Wrbh Reading Radio Original Programming Podcasts

David speaks with the author of SHOOT FOR THE MOON: THE SPACE RACE AND THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF APOLLO 11. Originally aired on July 18th 2019.

David catches up with Megan Holt about upcoming One Book events. Also featuring a surprise reading from Raven Little. Originally aired on July 18th 2019.

Originally aired on July 13th 2019.

Originally aired on July 11th 2019.

Originally aired on July 2nd 2019.

Originally aired on July 3rd 2019.

Originally aired on July 1st 2019. Anne interviews two-time Louisiana Poet Laureate and LEH Humanitarian of the Year, Darrell Bourque to discuss @narrative4, a storytelling exchange non-profit he helped found. The exchange features a unique format in which participants partner up and tell each other a story that is profoundly important to them as a human being. Then they switch. One tells the others’ story to the group, in first-person, as they heard it. As you hear your story as it’s reflected in a first-person account by someone else, an identity-merging effect is produced. The process also enables you to enter someone else's narrative, making it impossible to feel alien or Other.

Originally aired on July 4th 2019.

Originally aired on June 13th 2019.

Chris Lane joins us in honor of Bloomsday 2019 to read a few essays concerning James Joyce and Ulysses. Chris will also be putting on the Bloomsday New Orleans events this year and more info about that can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/events/362759874343578/ Originally aired on June 15th 2019.

Originally aired on May 29th 2019.

Robert Fieseler joins us again on the show to read a selection of poems and writings in celebration of Pride Month and the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall. Originally aired on June 8th 2019.

Amy sits down with Chef Marcus Jacobs of Marjie's Grill. Originally aired on June 6th 2019.

Sherry speaks with author Nathaniel Rich about his new book LOSING EARTH. Originally aired on May 6th 2019.

Local poet Shaina Monet stops by the studio to share some original work. Winner of the 2018 Iowa Review Award in poetry, Shaina Monet is a New Orleans native, a Pushcart-nominated poet, a 2018 Best of the Net nominee, and a former poetry editor at Bayou Magazine. Recently, her work has appeared in Sundog Lit, Yemassee Journal, and The Iowa Review. She tweets @shainamonet. Originally aired on May 1st 2019

David talks with debut author Casey McQuiston about her new book RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE. Originally aired on May 30th 2019.

An extended version of the interview David conducted with award-winning writer Karen Russell about the release of her latest collection, ORANGE WORLD & OTHER STORIES. Originally aired on May 30th 2019.

Poet and educator Andy Young joins us for this segment of Figure of Speech to read from her latest chapbook, JOHN SWENSON DYNAMICRON, as well as from another project currently in progress. Andy Young is the author of four chapbooks, including John Swenson Dynamicron, just out from Dancing Girl Press, and a full-length poetry collection, All Night It Is Morning (Diálogos Press, 2014). She teaches at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Her work has recently appeared, or is forthcoming, in Waxwing, Southern Review, Ecotone, and Prairie Schooner. Her translations, with Khaled Hegazzi, are featured in the Norton Anthology Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond. Originally aired on May 25th 2019.

Originally aired on May 21st 2019.

Anne speaks with Sophia L. Thomas, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Originally aired on May 27th 2019.