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Brian Yaeger, Jimmy Santiago Baca
Sunday,
December 28 - Listen  on computer.
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First, Brian Yaeger, author of Red, White and Brew: An American Beer Odyssey, talks about how and why beer is being made in America. Then, a conversation with novelist, screenwriter, poet and activist Jimmy Santiago Baca.
The Art of Translation
Sunday,
December 14 - Listen on computer.
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An examination of the process of literary translation, including a recent report by Rick Kleffel aired on All Things Considered;
an interview with a local dramaturg and translator; and an interview with an author who has recently completed a translation of The Canterbury Tales.
Jonathan Carroll, Nina Matsumoto
Sunday,
December 7 - Listen on computer.
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A conversation with author Jonathan Carroll about his novel The Ghost in Love, followed by an interview with manga artist Nina Matsumoto.
Stewart O'Nan, Ian D'Agata
Sunday,
November 30 - Listen on computer.
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Rick Kleffel
speaks with Stewart O'Nan about his novel Songs of the Missing, the tale of a family dealing with the sudden disappearance of an 18-year-old daughter. For "Life Under the Lights," Alice Vecchiola has a oenological conversation with Ian D'Agata, author of The Ecco Guide to the Best Wines of Italy.
Chip Kidd
Sunday,
November 23 - Listen on computer.
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An interview with Chip Kidd, author of Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan.
Ken Silverstein
Sunday,
November 16 - Listen on computer.
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Rick Kleffel speaks with Ken Silverstein about his book Turkmeniscam : How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship, an undercover expose of lobbyists. Then, each month, the Variety Children's Charity hosts SF in SF ; From the Science Fiction in San Francisco event of November 15, 2008, award-winning author Nalo Hopkinson reads an original story, "Snow Day". Dentist dictators, desperate lobbyists and a day off from reality as we know it – all up on The Agony Column.
Danny Goldberg
Sunday,
November 9 - Listen on computer.
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Rick Kleffel speaks with Danny Goldberg, whose book Bumping into Geniuses looks back at his life in the rock music industry. On "Life Under the Lights," Alice Vecchiola speaks with the director of Kids on Broadway's production of Fiddler on the Roof.
Nathaniel Rich, Andrew Davidson
Sunday,
November 2 - Listen on computer.
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Excerpts from the long-form interviews with Nathaniel Rich, whose First Book is The Mayor's Tongue, and Andrew Davidson, whose first book is The Gargoyle; both were the subject of First Book pieces aired on NPR. And a conversation with Amity Shlaes, recently seen on The Newshour With Jim Lehrer. Her book is The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. On "Life Under the Lights," Alice Vecchiola speaks with the director and cast of Suessical.
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