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Alexander McCall Smith (Chris Watt)
On today’s show, we’ll ask how the uninsured can get health insurance. Then, Alexander McCall Smith describes his internationally best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. And we’ll hear about one man’s adventures living in Casablanca for a year. Plus, a women’s rights activist on her work in Kabul after the fall of the Taliban.
How to Get Health Insurance
There are 150 uninsured people for every physician in America. We’ll ask Jim Brown, of The Actors’ Fund of America’s Health Insurance Resource Center, and attorney Robert M. Hayes, of the Medicare Rights Center, about what kind of help is available for the uninsured. And we’ll take your calls on ...
Blue Shoes and Happiness
Alexander McCall Smith, author of the internationally best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, shares Blue Shoes and Happiness, the latest installment in the adventures of the Botswana detective Precious Ramotswe.
Events: Alexander McCall Smith will be participating in
“On Being a Serial Novelist: An Evening with Alexander McCall Smith”
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Events: Alexander McCall Smith will be participating in
“On Being a Serial Novelist: An Evening with Alexander McCall Smith”
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A Year in Casablanca
Tahir Shah explains what happened when he finally fulfilled his lifelong fantasy of living in Casablanca for a year in The Caliph’s House.
Kabul in Winter
Women’s rights activist Ann Jones shares her firsthand account of working in Kabul after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul in Winter.
Events: Ann Jones will be reading and signing books
Tuesday, March 28 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble at Astor Place
Events: Ann Jones will be reading and signing books
Tuesday, March 28 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble at Astor Place
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