Upcoming Guests

MONDAY 29 JUNE 2009

Andy Borowitz with concrete advice for Bernie Madoff on surviving his jail term (Who Moved My Soap?)

Daniel Kohn, artist-in-residence at the Broad Institute, and Damian Young, a synthetic organic chemist at the Broad Institute, on what art and science can learn from each discipline

Michele Cohen on the extensive collection of 1,500 artworks in the NYC school system (Public Art for Public Schools)

Debbie Drelich, president of the Greater New York Chapter of Professional Geriatric Managers, Paula Span, who wrote When the Time Comes, and Ilze Earner, who is featured in it, about the challenges of dealing with aging parents

TUESDAY 30 JUNE 2009

Julie Powell, author of Julie and Julia, and the upcoming book Cleaving, joins us for Part 4 of our Food in the City series, about how to deal with cooking a meal from the ingredients you have on hand at home

Kathleen Collins on the evolution of cooking shows and celebrity chefs (Watching What We Eat)

Colum McCann and his latest novel, Let the Great World Spin

Suzanne Simons with a first-ever look inside Blackwater USA and its founder Erik Prince (Master of War)

WEDNESDAY 1 JULY 2009

Director/producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer/producer Mark Boal on their new movie, “The Hurt Locker”

Aaron Brown, anchor of Wide Angle, on “Crossing Heaven’s Border,” about the plight of North Korean refugees who attempt to escape

Filmmaker Nick Davis with his documentary, “Blood, Sweat + Gears,” about the journey of an American cycling team seeking to compete in its first Tour de France, and team manager/founder Jonathan “JV” Vaughters

Roya Hakakian, who wrote Journey From the Land of No, and Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Things I’ve Been Silent About, discuss watching what’s happening in Iran from afar

THURSDAY 2 JULY 2009

Robert Glennon on America’s water crisis, and what to do about it (Unquenchable)

Larry Tye with the first ever biography of Satchel Paige, the premier pitcher of the Negro Leagues (Satchel)

Arianne Cohen, who is 6’3”, on her travels to meet the tallest people in the world (The Tall Book)

Our latest Underreported

FRIDAY 3 JULY 2009

News anchor Jim Lehrer with his latest novel, Oh, Johnny

Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson (both architects) on how existing suburbs can be improved (Retrofitting Suburbia)

Ursula K. Le Guin with her latest novel, Lavinia

David A. Kessler on what might bring The End of Overeating