THE BOB EDWARDS SHOW HIGHLIGHTS – January 5-9, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009: Bob talks politics with David Broder of The Washington Post. Then, as part of our ongoing series about education reform, Howard Gardner discusses how students learn. Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the author of numerous books including, The Disciplined Mind: What All Students Should Understand.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009: Bob talks with Jay Parini about Promised Land: Thirteen Books that Changed America.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009: These days we hear about the imminent demise of the printed newspaper, but in 1835, when most Americans were not daily readers, the fledgling New York Sun printed a remarkable story that made newspapers a must read for millions. Author Matthew Goodman’s new book is The Sun and The Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York. Then, Bob talks with legendary performer Boz Scaggs about his expansive career and his new CD Speak Low.
Thursday, January 8, 2009: About 68-percent of newspaper articles, TV shows, blogs and radio programs can’t get through a topic without quoting a few statistics. Joel Best, professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware, has created a guide for seeing through faulty stats, with his book Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data. Then, Bob talks to Edward Zwick, director of the new film Defiance.
Friday, January 9, 2009: David Broder of The Washington Post joins Bob live with the latest from the capital and beyond. Then, there is a new six-part television series and book about the history of comedy in America. Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor are two of the people behind Make ‘Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America. The book is out now and the PBS series premieres January 14th. Both feature stories, interviews and jokes with this country’s funniest people. Malson and Kantor help us get to the bottom of the question: “What makes us laugh and why?”
Thanks for the reply and navigation tips! I wanted to check what was on the "back-up list" Mr Parini mentioned as an appendix to his book. Also, I had thought I heard that this list of ~100 or so would be posted someplace (could have imagined that though). I wanted to check that extras list before complaining too much!…but is why I was looking for links….
Thanks Again! Great program – makes our 90 minute commute much more manageable!
B. Regards,
Jeff
we generally underline titles of books and put the names of guests in bold. sorry for the confusion. our links tend to be underlined AND bold and they’re usually blue-ish purple instead of black. but you make an excellent point. that does seem like an oversight, but i imagine it must have been a pretty difficult exercise to limit the list to 13 books in the history of the united states.
First time poster – long time listener. Trying to figure how this site works – what looks like a link – really isn’t… anyway…
RE: Promised Land: Thirteen Books that Changed America.
I am shocked that I didn’t hear Tom Paine’s name or publications referenced during today’s show. I think "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis" were widely read and influential. "Age of Reason" advocating deism – gets right to what Jay Parini talked about of relgiousity of Americans – God’s in nature and in all things….. caused quite a stir back then! "Rights of Man" caused Napoleon to call him the completest charleton – I’d say that’s influential too (although not strictly American). Anyway – a huge miss not to even mention Tom Paine in today’s show!