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Fri. 7/6/12
Summer Reads
Fri. 7/6/12
Summer Reads
The Emily Rooney Show
We hear from area authors and literary insiders who reveal what’s on their summer reading lists. Plus we open up the phone lines and take your recommendations.
Thurs. 7/5/12
White House Burning
Thurs. 7/5/12
White House Burning
The Emily Rooney Show
We're joined by the authors of White House Burning, which argues that the national debt is eating away at America's future and that the consequences will be dire.
Wed. 7/4/12
Elizabeth The Queen: The Life Of A Modern Monarch
Wed. 7/4/12
Elizabeth The Queen: The Life Of A Modern Monarch
The Emily Rooney Show
In honor of Independence Day, we aired a special rewind episode about Elizabeth the Queen.
Wed. 7/4/12
Rebecca Eaton's 'Masterpiece'
Wed. 7/4/12
Rebecca Eaton's 'Masterpiece'
The Emily Rooney Show
A special rewind episode featuring Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton in the studio to discuss Downton Abbey's success and how she plans to stay on top.
Tues. 7/3/12
In The Studio With Dan Bern
Tues. 7/3/12
In The Studio With Dan Bern
The Emily Rooney Show
Our resident provocateur Steve Almond returns with an in-studio performance by Dan Bern and his backing band, Common Rotation.
Tues. 7/3/12
One On One With Tom Hamilton
Tues. 7/3/12
One On One With Tom Hamilton
The Emily Rooney Show
Tom Hamilton joins us – ahead of Aerosmith’s North American Tour – to explain what keeps him, Steven Tyler and the rest of the “Bad Boys From Boston” going after 40 years.
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Rethinking Higher Education – Ph.Ds
Between 2005 and 2009, American universities produced more than 100,000 doctoral degrees. In that same period there were just 16,000 new professorships. With far more people being graduated than there are jobs, is the model for academic Ph.D. programs broken? Are some of our most brilliant minds becoming just a source of cheap, disposable labor for Universities? We wrap up our Rethinking Higher Education series today with a look at Ph.D.s. We’re joined by Andrew Hacker, a professor at Queens College and the co-author of Higher Education? How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids and What We Can Do About It (Ph.D., Princeton); Dawn Mendoza, an associate professor of English at Dean College in Franklin, Mass (Ph.D., Tufts); Dr. Tiffany Magnolia, an associate professor of English at North Shore Community College (Ph.D., Tufts); and Jacob Berlin, an assistant professor of molecular medicine at the City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, California (Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2006). Kara Miller (Ph.D., Tufts) hosts.
