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Fri. 5/25/12
Week In Review
Fri. 5/25/12
Week In Review
The Emily Rooney Show
Public affairs professional Terence Burke, social critic and attorney Wendy Kaminer, and regular contributor to the Boston Globe Tom Keane weigh in on the week that was.
Thurs. 5/24/12
Is The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Close To Being Solved?
Thurs. 5/24/12
Is The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Close To Being Solved?
The Emily Rooney Show
We check in on recent developments in the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist with Tom Mashberg, who has been following the case for 22 years.
Thurs. 5/24/12
Local Scientist Redefines Brain Power
Thurs. 5/24/12
Local Scientist Redefines Brain Power
The Emily Rooney Show
We talk with the local scientist at the center of the development of the powerful new technology that allows paralyzed people to move objects – with their thoughts.
Thurs. 5/24/12
Show & Tell — Chloe Caldwell’s Legs Get Led Astray
Thurs. 5/24/12
Show & Tell — Chloe Caldwell’s Legs Get Led Astray
The Emily Rooney Show
Our resident provocateur talks about trends in young women's confessional literature, epitomized by Chloe Caldwell's frankly sexual writing.
Wed. 5/23/12
Pets, Etiquette And The Law
Wed. 5/23/12
Pets, Etiquette And The Law
The Emily Rooney Show
Kara Holmquist, MSPCA director of advocacy, and animal behaviorist Terri Bright take your questions about the line between rude and illegal when it comes to pet etiquette.
Wed. 5/23/12
The 30 Songs That Cost Joel Tenenbaum $675,000
Wed. 5/23/12
The 30 Songs That Cost Joel Tenenbaum $675,000
The Emily Rooney Show
Joel Tenenbaum, former BU Student who was sued by the RIAA, joins us to discuss the case.
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Thursday, May 3
When legendary detective novelist Robert Parker passed away, fans of his Spenser novels wanted more – now they’ve got it. We’ll talk with Ace Atkins about finding your voice as a writer when that voice isn’t yours. Plus, we're joined by The Boston Globe’s popular love letters columnist Meredith Goldstein. We'll talk about about her new book, The Singles, and take your phone calls at 877-301-8970.
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Best-of-2010 Book Picks: Thanksgiving is behind us and the sprint to 2011 is on. And with the final weeks of the year come those ubiquitous year-end “best-of” lists. We’ll be rolling out a few of our own over the next few weeks – everything from music to movies. But this being Boston—we thought we’d kick off our “best of 2010” series with a look at books. And with me in studio to share her picks for the best of the year—in time to add these gems to your holiday shopping list for the bookworm in your life—is Harvard Book Store’s Carole Horne.
Carole's Best of 2010 List:
David Mitchell: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Nicole Krauss: Great House
Isabel Wilkerson: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Siddhartha Mukherjee: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
It's a Book, written and illustrated by Lane Smith (6 and up)
Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie (10 and up)
Carole's Honorable Mention List:
Gish Jen: World and Town
Allegra Goodman: The Cookbook Collector
Jonathan Franzen: Freedom
Cynthis Ozick: Foreign Bodies
David Sedaris: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
Ian Frazier: Travels in Siberia
Stacey Schiff: Cleopatra: A Biography
Antonia Fraser: Must You Go
Cokie Roberts (editor): This is NPR (A 40th Anniversary Anthology)
