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Latest Episodes
PBS documentary film maker Dawn Logsdon on "Free for All"
04/24/2025 | 14m
“Meditations for Mortals" by Oliver Burkeman
04/17/2025 | 9m
“Anita de Monte Laughs Last: a Novel” by Xochitl Gonzalez
04/10/2025 | 7m
The AI technology race. "Supremacy" by Parmy Olson.
04/03/2025 | 11m
“Black Woods, Blue Sky" by Eowyn Ivey
03/27/2025 | 8m
“The Golden Gate” by Amy Chua
03/20/2025 | 6m
“Reagan: His Life and Legend” by Max Boot
03/13/2025 | 9m
“Whale Fall” by Elizabeth O’Connor
03/06/2025 | 7m
“Book and Dagger” by Elyse Graham.
02/27/2025 | 8m
“The Mighty Red”, a novel by Louise Erdrich,
02/20/2025 | 7m
“A Different Metaphor” by Kevin Shinn
02/13/2025 | 17m
“Orbital: a Novel” by Samantha Harvey,
02/06/2025 | 9m
“The Safe Keep” by Yael van der Wouden
01/30/2025 | 7m
“The House of Doors” by Tan Twan Eng
01/23/2025 | 8m
“How to Read a Book: a Novel” by Monica Wood
01/16/2025 | 6m
“Hidden Libraries" by Diana Helmuth
01/09/2025 | 13m
"Long Island" by Colm Toibin
12/19/2024 | 8m
“The Wren, The Wren” by Anne Enright
12/12/2024 | 8m
The annual holiday gift guide for readers.
12/05/2024 | 15m
“The Exceptions" by Kate Zernike
11/21/2024 | 8m
“Foot Soldier: New and Selected Poems” by John Stevens Berry
11/14/2024 | 12m
"The Talk" a graphic novel by Darrin Bell
11/07/2024 | 7m
“Into Whooperland" by Michael Forsberg
10/31/2024 | 23m
"The Mystery Guest" by Nita Prose
10/24/2024 | 7m
“A Fever in the Heartland” Timothy Eagans
10/17/2024 | 9m
“The Biography of X” by Catherine Lacey
10/10/2024 | 7m
“Mott Street” by Ava Chin.
10/03/2024 | 8m
An interview with author and illustrator Amy Tan.
09/26/2024 | 17m
“The Berry Pickers” by Amanda Peters
09/19/2024 | 7m
"How to Say Babylon” by Safiya Sinclair
09/12/2024 | 8m
An Interview with James Locklear. “In the Country of the Kaw"
09/05/2024 | 15m
“The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride.
08/29/2024 | 8m
“Life Lessons from a Parasite" by Dr. John Janovy
08/22/2024 | 15m
“The Peacock and the Sparrow” by I.S. Berry,
08/15/2024 | 8m
“The Yellow Bus” by Loren Long
08/08/2024 | 13m
“North Woods” by Daniel Mason.
08/01/2024 | 8m
“Moonrise Over New Jessup” by Jamila Minnicks
07/23/2024 | 8m
Introduction to the Mystery Genre Part 2: Author and Title Guide
07/18/2024 | 16m
Introduction to the Mystery Genre Part 1
07/11/2024 | 15m
"Somehow: Thoughts on Love" by Anne Lamott
07/04/2024 | 9m
“In Memoriam” by Alice Winn
06/27/2024 | 8m
“Dancing with the Octopus" by Debora Harding
06/20/2024 | 9m
“Creative Genius: The Art of the Nebraska Capitol”
06/13/2024 | 16m
“Not the End of the World" by Hannah Ritchie
06/06/2024 | 10m
"The Nebraska Sandhills” from the University of NE Press
05/30/2024 | 16m
“Blaze Me a Sun” by Christoffer Carlsson
05/23/2024 | 7m
“The Titanic Survivors Book Club” by Timothy Schaffert
05/16/2024 | 14m
“King: a Life” by Jonathan Eig
05/09/2024 | 8m
"The Last Devil to Die" by Richard Osman
05/02/2024 | 8m
Guest reader Amy Mather of Omaha Public Libraries
04/25/2024 | 15m
“Foster” by Claire Keegan
04/18/2024 | 8m
An interview with Sarah McCammon, her book is 'The Exvangelicals'
04/11/2024 | 16m
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Genre Introductions
- Agatha Christie
- Graphic Novels
- Science Fiction
- Romance
- Horror: Robert Stock, Mike Page
- Mystery: Part 1, Part 2
Why We Re-Read
- Guest reader JoAnne Young talks about why she re-reads
- Nebraska State Poet Matt Mason on re-reading his favorite books
- Guest reader Mary Kay Roth on sharing books with adult children
- Guest reader Eric Buchanan on his favorite books to read again
- UNL Professor of English Stephen Buhler on why we re-read
- Part 2 of our conversation with UNL English Prof. Steve Buhler
- Guest reader Rev. Dr. Jim Keck on re reading religious texts
- Dr. Dolores Simpson-Kirkland shares the books she re-reads
- Guest reader Amy Mather of Omaha Public Libraries
About The Show
A weekly book review and discussion program hosted by Pat Leach.
The program currently broadcasts Thursdays at 12:04 p.m. CT and during Friday Live, Fridays at 10 a.m. CT.