Tag: National Public Radio

  • In ‘Red Pyramid,’ Kid Heroes Take On Ancient Egypt Backseat Bookclub All Things Considered National Public Radio 2012-12-19 Melissa Block, Host Robert Siegel, Senior Host If there was a recipe for the best-selling writer Rick Riordan, it would go something like this — start with a love of storytelling, fold in more than a decade…

  • ‘Master’ Jefferson: Defender Of Liberty, Then Slavery Fresh Air from WHYY National Public Radio 2012-10-18 Maureen Corrigan, Book Critic His public words have inspired millions, but for scholars, his private words and deeds generate confusion, discomfort, apologetic excuses. When the young Thomas Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are…

  • Jazz, Race Collide With War In 1930s Europe Tell Me More National Public Radio 2012-03-26 Jacki Lyden, Host The novel Half Blood Blues explores an often overlooked slice of history: black jazz musicians in Germany on the eve of World War II. The book moves from 1992 to 1939, from Baltimore to Berlin to Paris.…

  • Racial Labels Have Limited Use In Personalizing Medicine Shots: NPR’s Health Blog 2011-05-09 Eliza Barclay For all the fanfare around personalized medicine, the idea has been fairly slow to take off. Boosters have said if doctors had a patient’s DNA information it would be revolutionary: They could look for genetic risk of certain diseases or…

  • ‘The Black Count,’ A Hero On The Field, And The Page Weekend Edition Saturday National Public Radio 2012-09-15 Scott Simon, Host Tom Reiss, Author The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal,and the Real Count of Monte Cristo. By Tom Reiss, 432 pp. Crown Publishers. Hardback ISBN: 978-0-307-38246-7. Gen. Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was one of the heroes of the…

  • Cole Porter Scores An Interracial Couple’s Highs And Lows National Public Radio All Things Considered Music: Mom and Dad’s Record Collection 2012-08-30 NPR Staff As summer winds down, All Things Considered is winding down its series “Music: Mom and Dad’s Record Collection.” For the past few months, the show has asked listeners to tell their…

  • Who Gets To Decide Who Is Native American? Tell Me More National Public Radio 2012-08-09 Michel Martin, Host Rob Capriccioso, Washington Bureau Chief Indian Country Today Media Network Tiya Miles, Professor of American Culture, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Native American Studies University of Michigan A controversy about identity has erupted in the race for…

  • In 1989, Reginald Daniel began teaching a university course on multiracial identity called Betwixt and Between. It remains the longest-running college course addressing the multiracial experience. For his continuing studies and research on multiraciality, Daniel received the Loving Prize.

  • Morgan Freeman: No Black President For U.S. Yet Tell Me More National Public Radio 2012-07-06 Michel Martin, Host Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman joined Tell Me More host Michel Martin to discuss his new movie, The Magic of Belle Isle. But the prolific actor, famous for his roles in films such as The Shawshank Redemption, Million…

  • Summer Blend Book Club Wraps Up Tell Me More National Public Radio 2011-08-25 Michel Martin, Host This series began in June with the help of Heidi Durrow, author and co-founder of the “Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival.” All summer long, Tell Me More has been covering books about the multicultural experience in America. Durrow…