Ranked #1
Family and Identity – Ep 61 with Hal Y. Zhang
Family and Identity – Ep 61 with Hal Y. Zhang
In this episode Jon speaks with Hal Y. Zhang, author of Hard Mother, Spider Mother, Soft Mother. Hard Mother, Spider Mot... Read more
21 Aug 2019
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41mins
Ranked #2
The Body Papers (Part 1) – Ep 52 with Grace Talusan
The Body Papers (Part 1) – Ep 52 with Grace Talusan
Jon speaks with author Grace Talusan about her book The Body Papers. Born in the Philippines, young Grace Talusan moves ... Read more
13 Mar 2019
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38mins
Ranked #3
Finding Yourself – Ep 19 with Krystal Chong
Finding Yourself – Ep 19 with Krystal Chong
Krystal was the former Chief Marketing Officer and advisor to the board for Honey Bun Limited when she resigned to go on... Read more
19 Jul 2017
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #4
Ahimsa – Ep 23 with Supriya Kelkar
Ahimsa – Ep 23 with Supriya Kelkar
Supriya Kelkar was born and raised in the Midwest. She learned Hindi as a child by watching three Bollywood films a week... Read more
13 Sep 2017
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40mins
Ranked #5
Waking Up To The Dark, Part 1 – Ep 55 with Clark Strand
Waking Up To The Dark, Part 1 – Ep 55 with Clark Strand
Waking Up to the Dark is a book for those of us who awaken in the night and don’t know why we can’t get back to sleep, ... Read more
24 Apr 2019
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47mins
Ranked #6
The Body Papers (Part 2) – Ep 53 with Grace Talusan
The Body Papers (Part 2) – Ep 53 with Grace Talusan
Jon speaks with author Grace Talusan about her book The Body Papers. Born in the Philippines, young Grace Talusan moves ... Read more
28 Mar 2019
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42mins
Ranked #7
The Cape Cod National Seashore – Ep 60 with Ethan Carr
The Cape Cod National Seashore – Ep 60 with Ethan Carr
In the mid-nineteenth century, Thoreau recognized the importance of preserving the complex and fragile landscape of Cape... Read more
3 Jul 2019
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59mins
Ranked #8
Lands of Lost Borders – Ep 45 with Kate Harris
Lands of Lost Borders – Ep 45 with Kate Harris
A brilliant, fierce writer makes her debut with this enthralling travelogue and memoir of her journey by bicycle along t... Read more
12 Sep 2018
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #9
Waking Up To The Dark, Part 2 – Ep 56 with Clark Strand
Waking Up To The Dark, Part 2 – Ep 56 with Clark Strand
Waking Up to the Dark is a book for those of us who awaken in the night and don’t know why we can’t get back to sleep, ... Read more
8 May 2019
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36mins
Ranked #10
Lightless – Ep 22 with C. A. Higgins
Lightless – Ep 22 with C. A. Higgins
C. A. Higgins writes novels and short stories. She was a runner-up in the 2013 Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Ex... Read more
30 Aug 2017
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53mins
Ranked #11
The Stories of Their Lives – Ep 51 with Lisa Gornick
The Stories of Their Lives – Ep 51 with Lisa Gornick
Jon interviews author Lisa Gornick about her newest novel, The Peacock Feast. Spanning the twentieth century and three c... Read more
28 Feb 2019
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49mins
Ranked #12
Robert Murray Sculpture – Ep 49 with Jonathan Lippincott
Robert Murray Sculpture – Ep 49 with Jonathan Lippincott
Spanning six decades, Robert Murray: Sculpture includes photographs of nearly two hundred works, seen in galleries, muse... Read more
17 Jan 2019
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50mins
Ranked #13
Chasing Prosperity in Mozambique (Part 1) – Ep 46 with Rowan Moore Gerety
Chasing Prosperity in Mozambique (Part 1) – Ep 46 with Rowan Moore Gerety
Go Tell the Crocodiles explores the efforts of ordinary people to provide for themselves where foreign aid, the formal e... Read more
27 Oct 2018
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57mins
Ranked #14
Leading Imperfectly – Ep 54 with James T. Robilotta
Leading Imperfectly – Ep 54 with James T. Robilotta
In today’s episode, Jon interviews author James T. Robilotta about his book Leading Imperfectly: The value of being auth... Read more
10 Apr 2019
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #15
Chasing Prosperity in Mozambique (Part 2) – Ep 47 with Rowan Moore Gerety
Chasing Prosperity in Mozambique (Part 2) – Ep 47 with Rowan Moore Gerety
Go Tell the Crocodiles explores the efforts of ordinary people to provide for themselves where foreign aid, the formal e... Read more
10 Nov 2018
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22mins
Ranked #16
Why Biodiversity is Good – Ep 50 with Rob Dunn
Why Biodiversity is Good – Ep 50 with Rob Dunn
Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In ... Read more
31 Jan 2019
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57mins
Ranked #17
The Casket of Time – Ep 57 with Andri Magnason
The Casket of Time – Ep 57 with Andri Magnason
The world, according to Grace, is under an ancient curse. There once was a princess named Obsidiana, who was trapped in ... Read more
22 May 2019
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1hr 1min
Ranked #18
Aloha Rodeo – Ep 58 with David Wolman
Aloha Rodeo – Ep 58 with David Wolman
In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat comes the captivating true story of the native Hawaiian cowboys who traveled to Wy... Read more
5 Jun 2019
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59mins
Ranked #19
How Hormones Control Just About Everything – Ep 48 with Randi Hutter Epstein
How Hormones Control Just About Everything – Ep 48 with Randi Hutter Epstein
A guided tour through the strange science of hormones and the age-old quest to control them. Metabolism, behavior, sleep... Read more
1 Dec 2018
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1hr 1min
Ranked #20
Dauntless Women – Ep 59 with Caitlin Grace McDonnell
Dauntless Women – Ep 59 with Caitlin Grace McDonnell
Introducing “Fierce”, thirteen powerful, entwined biographies and memoirs that describe a staunchly Feminist approach: “... Read more
19 Jun 2019
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34mins