Stoned book npr interview

She became producer and host of fresh air in 1975, when it was still a local program. By patti blanco originally published in the university of arizona poetry center newsletter volume 16. Npr s brings you news about books and authors along with our picks for great reads. Interview with the author of stoned the adventurine. Gene does his best to school the boring, repressed npr listener on his fascinating philosophy. I just wanted to share my experience today conducting an interview for an internship position. An excellent fresh air interview with neil young by terri gross on npr. Her seminal albums, from the late 1960s through the early 2000s, sold millions of copies. In this brilliant account of how eight jewels shaped the course of history, jeweler and scientist aja raden tells an original and often startling story about. Oct 31, 2017 thrown together by a brooklyn blizzard, two nyu professors and a guatemalan nanny find themselves with a body to dispose of. Nprs ari shapiro talks with american poet mark doty about his new book, what is the grass. Apr 10, 2018 circes fascination with mortals becomes the book s marrow and delivers its thrilling ending.

Last year, he published bad stories, a literary investigation of what the hell just happened to our country, which he wrote to keep from going crazy. But pop culture happy hours roundtable discussions are a great way to catch up on the shows everyone is talking about, and get niche recommendations such as the best stuff to let toddlers watch that wont drive you crazy. Just heard nprs repeat of the 2002 gene simmons interview. I was working in book publishing, and at 25 was sort of just trying to. Jewelry, obsession, and how desire shapes the world by aja raden. Emma straubs new novel is about a woman who realizes, at age 68. Poet mark doty pays tribute to walt whitman in his new book frank snowden, author of the book, epidemics and society.

Bioshock infinite and the future of gaming on point. All the while, the supernatural sits intriguingly alongside the tonic of ordinary things. As entertaining as it is incisive, stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious. Judith grisel on addiction, neuroscience and choice.

Im not nearly as outrageously brave as many of my rascals that i write, moore admitted to nprs neal conan in a 2009 interview, but i think the rascal spirit must reside in me somewhere. More than a thousand amazons are depicted on greek vase paintings, and most of the warrior women are clad in tunics and trousers or leggings, like those worn by their fellow scythians. Now available in paperbacka selection of revealing interviews from the awardwinning national public radio show originating from whyyfm in philadelphia and heard on more than 450 npr stations, fresh air with terry gross has become a daily habit with millions of listeners nationwidea must for anyone hoping to keep up with whats happening. Mark ames interviewed on npr radio about vanity fair. The last days of cafe leila by donia bijan, is a powerful and emotional novel of love, loss and homecoming in iran. John williamss luminous and deeply moving novel is a work of quiet perfection. Jewelry, obsession and how desire shapes the world author aja raden says jewelry is the perfect lens through which to view human history. See more ideas about books, books to read and my books.

Terry gross started out in public radio in 1973 at wbfo, the npr affiliate on the campus of her alma mater, the state university of new york at buffalo. Neil discusses music, family, and medical conditions. They talk about the incredible 11year history of the moscow newspaper the exile which was the subject of a recent vanity fair feature profile. Produced by rose friedman, petra mayer, beth novey and meghan sullivan executive producer. New biography reveals joni mitchells feelings on her career. Oct 06, 2015 the public shaming of chrissie hynde in an npr interview, the pretenders singer compared comments about her book and its description of her sexual assaultto a lynch mob. On june 11, william stoner and the battle for the inner life dropped. Joni mitchell is one of the most acclaimed singersongwriters in modern times. Medical marijuana has been promoted on npr hellomd. Also top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture. Twentysix years ago, he first shared his tale of being crumpet, one of santas helpers in macys. Here it is, boys and girls the hilarious interview that gene simmons wouldnt allow npr to release as an archive like they normally do with fresh air, either because he couldnt figure out how to make any money off it or because it makes him sound like a complete douche. Nprs brings you news about books and authors along with our picks for great reads. Do you recall which npr host conducted the interview.

Dec 15, 2015 author aja raden says jewelry is the perfect lens through which to view human history. So this week, the code switch team is chatting it up with the authors of. Dec 20, 2018 david sedaris reading of the santaland diaries is an npr tradition. From the black death to the present, describes how pandemics stretching back centuries and our responses to. And what better illustration of this principle than the history of jewelry.

You mentioned that after that interview, they led you through a room where they store the hundreds of books they receive each week for consideration. All human history can be boiled down to these three verbs. Npr interviews with top authors and the npr book tour, a weekly feature and. Gloria anzaldua writes in prose and poetry, spanish and. The only places npr and, worse, pbs aka koch tv really seems to go for depth are when the interview ceos and just let them say whatever, or on those lifestyle shows where they let uppermiddleclass reiki master on a book tour drone on about universal spirituality or some distinctly liberal spook. Interview with the author of stoned aja raden explains why we are hardwired to love jewelry.

On performing 1971s live at massey hall concert in toronto first of all, the concert was a great time, because i was like coming home. Steve almond is the author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction, including the new york times bestsellers candyfreak and against football. Blessed with the stoic character of her people, accustomed as they are to earthquakes, floods, occasional tsunamis, and political cataclysm, 61 yearold chilean academic lucia maraz is nonetheless a bit freaked out by a snowstorm so severe that its reported on. An encore presentation of gross most entertaining npr fresh air interviews. Vulture ranks the playboy interview at number one in their list of the 10 most incomprehensible bob dylan interviews of all time. Im a daily smoker, and no one could be more chill about it than me, but like, god damn, come on. Listen to the terry gross and gene simmons interview. The writers and artists who made the national lampoon insanely great by rick meyerowitz, harry n. Nprs noel king talks to eva holland, a correspondent with outside magazine, about her new book. In stoned, she tells the story of the glass beads used to purchase manhattan and the rise of the wristwatch.

This was a standard interview question at one of the startups that i worked for. Author aja raden says jewelry is the perfect lens through which to view human history. Jul 25, 2016 i heard terry gross interview on npr with j. I first became aware of you when terry gross interviewed you on her npr show, fresh air, about your book, never enough. At the beinecke, a look at david sedaris life before. The best of morning edition, all things considered and other awardwinning npr programs. Absolutely the most entertaining interview ever heard on nprs fresh air. William stoner emerges from it not only as an archetypal american, but as an unlikely existential hero, standing, like a figure in a painting by edward hopper, in stark relief against an unforgiving world. Casarett admitted that when he started stoned, he thought medical marijuana was a joke. Yes, gene simmons was selfcentered, vulgar and outrageous.

Its about my favorite novel in the world stoner by john williams, which is to say its about everything under the sun. Both parties came with an agenda, and both were not particularly wellinformed of the other. The famed neurologist talks to fresh air about how grief, trauma, brain injury. Details to come npr interview with rick meyerowitz.

New biography reveals joni mitchells feelings on her. In oliver sacks book the minds eye, the neurologist included an. On asking people what words come to their mind when thinking of middle school. According to adrienne mayors book, the amazons, according to the greeks, it was powerful barbarian women. At the beinecke, a look at david sedaris life before santaland. From trading beads to the first wristwatch, a history. In an interview with nprs david greene, chrissie hynde discusses her new memoir, reckless. The interview touches on portions of the book that have generated some. Adventures in the science of fear, on how she tamed her fears and anxiety.

This interview was conducted while gloria anzaldua visited the university of arizona for a week as a rockefeller humanist in residence in womens studies. Fresh air, morning edition, all things considered, etc. The 62yearold is a singersongwriter, actor, playwright, novelist, memoirist, political activist and weve not even got to the heart of the matter yet. Guys, please dont show up to your job interview high. Dylan is confrontational, almost theatrically angry, but he is mostly clear on the details. Fresh air won a peabody award in 1994 for its probing questions, revelatory interviews, and unusual insights. Aja radens new book, stoned, is about jewelry, but on the first page she lays out a bold statement. New york times calls secret chord blazing, masterly. National lampoon complete dvdrom published by git corp, 2007. Stoner by john williams meet your next favorite book. Terry gross interviews luminary artists about their lives and musical work. Books help teach us about the world, our communities and ourselves.

Its never a good idea to go into your interview stoned. In the photo used on the abbey road sleeve, paul mccartney is out of stride with the other three beatles, and is also the only beatle barefoot. She might very well have but it got cut because npr wanted to focus on something that was a story worldwide. Break snowdens story reflects on his highstakes reporting.

Psychiatrys shift toward seeing mental health problems as an illness to be treated. Masterfully weaving together pop science and history, stoned breaks history into three categorieswant, take, and haveand explains what the diamond on your finger has to do with the gi bill, why greentinted jewelry has been exalted by so many cultures, why the glass beads that bought manhattan for the dutch were initially considered a. It doesnt have to be all bad, suggests judith warners book npr. She gave a reading for the poetry center on october 23, 1991. May 08, 2020 this is the most sober happy hour chatter youll ever hearthe hosts are coworkers at npr, after all. Vance about the time of the publication of his runaway bestseller hillbilly elegy, particularly after november 8, and did not warm to him so i was late in reading the book. Author interviews npr interviews with top authors and the npr book tour, a weekly feature and podcast where leading authors read and discuss their writing. At number 10, they have the time magazine interview from that same year, which you can see in the clip above from 1967s dont look back. Its a book that would not have been accepted just a few years ago, and, in fact, dr. In a splendid new book nprs ace interviewer terry gross collects her most. Reckless and the public shaming of chrissie hynde the. Cafe leila is a family owned business in tehran that has been there for 3 generations, making iranian dishes with the freshest ingredients. A doctors case for medical marijuana by david casarett. Im not nearly as outrageously brave as many of my rascals that i write, moore admitted to npr s neal conan in a 2009 interview, but i think the rascal spirit must reside in me somewhere.

A few passages coil toward melodrama, and one inelegant line after a rape seems jarringly modern, but the spell holds fast. Npr coverage of stoner by john edward williams and john mcgahern. Oct 06, 2015 the interview was heavily edited we dont know that she didnt talk about the book. Frank miller interview with npr september 12, 2009 08.