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The new memoir "Reckoning" is a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Memoir of the Season and the work of a lifetime from Tony Award-winning, bestselling author of "The Vagina Monologues". V (formerly Eve Ensler) will talk with Omega Institute co-founder Elizabeth Lesser about this unflinching, intimate, introspective, memoir in an Oblong Books event on Wednesday, February 15 at 6 p.m. at The Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff, New York.

Jesse Green is the chief theater critic for The New York Times. Green will be at Tanglewood on Saturday 8/20 at 5 p.m. with Tony Kushner as part of Tanglewood's Spotlight Series at Ozawa Hall. The two will be discussing the power of the arts to illuminate diverse perspectives.He joins us to discuss "Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers," which he co-authored with the late composer, screenwriter, and author.

Edgar-Award winning writer Larry Beinhart returns, and so does his legendary detective, with a gripping thriller about marital discord, contract killing, off-piste skiing and the deep state. His new novel is "The Deal Goes Down."

Your inbox overflows with spam, so what else is new? But have you ever wondered how junk email got its name? And where all of it comes from? Finn Burton, author of Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet describes the spam business, how it's become a criminal enterprise and how you can protect yourself online.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-556533.mp3Albany, NY – Perhaps a New Year's Resolution this coming year is for you to…

2: Producer Amy Salit interviews singer/songwriter, guitarist JOE ELY. He's been called the "underappreciated American rock 'n' roll legend." This country rocker hails from Lubbock, Texas and has been recording and playing music for about 20 years, and has released nine albums. He began his career playing more traditional country but now leans more toward the country-rockin' blues that has become a distinctive Texas sound. His latest album is "Love and Danger," (MCA/Nashville). Another reviewer says of ELY's music, "it's got the dynamic locomotion of rock, the righteous sassiness of blues, the narrative twang of country, and the hook-filled melodic sheen of pop."

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Emory University law professor Kay Levine about the legal purpose of an apology, like the ones required of those pleading guilty in the Georgia election interference case.

In 1996, Wallace's novel Infinite Jest was a critical and popular success. The new movie The End of The Tour recreates the author's tour for that book. Originally broadcast March 5, 1997.

There were no passenger airline crashes anywhere in the world last year, making 2017 the safest year in history for commercial airlines. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bloomberg News aviation reporter, about what accounts for the safest year worldwide.

One of the first places shoppers may feel the effects of the dockworkers' strike is in the produce aisle. Hundreds of tons of bananas are stuck in transit — and they won't keep for long.