Author Interviews

Korean kimchi, made of salted and fermented vegetables, contains microbes that contribute to its distinctive taste.

'Cultured': A Look At How Foods Can Help The Microbes Inside Us Thrive

11:23am February 24, 2019

by Jonathan Lambert

The foods we put in our bodies affect the kinds of bacteria that live and flourish there. A new book explores this collaboration — and the cultures whose dishes maximize the relationship.

'Putin's World' Author On What Putin Wants

10:39am February 24, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Georgetown University professor Angela Stent about her book Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest.

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Author Bob Berman On 'Hazards To Life In Our Universe'

8:02am February 24, 2019

It's scary out there: violent supernovas, biological mayhem and nuclear meltdowns. Lulu Garcia-Navarro with author Bob Berman about hazards to life in the universe and his book, Earth-Shattering.

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Irvine Welsh On 'Dead Men's Trousers'

8:16am February 23, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Irvine Welsh about his new novel, Dead Men's Trousers. It picks up the adventures of the crew we first met in Welsh's 1993 book, Trainspotting.

Designer Isaac Mizrahi pays tribute to the models who wore his spring/summer fashion collection at a show in New York in November 1995. He chronicles his unlikely path into the fashion industry in his new memoir, I.M.

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Isaac Mizrahi: From Following Mom Into The Fitting Room, To Fashion Fame

8:16am February 23, 2019

by Scott Simon

Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, Mizrahi says he stood out like "a chubby, gay thumb." He's written about his unlikely path into the fashion industry in his new memoir, I.M.

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Nicknames, Fireflies And Reckless Air Quotes: Ross Gay Writes 'The Book Of Delights'

6:13pm February 21, 2019

Ross Gay spent a year writing daily essays about things that delight him. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gay about some of the essays included in his new book, The Book of Delights.

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Andrew McCabe, then acting FBI director, testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 11, 2017.

Andrew McCabe: FBI Investigations Into Trump 'Were Extraordinary Steps'

1:36pm February 19, 2019

by Terry Gross

"We don't have a lot of experience with investigating presidents of the United States," McCabe says. "There is not a standard S.O.P. on the shelf that you pull down to say, 'Here's how it's done.' "

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'Uninhabitable Earth' Spotlights 3 Climate Change Misunderstandings

6:27am February 19, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth, who outlines the current misunderstandings and upcoming impacts of climate change.

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'Last Boat Out Of Shanghai': The Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution

5:07am February 19, 2019

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the communist revolution in China. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Helen Zia, who wrote a book about the Chinese who fled the revolution.

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From Friends To School, 'Under Pressure' Helps Teenage Girls Navigate Adolescence

6:16pm February 18, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with clinical psychologist Lisa Damour about her new book, Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls.

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