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Colm Tóibín and Silas House

Novelist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet Colm Tóibín discusses his novel "Long Island" with author, playwright and Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House. Recorded at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum. A 2025 KET production.
Season 24 Episode 5 Length 56:23 Premiere: 05/11/25

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S24 E5 Length 56:23 Premiere Date 05/11/25

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Jim Sciutto and Jane Perlez
S24 E3 Length 56:25 Premiere Date 12/29/24

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S24 E2 Length 56:19 Premiere Date 11/09/24

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S24 E1 Length 56:30 Premiere Date 10/17/24

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Admiral James Stavridis and Melissa Block - S21 E2

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Admiral James Stavridis, a retired 4-star Naval officer and former Supreme Allied Commander of the NATO Alliance, sits down with NPR host Melissa Block to talk about his new book, "Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character". The interview was recorded at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum. A 2020 KET Production.

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Josh Chin, a deputy bureau chief with the Wall Street Journal, talks about his book "Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control" with Evan Osnos, a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and author of "Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China." The interview was recorded at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum. A 2020 KET Production.

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A conversation between Maggie Haberman, a reporter with The New York Times and author of "Confidence Man," which chronicles the life of former president Donald Trump, and Laura Coates, a former federal prosecutor and a CNN host and legal analyst. Recorded at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum. A 2020 KET Production.

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Geraldine Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and journalist, talks with journalist and author Jacki Lyden about Brooks' most recent novel, "Horse," which chronicles the story of a thoroughbred named Lexington and the Black groom who raised him. Recorded at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum. A 2020 KET Production.

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