Friday, February 5, 2010
David Broder of The Washington Post joins Bob to talk politics. Then, entertainment critic David Kipen joins Bob to talk about this week’s Oscar nominations and the passing of J.D. Salinger. And, in this week’s installment of our ongoing series This I Believe, Bob talks with curator Dan Gedimanabout the essay of Ben Lucien Burman. Author, journalist, and World War I veteran Burman wrote 22 books, including the bestselling Catfish Bend series about life in a fictitious Louisiana river town. Several of his books became movies, including Steamboat Round the Bend, which starred Will Rogers.