Non-Fiction

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-09-05/geraldine-brooks-calebs-crossing-rebroadcast
Geraldine Brooks: "Caleb's Crossing" (Rebroadcast)

Geraldine Brooks: "Caleb's Crossing" (Rebroadcast)

September 5, 2011

In 1665 a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard. This little-known fact inspires Geraldine Brooks’ latest novel: imagining love, loss and the struggle to bridge cultural divides.

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Conor O'Clery: "Moscow, December 25, 1991"

September 1, 2011

He was the Moscow correspondent for the Irish Times when the the Soviet Union fell apart twenty years ago. Conor O'Clery reflects on the end of the communist superpower.

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Shannen Rossmiller: "The Unexpected Patriot"

August 31, 2011

How a mother of three and a Montana municipal court judge became an online terrorist-hunter after 9/11.

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Gary Younge: "Who Are We - And Should It Matter in the Twenty-First Century?"

August 25, 2011

Americans are obsessed with identity -- from our ethnic roots to gay marriage to the President's birth certificate. Identity often determines whom we elect to public office; informs the choices we make to stay safe; and figures in the decision to go to war. A look at how we identify ourselves and why it matters.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-08-16/steven-brill-class-warfare
Steven Brill: "Class Warfare"

Steven Brill: "Class Warfare"

August 16, 2011

On the frontlines of school reform: A veteran journalist reports on an unlikely coalition of parents, teachers, Republicans and Democrats trying to fix America’s failing schools.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-08-10/geoffrey-gray-skyjack-hunt-db-cooper

Geoffrey Gray: "Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper"

August 10, 2011

The author of a new book on the nation’s only unsolved skyjacking discusses why the 40-year mystery of D.B. Cooper has become a legend and a curse.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-07-27/robin-wright-rock-casbah
Robin Wright: "Rock the Casbah"

Robin Wright: "Rock the Casbah"

July 27, 2011

More than half the Islamic world is under the age of thirty, a crucial component of the epic upheaval taking place in so many Muslim countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa. In a new book award winning journalist Robin Wright...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-07-21/juan-williams-muzzled

Juan Williams: "Muzzled"

July 21, 2011

Fox News analyst Juan Williams uses his firing from NPR to discuss how honest debate in America can be stifled. He tells Diane why he believes political correctness and censorship undermine our ability to solve important problems.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-07-14/david-wise-tiger-trap
David Wise: "Tiger Trap"

David Wise: "Tiger Trap"

July 14, 2011

A leading expert on intelligence and espionage offers a comprehensive account of China's spy wars with the U-S.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-07-12/rachel-shteir-steal

Rachel Shteir: "The Steal"

July 12, 2011

Author Rachel Shteir takes us into the world of the "five-fingered discount" and explains what is behind the compulsion to steal.

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