Yale University Press Podcast

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A Conversation with Jess Bravin Dec 20, 2013

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Jess Bravin, Supreme Court Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, has covered the Guantanamo Bay prison camp since its inception reports on the legal, political, and moral issues that have stood in the way of justice. The deplorable story is a chapter in the War on Terror that has never been fully told before. Here, Bravin speaks with Yale University Press Director John Donatich about his new book, The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay.

A Conversation with Molly Haskell and Joyce Lee Malcolm Dec 05, 2012

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Chris Gondek speaks with (1) film critic Molly Haskell about Gone with the Wind - the book and the film - and the uncanny symbiosis of Margaret Mitchell, David Selznick, and Vivian Leigh, and (2) Joyce Lee Malcolm about the never-before-told story of a New England slave boy turned soldier caught up in the American Revolution.

A Conversation with Trita Parsi Dec 05, 2012

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Chris Gondek speaks with the President of the National Iranian American Council and 2010 Grawemeyer Award-winner for Ideas Improving World Order, Trita Parsi returns to the Yale Press Podcast to speak about his new book, A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran. Parsi uncovers the full details of the diplomatic encounters between Washington and Tehran during Obama's early presidency, then discusses whether diplomacy should be the foreign policy approach of choice for the U.S.

A Conversation with Michael Takiff Dec 05, 2012

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Chris Gondek sits down with Michael Takiff to discuss his new book, A Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know Him. Clinton’s legacy as President of the United States is still very much in the forefront of national media and minds of everyday Americans. Listen to Takiff speak about this oral biography, composed through more than 150 interviews with key figures such as Bob Dole, James Carville, and Tom Brokaw, and many others who can personally testify to the man behind the politics.

A Conversation with Paul Starr Dec 05, 2012

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Chris Gondek interviews Paul Starr, professor of sociology at Princeton and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Social Transformation of American Medicine. Starr's newest book, Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform is out now from Yale University Press; this interview covers the near century-long history and present health care challenges of American presidential administrations, including Roosevelt, Johnson, Nixon, Clinton, and Obama, as well as reform policies enacted by then-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

A Conversation with Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger Dec 05, 2012

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Prize-winning novelist Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salberger, a historian of ideas, blend storytelling, humor, and scholarship in this entertaining father-daughter conversation about the essential role of words and books throughout Jewish history.

A Conversation with Chris Gondek, Godfrey Hodgson and Eric Sundquist Jan 22, 2009

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Host Chris Gondek interviews Godfrey Hodgson about his new book, The Myth of American Exceptionalism and Eric Sundquist about his new book, King's Dream.

A Conversation with Chris Gondek, James Boyle and Robert Poole Jan 22, 2009

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In Episode 22, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) James Boyle about the range wars of the information age -- today's heated battles over intellectual property, and (2) Robert Poole about the remarkable story of the first photographs of Earth from space and the totally unexpected impact of those images.

Chris Gondek and Nicholas Basbanes Jan 22, 2009

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Host Chris Gondek interviews Nicholas Basbanes about A Century of Letters: Yale University Press, 1908- 2008.

A Conversation with Chris Gondek, Joseph Epstein, Jessica Helfand, Gordon Buffonge and Maurice Isserman Nov 18, 2008

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Chris Gondek interviews Joseph Epstein and Jessica Helfand, while Gordon Buffonge interviews Maurice Isserman.