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“The best future for the United States belongs to people who can appreciate both the Declaration of Independence, and Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech,” says the Manhattan borough historian and Rutgers professor emeritus Rob Snyder. Snyder joins us to talk about his work, Marc Bloch, 550 Fort Washington Ave. and his Swiss Army knife.

Kurt Vonnegut’s major apocalyptic trio, "Cat’s Cradle," "Slapstick," and "Galápagos," prompt broad global, national, and species-level thinking about environmental issues through dramatic and fantastic scenarios. Christina Jarvis' book, "Lucky Mud and Other Foma," tells the story of the origins and legacy of what Kurt Vonnegut understood as “planetary citizenship” and explores key roots, influences, literary techniques, and artistic expressions of his interest in environmental activism through his writing.

Government Professor at Skidmore College Beau Breslin joins us this morning to discuss his new book, "A Constitution for the Living: Imagining How Five…

"The First: How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump" is a new book from public…

Harold Bloom, the eminent critic and Yale professor whose seminal “The Anxiety of Influence” and melancholy regard for literature’s old masters made him a…

Psychotherapist Teresa Gil joins us this morning discuss her new book: "Women Who Were Sexually Abused Children: Mothering, Resilience, and Protecting the…

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood’s Women’s Leadership Circle Luncheon takes place tomorrow and Michele Goodwin will be the featured speaker. She is…

Public Service Professor at the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security & Cybersecurity and Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy…

Jacques Berlinerblau is Professor and Director of the Center for Jewish Civilization at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown…

Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He began his scientific career in physiology and expanded into…