Best-selling author Umberto Eco joins Leonard to discuss his latest novel Baudolino. Mark Svenvold gives an account of one iconic American outlaw, Elmer McCurdy. David Rosner and Terry Markowitz discuss the dangers of industrial pollution to workers and consumers, Deceit and Denial. And Curator of the Japan Society, Alexandra Munroe, discusses the latest exhibit, "Kazari: Decoration and Display in Japan."
Umberto Eco
Best-selling author Umberto Eco joins Leonard to discuss his latest novel Baudolino.
Music:Music from the Court of King Janus at Nicosia (1374-1432) Huelgas Ensemble, conducted by Paul Van Nevel tracks #4 and 9
Music:Music from the Court of King Janus at Nicosia (1374-1432) Huelgas Ensemble, conducted by Paul Van Nevel tracks #4 and 9
Mark Svenvold
Mark Svenvold gives an account of one iconic American outlaw, Elmer McCurdy The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw.
Music: The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection Tracks 3, 11, 15
Music: The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection Tracks 3, 11, 15
David Rosner and Terry Markowitz
Co-authors David Rosner and Terry Markowitz discuss the dangers of industrial pollution to workers and consumers, Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution. Read an excerpt in the Reading Room.
Music: A Beautiful Mind Soundtrack composer James Horner Tracks 2, 6
Music: A Beautiful Mind Soundtrack composer James Horner Tracks 2, 6
Alexandra Munroe
Curator of the Japan Society, Alexandra Munroe, discusses its latest exhibit, "Kazari: Decoration and Display in Japan."
Music: Japon: L’epopee des Heike-Junko Ueda
Music: Japon: L’epopee des Heike-Junko Ueda
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