Leisure & Lifestyle

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A Conversation with Ted Turner

May 7, 2009

From media mogul to philanthropist, Ted Turner discusses his life as a yachtsman, baseball team owner and bison rancher. The billionaire talks about his latest projects, including green energy advocacy.

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Bill Gates Sr: Showing Up for Life (Doubleday)

April 29, 2009

The father of Microsoft’s billionaire founder Bill Gates talks about family, friendship, and his work as co-chair of one of the world’s biggest philanthropic organizations.

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Tori Murden McClure: "A Pearl In the Storm" (Collins)

April 23, 2009

The first American woman to row solo across the Atlantic explains how she did it. A story of high adventure, hurricanes, and finding love.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-04-07/mary-mcgarry-morris-last-secret-random-house

Mary McGarry Morris: "The Last Secret" (Random House)

April 7, 2009

Mary McGarry Morris presents her latest novel. It explores the dangerous burden of not facing the truth as long-buried secrets threaten to unravel the life of a woman who seems to have everything.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-03-22/steve-lopez-soloist-berkley-rebroadcast

Steve Lopez: "The Soloist" (Berkley) (Rebroadcast)

March 22, 2009

An L.A. Times columnist set out to save a mentally-ill homeless musician and found his own life profoundly changed. A true story about an unlikely friendship and the redemptive power of music.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-03-16/steve-lopez-soloist-berkley

Steve Lopez: "The Soloist" (Berkley)

March 16, 2009

An L.A. Times columnist set out to save a mentally-ill homeless musician and found his own life profoundly changed. A true story about an unlikely friendship and the redemptive power of music.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-03-01/readers-review-rabbit-run-john-updike-rebroadcast

Reader's Review: "Rabbit, Run" by John Updike (Rebroadcast)

March 1, 2009

In appreciation of John Updike, who died in January at age 76, we chose the first of his most famous quartet of novels about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. Set in mid-20th century America, they feature a high school basketball star turned car...

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Reader's Review: "Rabbit, Run" by John Updike

February 25, 2009

In appreciation of John Updike, who died in January at age 76, we chose the first of his most famous quartet of novels about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. Set in mid-20th century America, they feature a high school basketball star turned car...

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Yiyun Li : "The Vagrants" (Random House) (Rebroadcast)

February 22, 2009

An award-winning, Beijing-born writer presents her debut novel. It is based on a true story of the public execution in nineteen-seventy-nine of a young woman who served in the Red Guard before denouncing communism.

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Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot: "The Third Chapter"

February 19, 2009

Renowned sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot explains how today’s generation of fifty to seventy-five-year-olds are transforming their retirement years.

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