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February 17, 2014
Sherman Alexie
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Blasphemy: Native American Author, Poet & Screenwriter Sherman Alexie

February 17, 2014 - Hour 2 - We wrap up the show with an interview with Native American author, poet, and screenwriter Sherman Alexie. Sherman's compelling new book, Blasphemy, is a collection of new and previously-published short stories.
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December 2, 2013
Tavis Smiley
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Tavis Smiley’s “The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto”

November 29, 2013 - Segment 3 - We close out the week with a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show. Listen in as the famed author and broadcaster Tavis Smiley joins us for a conversation on his book The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto, which he co-wrote with Dr. Cornel West.
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November 27, 2013
Eslanda Robeson
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Barbara Ransby’s “Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson”

November 25, 2013 - Hour 2 - Scholar, activist, and author Barbara Ransby will talk about her latest book, Eslanda:The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson, a biography on the wife of famed actor and activist Paul Robeson.
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November 19, 2013
Rebecca Walker
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Rebecca Walker’s “Adé: A Love Story”

November 15, 2013 - Segment 3 - Marc talks to Rebecca Walker about her newest novel, Adé: A Love Story. She was named by Time Magazine as one of the fifty most influential American leaders under forty and she received the Woman Who Could Be President award from the League of Women Voters.
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November 7, 2013
Wil Hylton's Vanished
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Wil Hylton’s Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II

November 7, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with Wil Hylton, journalist and contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, whose new book is Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II.
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October 31, 2013
Emery Jones
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Bending Time: The Adventures of Emery Jones, Boy Science Wonder

October 31, 2013 - Segment 3 - It's time for The Adventures of Emery Jones, Boy Science Wonder! National Book Award-winning novelist and scholar Dr. Charles Johnson will be talking about the book that he and his daughter co-authored, the first in a series, titled Bending Time: The Adventures of Emery Jones, Boy Science Wonder (Volume 1), about a Black child prodigy and scientific “whiz kid.”
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September 30, 2013
King Peggy
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King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village

September 27, 2013 - Hour 2 - King Peggy is the King of Otuam, a village in Ghana, and author, with Eleanor Herman, ofKing Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village, which is the Maryland Humanities Council's One Maryland One Book choice for 2013.
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June 4, 2013
PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 22: Writer Jeremy Scahill poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the WireImage Portrait Studio at Village At The Lift on January 22, 2013 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage)
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Jeremy Scahill’s Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield

June 4, 2013 - Segment 1 - We talk with investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill, Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute, about his new book on the U.S. drone wars, Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield.
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