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Booktalk with Diana Korte
Top authors are interviewed on this 20-minute program about their books and often the story behind the story. Diana has spoken with hundreds of authors from national politicians and scientists to novelists and storytellers of all kinds. Listeners stream from around the world and on many community & public radio stations across the U.S. The show, hosted by Diana and engineered by her husband Gene Korte, has been in production for 30 years. Together they've traveled in, sometimes reporting from…
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Booktalk with Diana KorteBritish actor Cary Elwes with “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride”
Cary Elwes, who was then age 23, played the dashing character known as Westley in this cult movie classic. He talked about the behind-the-scenes making of the…
Booktalk with Diana KorteFuchsia Dunlop's INVITATION TO A BANQUET. The Story of Chinese Food
Today I spoke with the James Beard Award-winning Fuchsia Dunlop about her 7th book, “Invitation To A Banquet. The Story of Chinese Food.” Based in London, she…
Booktalk with Diana KorteThanksgiving Special: Historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s “Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War”
Author of more than a dozen books, historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s “Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War” details the perilous ocean crossing the…
Booktalk with Diana KorteAlexander McCall Smith’s “From a Far and Lovely Country” #24 in series
Host Diana Korte speaks with Alexander McCall Smith, the author of more than 100 books sold around the world in 40 languages. This includes the No. 1 Ladies'…
Booktalk with Diana KorteIn Memoriam—Madeleine Albright’s "PRAGUE WINTER” and What Her Comments in 2012 Say About Today's World Crises
At age 84 Madeleine Albright passed away last year. She was the first woman US Secretary of State, US Ambassador to the United Nations, and author of numerous…
Booktalk with Diana KorteCanadian Journalist Taras Grescoe's "THE LOST SUPPER. Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past"
Taras Grescoe, author of “THE LOST SUPPER”, his eighth book, explores an understanding that is quickly spreading among chefs, food producers, and scientists…
Booktalk with Diana KorteWestern writer Craig Johnson's THE LONGMIRE DEFENSE (19th in a series)
Craig Johnson, author of a Wyoming mystery series featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire is back with his 19th in the series, THE LONGMIRE DEFENSE. This long running…
Booktalk with Diana KorteNational Security Expert Miles Taylor’s "BLOWBACK: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump”
In 2018 former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor, author of BLOWBACK: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump wrote an…
Booktalk with Diana KorteNational Book Award winner James McBride’s THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE
James McBride’s newest book is THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them. As the story begins, it’s 1972…
Booktalk with Diana KorteEducator & Advocate Chasten Buttigieg's I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU
“I Have Something to Tell You” by Chasten Buttigieg is the young adult adaptation of his candid bestselling memoir about growing up gay in his small Midwestern…
Booktalk with Diana KorteCNN Jake Tapper’s ALL THE DEMONS ARE HERE (#3 in a series)
Jake Tapper regularly interviews world leaders and other newsmakers, but he also brings his knowledge of politics and the past to his political thrillers that…
Booktalk with Diana KorteLisa See's newest historical novel LADY TAN'S CIRCLE OF WOMEN
The latest historical novel, LADY TAN'S CIRCLE OF WOMEN, from writer Lisa See who is the author of 12 books, is inspired by the true story of a woman physician…
Booktalk with Diana KorteRevisiting Political Activist Gloria Steinem's "My Life on the Road"
Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road, had an itinerant childhood. Based in New York City, she is now 89 and has never stopped traveling. When she was…
Booktalk with Diana KorteTrue Crime writer Silvia Pettem’s “In Search of the Blonde Tigress. The Untold Story of Eleanor Jarman”
Silvia Pettem’s “In Search of the Blonde Tigress," dips into the world of sensationalized Chicago newspaper headlines in the 1930s that claimed Eleanor was not…
Booktalk with Diana KorteKenyan Ecologist Paula Kahumbu’s SECRETS OF THE ELEPHANTS
Award-winning African ecologist Paula Kahumbu, author of SECRETS OF THE ELEPHANTS, is one of the world’s preeminent advocates for elephant conservation and the…
Booktalk with Diana KorteBestselling Storyteller Lisa Scottoline's LOYALTY, her 35th novel
The always fun Lisa Scottoline is back with her 37th novel, LOYALTY, a historical novel about the beginnings of the Mafia on the island of Sicily in the…
Booktalk with Diana KorteMiddle East Expert Steven Simon's GRAND DELUSION: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East
Steven Simon, author of seven books, is currently a fellow at MIT after spending nearly 40 years specializing in the Middle East in a variety of high-level…
Booktalk with Diana KorteDebut novelist Laura Spence-Ash’s “BEYOND THAT, THE SEA”
Inspired by a 25-year-old New York Times article about World War II evacuated English children revisiting their U.S. foster homes as adults, Laura Spence-Ash…
Booktalk with Diana KorteTrue Crime writer Katherine Corcoran's IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF
Former Associated Press Mexico City Bureau Chief Katherine Corcoran's IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF. A Murder, A Cover-up, and The True Cost of Silencing the Press…
Booktalk with Diana KortePsychologist Marc Schultz's THE GOOD LIFE. Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
In Marc Schultz's THE GOOD LIFE, what makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger…
Booktalk with Diana KorteJournalist Elaine Weiss's "THE WOMAN’S HOUR: The Great Fight to Win the Vote"
Elaine Weiss's THE WOMAN’S HOUR: The Great Fight to Win the Vote tells the true story of the suffragettes—women in the face of enormous opposition who fought…
Booktalk with Diana KorteNovelist & literary agent Jennifer Herrera's THE HUNTER, first in a series
Jennifer Herrera’s debut thriller and first in a series is THE HUNTER. After reckless behavior costs NYPD detective Leigh O’Donnell her job and her marriage…
Booktalk with Diana KorteMovie star, Philanthropist, and Race Car Driver Paul Newman's memoir--PAUL NEWMAN, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man
Artist and singer Melissa Newman, one of the 5 daughters of actor Paul Newman who died in 2008, spoke with me about her dad’s posthumous memoir, “PAUL NEWMAN…
Booktalk with Diana KorteFuturist Ari Wallach’s “LONGPATH. Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs”
LONGPATH by futurist Ari Wallach is about a mindset that looks at a future where new ways aren’t quite here yet and the old ways don’t work anymore. Drawing on…
Booktalk with Diana KorteJournalist Ted Conover’s “CHEAP LAND COLORADO. Off-Gridders at America’s Edge”
“I feel lucky to do what I do. I write about real people, often by living their lives for a while—visiting their lives, you might say. Trying them on for size…
Booktalk with Diana KorteChristopher McDougall’s “Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero”
Christopher McDougall's Running with Sherman introduces us to the McDougall family and their menagerie--donkeys, rams, chickens, fainting goats--who all live…
Booktalk with Diana KorteNovelist Delia Owens's "Where the Crawdads Sing"
Delia Owens, the co-author of three nonfiction books on African research and wildlife, published her debut novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing,” in 2018, the year…
Booktalk with Diana KorteThriller writer Robert Crais, author of “Racing the Light: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel”
Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in RACING THE LIGHT by Robert Crais whose thrillers have been…
Booktalk with Diana KorteHistorian Candice Millard's "RIVER OF THE GODS. Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile"
RIVER OF THE GODS by historian Candice Millard is her fourth book. Known for her meticulously researched work, her newest book is an adventure tale full of…
Booktalk with Diana KorteBritish Mystery Writer Richard Osman’s "THE BULLET THAT MISSED" (#3 in "The Thursday Murder Club" series)
Richard Osman is an author, a well-known television personality and comedian in the UK. His newest book is The Bullet That Missed in the popular “Thursday…
Booktalk with Diana KorteTravel Writer Patricia Schultz’s “WHY WE TRAVEL: 100 Reasons to Get Up and Go”
Patricia Schultz of “1000 Places to See Before You Die” fame has authored a different kind of book this time. “WHY WE TRAVEL: 100 Reasons to Get Up and Go”…
Booktalk with Diana KorteKimberly Garza’s “The Last Karankawas”
Kimberly Garza’s debut novel, “The Last Karankawas” explores modern, diverse south Texas. She takes readers to the salty aired streets of Galveston where a…
Booktalk with Diana KorteLaDoris Hazzard Cordell's "HER HONOR, My Life on the Bench..."
An American retired judge of the Superior Court of California, LaDoris Hazzard Cordell was also the first black female judge in the northern part of the state…
Booktalk with Diana KorteJason Kander's "INVISIBLE STORM. A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD"
With INVISIBLE STORM Jason Kander has written the book he himself needed in his darkest moments of PTSD. After Afghanistan, his day job was politics as a…
Booktalk with Diana KorteGun Industry Expert Ryan Busse, author of “GUNFIGHT"
Ryan Busse, author of “GUNFIGHT. My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America” is a proud gun owner, sportsman, environmentalist, and…
Booktalk with Diana KorteMark Lee Gardner’s “THE EARTH IS ALL THAT LASTS: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation"
Colorado-based Mark Lee Gardner’s ninth book, THE EARTH IS ALL THAT LASTS, is a dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the two most legendary and…
Booktalk with Diana KorteWhite House Adviser David Gergen’s “Hearts Touched with Fire. How Great Leaders Are Made”
David Gergen knows a thing or two about how leaders are made. He's been a White House adviser to four presidents (Nixon, Ford, Reagan & Clinton) of different…
Booktalk with Diana KorteBill McKibben’s “The Flag, The Cross and the Station Wagon”
“I’m curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, American faith, and American prosperity.” Bill McKibben is an educator, environmental…
Booktalk with Diana KorteCrime writer Sara Paretsky’s “Overboard” (V.I. Warshawski’s #21)
OVERBOARD by crime writer Sara Paretsky is her 21st book in her series about her legendary detective, V.I. Warshawski. As this book begins V.I. is on her way…
Booktalk with Diana KorteCold Case Investigator Paul Holes with UNMASKED. My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
Colorado-based Paul Holes, author of UNMASKED, specializes in cold case and serial predator crimes. He began his career in the Contra Costa County (CA)…
Booktalk with Diana KorteTravel Writer Brandon Presser’s THE FAR LAND: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, And Mutiny in The South Pacific
After dozens of travel guidebooks under his belt, Brandon Presser’s newest title is THE FAR LAND: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, And Mutiny In The South Pacific…
Booktalk with Diana KorteSimilarities between Mr. Putin's War and the Confederacy? Roger Lowenstein, author of “WAYS & MEANS," explains.
In WAYS & MEANS. Lincoln and his Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War, author Roger Lowenstein not only spells out how each side in very different ways…
Booktalk with Diana KorteTed Conover's IMMERSION: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep
Ted Conover's IMMERSION: A WRITER'S GUIDE TO GOING DEEP shares the how-to’s of his trade that he had to learn the hard way. How to get in, how to be ethical…
Booktalk with Diana KorteNovelist Elise Hooper’s ANGELS OF THE PACIFIC (US nurses during WWII)
ANGELS OF THE PACIFIC by Elise Hooper (her fourth novel) tells the powerful story of American army and navy nurses kept as prisoners for nearly three years…
Booktalk with Diana KorteBrit Bennett's "THE VANISHING HALF"
Early in Brit Bennett’s “THE VANISHING HALF” light-skinned Desiree and Stella, now age 16, run off to New Orleans, two hours away. But "after a year, the twins…
Booktalk with Diana KorteCHEZ BOB by Bob Shea (fun kid's book)
Bob Shea has written and illustrated over a dozen children's picture books. His newest is the award-winning “CHEZ BOB,” a story about a lazy yellow alligator…
Booktalk with Diana KorteHow Difficult is it to Commit Election Fraud?
"THE STEAL. The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It," co-authored by Mark Bowden, concentrates in week-by-week, state-by-state…
Booktalk with Diana KorteSarah Vogel’s The Farmer’s Lawyer: The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm
Can a lawyer in their first courtroom case win against the mighty power of the US federal government? Yes, she did. The Farmer’s Lawyer by North Dakota…
Booktalk with Diana KorteCould a world war happen again? British novelist Ken Follett asks that question in NEVER
Prolific (36 books) storyteller Ken Follett, author of the contemporary thriller NEVER, says, “When I was doing the research for “Fall of Giants” I was shocked…
Booktalk with Diana KorteNeed a little pandemic-times cheering up? Todd Doughty’s “Little Pieces of Hope. Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World” is for you.
Prompted by the onset of Covid, Doughty has created a book that is a charming collection of lists, musings, prompts, and illustrations—from the extraordinary…
Booktalk with Diana KorteNovelist Anthony Doerr’s “Cloud Cuckoo Land”
“Cloud Cuckoo Land” by Anthony Doerr takes readers on a 600-year epic journey. There are three storylines: Anna and Omeir, on opposite sides of the formidable…
Booktalk with Diana KorteHistorian Nathaniel Philbrick’s “Travels with George. In Search of Washington and His Legacy”
Bestselling, award-winning historian Nathaniel Philbrick's "Travels with George" is a blended account of two road trips separated by about 230 years. In the…
Booktalk with Diana KorteWorld Traveler Dylan Thuras’s “Gastro Obscura A Food Adventurer’s Guide”
Dylan Thuras is co-author of "Gastro Obscura A Food Adventurer’s Guide," a book with 500 entries that span all seven continents and fifty states. Complete with…
Booktalk with Diana KorteArt Crime Fighter and Historian Noah Charney's "The Devil in the Gallery. How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Made the Art World"
"The Devil in the Gallery” is a lavishly illustrated book, the latest of more than a dozen books by Noah Charney. It’s a guided tour of the history of art…
Booktalk with Diana KorteMagician Joshua Jay’s “How Magicians Think. Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters”
This book, “How Magicians Think. Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters,” is my love letter to magic,” says Jay, ”and it answers the questions people…
Booktalk with Diana KorteProfessor Jennifer Reich’s “Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines”
Ever wonder why some parents don’t get their kids vaccinated? How reliable are childhood and Covid-19 vaccines anyway? Tune in… It’s not often that a book…
Booktalk with Diana KorteNeurologist Scott Small’s “Forgetting. The Benefits of Not Remembering”
Scott Small’s debut book is “Forgetting. The Benefits of Not Remembering.” He's an expert on the memory losses of old age and Alzheimer’s who now introduces us…
Booktalk with Diana KorteNovelist Hilma Wolitzer’s “Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories”
“From her many well-loved novels, Hilma Wolitzer--now ninety-one years old and at the top of her game--has gained a reputation as one of our best fiction…
Booktalk with Diana KorteNovelist Alex Michaelides’s “The Maidens”
"Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University…
Booktalk with Diana KorteTrue Crime writer Silvia Pettem’s “Cold Case Chronicles. Mysteries, Murders & The Missing”
“Cold Case Chronicles” tells the stories of victims – some missing, some murdered and some with changed identities. All are true, and each are mysterious in…