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June 06, 2014
Updated  January 10, 2016
  • Writer and humorist P.J. O'Rourke talked to Jim and Margery about his book, The Baby Boom: How it Got That Way (And it Wasn't My Fault) (And I'll Never Do it Again).
  • Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn talked about the trail-blazing Gloria Steinem, and her work as a feminist and writer. Nancy Koehn is the author of Ernest Shackleton Exploring Leadership.
  • Harvard professor Michael Norton discussed the role ritual plays in our lives, and how rituals help us to assimilate grief. Norton is the author of Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending.
  • New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff dropped by Studio Three to talk about his new book, How About Never -- Is Never Good for You?
  • Boston Wine School's Jonathon Alsop — author of The Wine Lover's Devotional — joined Atlantic food writer Corby Kummer to talk about the food and wine of Downton Abbey.
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