Milt talks with Oliver Sacks about his latest book, Musicophilia. (10/29/07)
Sacks (82:57)
World War II is a favorite topic of many authors and filmmakers. Most people, though, are rather hazy on the details of the great military war campaigns. Pulitzer Prize winning author Rick Atkinson has set out to change that with his Liberation Trilogy. The first in the series, An Army at Dawn, was a Pulitzer Prize winning book about the U.S. Military's involvement in Northern Africa. Now, Atkinson has penned the second part of his trilogy, The Day of Battle, the story of American involvement in Italy. Here, Milt talks with Atkinson about his fascinating new book. (10/18/07)
Atkinson(81:05)
How should you read the Bible? With an ancient interpretation, taking everything said as literal? Or should it be read with a modern approach, viewing the Bible as a set of stories and parables meant to convey moral lessons and the ultimate "meaning" of the history of the Jews? Milt discusses this with James Kugel, Professor Emeritus of Classical and Modern Hebrew literature at Harvard University and currently the chair of the Institute for the History of the Jewish Bible at Bar Ilan University in Israel. (10/9/07)
Kugel (82:13)
The revelation of the structure of our DNA was one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century, and was achieved by Watson and Crick. Now offering us some less scientific, but perhaps more important, secrets, Watson has written a book entitled Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science. In effect it is a memoir of his life in science and the life lessons he has learned-and those lessons are revealed in this conversation. (10/8/07) [link to book]
Watson(82:40)
Sacks (82:57)
World War II is a favorite topic of many authors and filmmakers. Most people, though, are rather hazy on the details of the great military war campaigns. Pulitzer Prize winning author Rick Atkinson has set out to change that with his Liberation Trilogy. The first in the series, An Army at Dawn, was a Pulitzer Prize winning book about the U.S. Military's involvement in Northern Africa. Now, Atkinson has penned the second part of his trilogy, The Day of Battle, the story of American involvement in Italy. Here, Milt talks with Atkinson about his fascinating new book. (10/18/07)
Atkinson(81:05)
How should you read the Bible? With an ancient interpretation, taking everything said as literal? Or should it be read with a modern approach, viewing the Bible as a set of stories and parables meant to convey moral lessons and the ultimate "meaning" of the history of the Jews? Milt discusses this with James Kugel, Professor Emeritus of Classical and Modern Hebrew literature at Harvard University and currently the chair of the Institute for the History of the Jewish Bible at Bar Ilan University in Israel. (10/9/07)
Kugel (82:13)
The revelation of the structure of our DNA was one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century, and was achieved by Watson and Crick. Now offering us some less scientific, but perhaps more important, secrets, Watson has written a book entitled Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science. In effect it is a memoir of his life in science and the life lessons he has learned-and those lessons are revealed in this conversation. (10/8/07) [link to book]
Watson(82:40)
