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Bob Kustra
Welcome to Reader's Corner, a weekly radio show hosted by Boise State University president emeritus Bob Kustra that features lively conversations with some of the nation's leading authors about issues and ideas that matter today.
Interview With Stephan Talty
Author of "Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day"
30:0030/08/2013
Interview With Christopher Steiner
Author of "Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World"
29:3123/08/2013
Interview With Eliza Griswold
Author of " The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches From the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam"
29:3709/08/2013
Interview With Stephen Budiansky
Author of "Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare"
29:4603/08/2013
Interview With Jeffery Wasserstrom
Author of "China in the 21st Century"
29:3126/07/2013
Interview With Nancy Napier
Author of "Wise Beyond Your Field: How Creative Leaders Out Innovate to Out Perform"
29:3019/07/2013
Interview With Paul Tough
Author of "How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character"
29:4212/07/2013
Interview With Erik Larson
Author of "In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin"
29:4003/07/2013
Interview With Jim Sterba
Author of "Nature Wars"
29:5128/06/2013
Interview With Stefan Bechtel
Author of "Mr Hornaday's War: How a Peculiar Victorian Zookeeper Waged a Lonely Crusade for Wildlife that Changed the World."
29:4126/06/2013
Interview With Mary Ellen Hannibal
Author of "The Spine of the Continent: The Most Ambitious Wildlife Conservation Project Ever Undertaken"
29:3815/06/2013
Interview With Mike Brown
Astronomer and Author of "How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming"
29:4108/06/2013
Interview With Robert Morgan
Author of "Lions of the West"
29:4201/06/2013
Interview With John Thavis
Author of "The Vatican Diaries: a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church"
29:3125/05/2013
Interview With Edward Ball
Author of "The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures"
29:4118/05/2013
Interview With Jon Gertner
Author or "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation"
29:4110/05/2013
"The Odyssey of KP2" by Terrie Williams
A baby seal abandoned on a remote beach on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, is an unlikely champion for endangered marine mammals worldwide. But tiny KP2 quickly captured the hearts of admirers across the islands, and the world, with his love for all things human and his playful and inquisitive personality.
29:0210/05/2013
Interview With Larry Tye About His Book "Superman"
Author of "Superman, the High Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero"
29:1820/04/2013
Interview With Melanie Kirkpatrick
Author of "Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad"
29:5105/04/2013
Interview With George Kennedy
Oscar-winning Actor and Author of "Trust Me: A Memoir"
29:3329/03/2013
Interview With Tracy Kidder
Author of "Strength in What Remains"
28:3023/03/2013
Interview With Aaron L. Friedberg
Author of "A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia"
29:4208/03/2013
Interview With Michael Grunwald
Author of "The NEW New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era"
29:4502/03/2013
Interview With Peter Bergen
Author of "Manhunt: From 9/11 to Abbottabad, The Ten-Year Search for Osama Bin Laden"
29:1016/02/2013
Interview With Jill Gill
Author of "Embattled Ecumenism: The National Council of Churches, the Vietnam War And the Trials of the Protestant Left"
29:3101/02/2013
Interview With Jeffery Wasserstrom About His Book "China In The 21st Century"
Author of "China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know"
29:3126/01/2013
Interview With Jim Abbott
Author of "Imperfect: An Improbable Life"
28:5919/01/2013
Interview With Mary Ellen Hannibal About An Ambitious Project To Help Wildlife
Author of "The Spine of the Continent: The Most Ambitious Wildlife Conservation Project Ever Undertaken"
29:3316/01/2013
Interview With Alan Heathcock
Author of the short story collection "Volt"
29:3521/12/2012
Interview With Rajiv Chandrasekaran About His Book "Little America"
Author of "Little America: The War Within the War For Afghanistan"
29:3117/11/2012
Interview With HW Bill Brands About His Book "American Colossus"
Author of "American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900"
29:3510/11/2012
Interview With James Dodson About His Book "American Triumvirate"
Author of "American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and the Modern Age of Golf"
29:2803/11/2012
Interview With Susan Orlean
Author of "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend"
29:3129/10/2012
Interview With Gary Gallagher About His Book "The Union War"
Interview with Gary Gallagher as he discusses his book "The Union War".
29:0925/10/2012
Interview With Gary Gallagher
Author of "The Union War"
29:0925/10/2012
Interview With Peter Bergen About His Book "Manhunt"
Author of "Manhunt: From 9/11 to Abbottabad"
29:3113/10/2012
Interview With Sam Kean
Author of "The Violinist's Thumb and Other Lost Tales of Love, War and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code"
29:3129/09/2012
Interview With George Kennedy Author of "Trust Me"
Academy Award-winning author of "Trust Me: A Memoir" and resident of Eagle, ID
29:3315/09/2012
Interview With Michael Grabell About His Book "Money Well Spent?"
Author of "Money Well Spent? The Truth Behind the Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, the Biggest Economic Recovery Plan in History"
29:2624/08/2012
Interview With Bruce Riedel About His Book "Deadly Embrace"
Author of "Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America and the Future of Global Jihad"
29:2910/08/2012
Interview With Jill Gill About Her Book "Embattled Ecumenism"
Professor of History at Boise State and Author of "Embattled Ecumenism: The National Council of Churches, the Vietnam War And the Trials of the Protestant Left"
29:3106/08/2012
Interview With Alan Heathcock About His Book "Volt"
VOLT, the title of Alan Heathcock’s acclaimed collection of linked short stories, is as electric as the name implies. Set in the fictional town of Krafton, a lonely and windswept hamlet that could be located just about anywhere, the eight stories in VOLT feature an unforgettable cast of characters who confront floods, violence, family strife, longing and loss.
29:3120/07/2012
Interview With Aaron Friedberg About His Book "A Contest of Supremacy"
Author of "A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia"
29:3106/07/2012
Interview With Marc Lynch About His Book "The Arab Uprising"
Author of "The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East"
29:3122/06/2012
Interview With Jon Gertner About His Book "The Idea Factory"
Author of "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation"
29:2825/05/2012
Interview with Susan Orlean About Her Book "Rin Tin Tin"
Author of "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend"
29:3211/05/2012
Interview with Richard Reeves About A Triumphant Military Operation
Author of "Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of The Berlin Airlift, June 1948-May 1949"
29:2928/04/2012
Interview with Pam Constable
Author of "Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with Itself"
29:2820/04/2012
Interview with Parag Khanna On "How To Run The World"
Author of "How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance"
29:2813/04/2012
Interview with Matthew Deren About West Central Idaho's Wilderness
Author of "A Forgotten Wilderness: Nature's Hidden Relationship in West Central Idaho"
29:2806/04/2012