franklin talks with novelist Dinaw Mengestu about the themes of his books, which include All the Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and All Our Names. Mengestu, who emigrated from Ethiopia with his family when he was two, often writes about the lives of immigrants. He is the recipient of many honors, including the Guardian First Book Award and the MacArthur Fellowship. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 1...
David Miliband: The World's Refugee Crisis
June 20, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.8 MBMarcia Franklin talks with David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, about the causes of the world's worst refugee crisis since World War II, the challenges involved, and how he thinks the U.S. should help. As of 2020, there are an estimated 80 million people displaced from their homes as a result of war and persecution. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 9/16/2016 The interview is part ...
Author Richard Ford: Language, Love and Life in America
June 13, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29 MBMarcia Franklin talks with author Richard Ford, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Independence Day, a book in his Frank Bascombe series, and who was nominated for a Pulitzer for his most recent book in the series Let Me Be Frank With You. Ford talks with Franklin about his themes, his writing style, his muse and his thoughts on race relations. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/6/2015 The interview is part of Di...
Writer Gretel Ehrlich: The Solace of Open Spaces
June 06, 2021 06:30 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBMarcia Franklin talks with author Gretel Ehrlich about her works and passions. Perhaps best known for her memoirs about the American West, including The Solace of Open Spaces, Ehrlich has also spent extensive time in the Arctic, writing about the effects of climate change on the wildlife and culture there. Franklin talks to her about that issue, her writing style and her love for the West. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Origi...
Writer Mary Norris: Confessions of a Comma Queen
May 30, 2021 06:30 - 29 minutes - 29.1 MBDialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with New Yorker editor Mary Norris about her book Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen. The two discuss grammar tips, some of her favorite writers to edit and what it's like to help hold up the editing standard at The New Yorker. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/20/2015 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Co...
Writer Lawrence Wright: Radical Islamic Terrorism
May 23, 2021 06:30 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBDialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with New Yorker journalist and author Lawrence Wright, who won a Pulitzer for his book The Looming Tower. He shares his thoughts on radical Islamic terrorism. The two also discuss his book 13 Days in September, which chronicles the tensions behind the 1978 Camp David Accords and their legacy. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 9/10/2015 The interview is part of D...
Humorist Dave Barry: Idaho - A Whole Lotta Rocks!
May 16, 2021 04:30 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBPulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry hams it up with host Marcia Franklin at the 2014 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. The two talk about Barry’s various misadventures in the Gem State, including tree-climbing, snowmobiling and trout fishing—and what he thinks the new motto for Idaho should be. They also discuss Barry’s partnership with Ridley Pearson on the Peter and the Starcatchers book series. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that ma...
Author Yiyun Li: Kinder than Solitude
May 09, 2021 04:30 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBMarcia Franklin talks with author Yiyun Li about her works, including her recent novel, Kinder Than Solitude. Li, who came to the U.S. in 1996, originally studied to be an immunologist but fell in love with writing. In addition to many awards for her fiction, Li received a MacArthur “Genius Grant.” She discusses her life, the themes of her books, and why she only writes in English. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Ai...
Journalist David Epstein: The Sports Gene
May 02, 2021 04:30 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBMarcia Franklin talks with David Epstein, an award-winning sports journalist and author of the bestselling book The Sports Gene. It delves into the controversial research on what role genetics plays in the development of athletic talent. The book also takes on the so-called “10,000 Hour Rule,” which contends that 10,000 hours of practice can produce mastery in a field, including sports. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Original...
Poet Naomi Shihab Nye: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
April 25, 2021 04:30 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBKnown for elevating the “ordinary” with her keen observations, including life in Latino and Arab communities, Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye is the author or editor of more than 30 works of poetry, fiction and essays. Her books include Words Under the Words; Red Suitcase; Fuel; You and Yours; Never in a Hurry; Habibi; A-maze Me; Honeybee; and 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, which was nominated for the National Book Award. Nye, whose father was a journalist, g...
Author Amy Waldman: Memorializing 9/11
April 11, 2021 04:30 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBAmy Waldman, a former reporter for The New York Times, discusses her bestselling novel The Submission, which tells the fictional tale of Mohammad “Mo” Khan, a secular Muslim who wins a competition to design a memorial honoring the victims of a terrorist attack similar to 9/11. When the jury members discover who’ve they’ve selected, some try to change the result. But the decision is leaked to the press, resulting in outrage not over the selection of Khan, but over his entry, which includes a ...
Author Alexandra Fuller: On Writing Memoir
April 04, 2021 04:30 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBMarcia Franklin talks with author Alexandra Fuller about her works, her life and her writing philosophy. Fuller was raised in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Malawi and Zambia, and her reminiscences of growing up in war-torn Africa with her hardscrabble parents form the basis of two memoirs, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood (2002) and Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness (2011). In the books, she details her growing awareness not only of the manic depression and a...
Author Kati Marton: Enemies of the People
March 28, 2021 04:30 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBMarcia Franklin talks with author and former journalist Kati Marton. She describes the experience of researching her book Enemies of the People, which chronicles her effort to learn more about her parents. They were imprisoned by the Hungarian government during the Cold War for their work as reporters for American news outlets. Released after nearly two years, her parents fled to the United States, where they lived out their lives and never discussed their ordeal. Years after their deaths...
Author Colum McCann: Let the Great World Spin
March 21, 2021 04:30 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBMarcia Franklin talks with Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin. Called the "first great 9/11 novel" and winner of the 2009 National Book Award for fiction, the novel weaves together the stories of fictional characters all living in New York City in 1974 during the week Philippe Petit made his famous tightrope walk between the Twin Towers. Although the book barely mentions the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, it is considered an homage to that day and its effect on the co...
Scholar Suzanne Maloney: The Arab Spring
March 14, 2021 05:30 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBWhen a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire in December 2010 to protest treatment by a police officer, he set off an unlikely chain of uprisings throughout the region, now dubbed as the “Arab Spring.” Marcia Franklin talks with Suzanne Maloney, an expert on Iran who was at the time a scholar at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, about how uprisings in the Middle East affect the United States. Maloney is now a vice president of Brookings and director...
Historian David Kennedy: Lessons from the Great Depression
March 07, 2021 05:30 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBHost Marcia Franklin talks with historian David Kennedy about Depression-era policies and whether they have parallels to the modern financial crisis. Kennedy, professor emeritus at Stanford University, is known for integrating both economic and cultural analyses in his works about particular historical eras, as he did in Freedom from Fear, a book about the Great Depression in the United States. That book won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000. Kennedy is also the author of several other books, i...
Former Diplomat Strobe Talbott: Global Governance and Climate Change
February 28, 2021 05:30 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBHost Marcia Franklin talks with Strobe Talbott, a former journalist and diplomat who was the president of the Brookings Institution from 2002 to 2017. Talbott, who wrote for Time magazine for more than 20 years, has also penned a dozen books. Franklin and Talbott talk about his passion for the subject of global warming, and whether the issue is still on the political radar for politicians and the public. His book, Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming, suggests pol...
Travel Writer Pico Iyer: Asking Questions of the World
February 21, 2021 05:30 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBHost Marcia Franklin talks with author and world traveler Pico Iyer, whose books and essays about the far corners of the world explore not just the dynamics of those cultures, but also travel itself and its effect on an "outsider." Iyer's many books include: Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, Falling off the Map and The Global Soul. His most recent book when Franklin interviewed him, The Open Road, is about the life and philosophy of the Dalai Lama, who was a friend of Iyer's...