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July 7, 2009

Jeffrey Perry on GRITtv with Laura Flanders

Jeffrey Perry, author of Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918, was recently on GRITtv with Laura Flanders to discuss his new book. (Please note, the embedded video is not showing up on some version of IE. Click here...

June 19, 2009

Interivew with Dana Kaplan, Author of Contemporary American Judaism

In the following interview Dana Kaplan discusses his new book Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal. In the book, Kaplan focuses on the creative responses to contemporary spiritual trends that have made a Jewish religious renaissance possible. He argues that...

May 22, 2009

Interview with Michael Sledge, author of Soldier Dead

In honor of Memorial Day, we are re-posting our interview with Michael Sledge. This weekend we celebrate Memorial Day, the annual holiday to remember United States soldiers who have died in combat. In his book, Soldier Dead: How We Recover,...

May 13, 2009

Interview with Houston Baker

Voxunion.com has just posted an interview on WPFW with Houston Baker, author of Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era. In the interview, Baker discusses the ways leading Black intellectuals such as Michael Eric...

May 8, 2009

The Columbia Journalism Review interviews Jameel Jaffer

The Columbia Journalism Review (no affiliation with the press), recently interviewed Jameel Jaffer, co-author of Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond. In the interview Jaffer explains the difficult and often circuitous routes the...

May 5, 2009

Siddharth Kara on KPFA Radio

For more on Siddharth Kara’s Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery, you can also listen to a recent interview with KPFA radio in Berkeley, California: APEX Espress – Sex Trafficking – April 30, 2009 at 7:00pmClick to listen...

April 13, 2009

Interview with Ted Striphas at Conversational Reading

Conversational Reading has posted a fascinating interview with Ted Striphas, author of The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumption to Control. In the interview Striphas discusses several interesting issues from the book including, the book as an...

March 9, 2009

Video Part 2 of Alan Wallace talking about Mind in the Balance

A while ago we posted here part 1 of an interview with Alan Wallace, author of the recently published book, Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity. Today, we are posting part 2 of the video series....

February 25, 2009

Interview with Bruce Gilley

The following is an interview with Bruce Gilley, author of The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy. Q: Isn’t legitimacy just smoke and mirrors, a way for the powerful to mystify and subdue the weak? Bruce Gilley:...

January 23, 2009

Jameel Jaffer on Rachel Maddow

Jameel Jaffer, coauthor of Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond, was on the Rachel Maddow Show yesterday to discuss the closing of the Guantánamo Bay detention center.

January 12, 2009

More Interviews with Siddharth Kara

Interest in Siddharth Kara’s Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery continues as he travels the country discussing his book, his first-hand experience talking to victims, and how an economic perspective can help us better understand the sex trafficking...

January 6, 2009

Interviews with Siddharth Kara

Siddharth Kara’s Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery investigates the mechanics of the global sex trafficking business across four continents and takes stock of its devastating human toll. Recently, Kara was interviewed on Marketplace. In the interview Kara...

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