On Wednesday, June 17, author and illustrator Tracy Sugarman discussed his new book, We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi, which chronicles the sacrifices, tragedies, and triumphs of the 1964 Freedom Summer.
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On Sunday, June 14, explorer, award-winning journalist and field scientist Richard Wiese discussed his book Born to Explore: How to Be a Backyard Adventurer, on his experiences traveling around the world and living an outdoor life right here in Westport.
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On Wednesday, June 10, Emmy award-winning media personality and executive producer Phil Donahue screened and led a lively discussion on The Body of War, a feature documentary about the true face the war in Iraq.
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On Thursday, June 4, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Chairman Emeritus, IBM Academy of Technology, Visiting Lecturer at MIT moderated a stimulating Community Conversations on the society implications of the current financial crisis with the panel also including Dan Gross, senior editor at Newsweek, Al Puchala, co-founder and managing director of Signal Equity Partners and Naomi Starobin, WSHU Public Radio news director.
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On Wednesday, June 3, David Leonard Downie, Director of Environmental Studies at Fairfield University, Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and climate modeler at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Joshua Wolf, a freelance photographer led a discussion on "ready to go" solutions.
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On Tuesday, June 2, UConn professor Gina Barreca discussed her new book It's Not That I'm Bitter...: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World, a hilarious, honest, and telling collection of autobiographical essays.
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On Monday, May 18, Westport author and media analyst Eric Burns discussed his latest book All the News Unfit to Print: How Things Were... and How They Were Reported, which puts the media under the microscope.
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On Thursday May 14, publishing and technology industry analyst John Blossom, author of Content Nation: Surviving and Thriving as Social Media Changes Our Work, Our Lives, and Our Future spoke about how social media’s influence is far more transformational than many may believe.
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On Wednesday, May 13, Edward Pleasant, a performing artist in opera and musical theater as well as in concert, recital and recording, presented the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance focusing on Langston Hughes.
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On Monday, May 11, Arthur Mitchell, renowned dancer, choreographer, director and co-founder and of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, discussed dance and how it both reflected and was a reflection of the culture of the Harlem Renaissance. He also brought a professional dancer from The Dance Theatre of Harlem who performed.
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On Friday, May 8, Simon Winchester discussed his newest historical biography, The Man Who Loved China, about Joseph Needham, a brilliant intellectual and free-thinker who spent his life attempting to verify that China was responsible for hundreds of mankind’s most important inventions.
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On Thursday, May 7, Laurie Woodard, Ph.D., lecturer in African-American Studies and History at Yale, talked about the literature and authors of the Harlem Renaissance.
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On Wednesday, May 6, Professor Bill Messenger, lecturer in music at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and narrator with The Teaching Company Great Courses, spoke about the fabulous songs and songwriters of the Harlem Renaissance.
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On Sunday, May 3, Cynthia E. Russett, Ph.D., Larned Professor of History at Yale University, examined the decade that saw an astonishing outpouring of black art, poetry, fiction, drama, and music.
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On Saturday, May 2, award-winning author Laurie King discussed the latest in her popular mystery series about detective Sherlock Holmes, The Language of Bees.
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On Thursday, April 30, local author Sheryl Kayne discussed her book Immersion Travel USA: The Best and Most Meaningful Volunteering, Living, and Learning Excursions, a guide to a variety of travel experiences that includes volunteer opportunities, short, long term and seasonal jobs, educational opportunities, and ways to enhance previously planned trips.
On Wednesday, April 29, Westporter and NYT bestselling author Dr. Hendrie Weisinger discussed his new book The Genius of Instinct: Reclaim Mother Nature's Tools for Enhancing Your Health, Happiness, Family, and Work, on how to use the most powerful human instincts to become happier, healthier, and more fulfilled.
On Wednesday, April 29, Kristin Delfau, an Enrolled Agent and owner of a tax and financial planning firm, discussed her book Turbo-Momʼs Guide to Saving Money Without Wasting Time, a concise resource with straightforward guidance with the “big stuff” like insurance, taxes and investments, as well as quick and easy ways to save on everyday decisions.
On Monday, April 27, author Lynne Griffin discussed her fiction debut, Life Without Summer, a tale of loss and redemption.
On Wednesday, April 22, Ridgefield author Seth Davis, on-air analyst for CBS, College Sports Television and staff writer at Sports Illustrated, discussed the dramatic story told in his book When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball, of how two legendary players, Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, burst on the scene in an NCAA championship that gave birth to modern basketball.
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On Tuesday, April 7, Nina Planck, a food activist who challenged the way old-fashioned foods like butter were viewed, discussed her newest book Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby’s First Foods, on why traditional foods are best.
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On Monday, April 6, Staples graduate David Vinjamuri, author of Accidental Branding: How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Brands, and Ridgefield resident Michelle Briody, author of 16 weeks to your Dream Business: A Weekly Planner for Entrepreneurial Women, spoke about starting and growing a business.
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On Tuesday, March 31, Pulitzer Prize-winning American columnist, author Jimmy Breslin, discussed his new book The Good Rat: A True Story which draws on his experiences to recount numerous tales about the antics of notorious mobsters.
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On Sunday, March 29, author and sociologist Dalton Conley discussed his book Elsewhere, U.S.A.: How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms, and Economic Anxiety, an X-ray view of the new social reality.
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On Wednesday, March 25, Riki Ott, Ph.D, a former commercial salmon fisherman with a PhD in marine toxicology with a specialty in oil pollution, recounted the events and aftermath of the catastrophic 1989 oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound detailed in her book, Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, and showed clips from her documentary. She was introduced by actor and environmentalist James Naughton.
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On Wednesday, March 25, Westporter Mar Jennings discussed his book Life on Mar's: A Four Season Garden, a photographic essay documenting the four seasons of his Connecticut garden.
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On Sunday, March 22, Alice Schroeder, former managing director at Morgan Stanley and hand-picked by Warren Buffett to be his biographer, gave a fascinating talk on her NYT bestseller on Buffett, Snowball.
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On Thursday, March 19, NYT bestselling author of Honeymoon with my Brother, Franz Wisner discussed his sequel How the World Makes Love: And What It Taught a Jilted Groom, a heart-warming insight on the importance and traditions of love in many cultures around the globe.
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On Thursday, March 12, multiple award-winning author S.J. Rozan discussed her latest book, The Shanghai Moon, which blends history with a current murder.
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On Wednesday, March 11, Westporter Penny Pearlman discussed her book Pretty Smart: Lessons From Our Miss Americas. Pearlman interviewed twenty-two former Miss Americas and shows how the women who become Miss America shatter the myth that the pageant is “only a beauty contest” through their thoughtful intelligence and eloquent poise.
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On Tuesday, March 10, financial counselor and syndicated columnist Eric Tyson discussed personal finance, investing and mutual funds as well as his best-selling books, Personal Finance for Dummies and Let's Get Real About Money .
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On Sunday, February 22, Harold Holzer, a leading authority on Abraham Lincoln and the culture of the civil war era, discussed his latest books on this fascinating subject.Photo credit Phyllis Groner
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On Tuesday, February 10, Business Week's senior editor and senior economist Jim Cooper moderated a fascinating discussion between David Komansky, retired chairman of Merrill Lynch and Marc Lasry, CEO and co-founder of Avenue Capitol Group.
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On Monday, February 9, bestselling author of crime fiction novels Val McDermid discussed her writing career and her newest psychological thriller A Darker Domain.
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On Wednesday, February 4, author Nicholas Fox Weber discussed his newest book, Le Corbusier: A Life, on the life of one of the most influential, admired, and maligned architects of the 20th century.
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On Tuesday, February 3, Fairfield author and Fortune’s senior editor-at-large Geoff Colvin, discussed his book Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else, on secrets of extraordinary performance and how to apply these principles to life and work.
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On Thursday, January 29, Westporter Sybil Steinberg, contributing editor and former book review section editor for Publishers Weekly, shared her ever-popular list of the best new books of 2008.
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On Saturday, January 17, Marlo Thomas spoke to a rapt audience on her celebrated book Free to Be...You and Me and its 35th anniversary of publication.
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On Thursday, January 8, Mark Schenker discussed Edgar Allan Poe and placed his life and works in the context of the American Gothic and 19th-century romanticism. The creator of one of the most popular literary forms, the detective story, and a master of another, the tale of psychological horror, Poe has a status with the reading public-both in an out of the classroom.
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On Wednesday, January 7, bestselling author Julia Glass, winner of the National Book Award for her first novel Three Junes, discussed her life as a writer and her new book, I See You Everywhere, a tale of two sisters, together and apart, told in their alternating voices over twenty-five years. Click the gray arrow to begin podcast.
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