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Gary Sheffield
On today's show: Baseball superstar Gary Sheffield shares his candid memoir of twenty years in the major leagues. Then journalist Cait Murphy explains how the 1908 baseball season gave birth to the game as we know it today. Also, Walter Isaacson describes his best-selling biography of Albert Einstein. And surgeon Atul Gawande challenges doctors to improve the quality of health care by improving their bedside manners.
Inside Power
Gary Sheffield has been a baseball insider since childhood, when his uncle Dwight Gooden first taught him how to play. Over a twenty year career in the majors, he's been a Brewer, a Padre, a Marlin, a Dodger, a Brave, a Yankee, and now a Tiger. His memoir Inside Power ...
Baseball Crazy
Modern baseball began in 1908. Fortune editor - and former Little League infielder - Cait Murphy has written a lively history of that landmark season, when riots, rivalries, corruption, greed, and a cast of characters that included Christy Mathewson, Hal Chase, John McGraw, Cy Young, and Ty Cobb made for ...
Einstein's World
Albert Einstein's scientific theories are so renowned that his name has become synonymous with genius. Much less is known about his personal life, who he was as a son, husband, father, and friend. Walter Isaacson's bestselling biography examines the man behind the science, shedding light on the experiences that would ...
Getting Better
A new collection of essays from surgeon and New Yorker contributor Atul Gawande challenges doctors to improve the quality of health care by improving their personal interactions with patients.
Purchase Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance at amazon.com.
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