Anytime you check your voicemail or call Grandma, thank c. This hour, from NPR headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk about the father of the telephone — and his other pioneering works — with Carlene Stephens, curator of the National Museum of American History exhibition “Hear My Voice: Alexander Graham Bell and the Origins of Recorded Sound.”
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The documentary “Last Days in Vietnam” illustrates the tough choices facing American troops during the chaotic final days of the war. This hour, we’ll talk about the film with its director, Rory Kennedy, and producer Keven McAlester.
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We’ll talk about our national obsession with thinness with the author of “Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight – and What We Can Do About It.”
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Steve Jobs is remembered as a visionary innovator whose relentless drive once alienated him from the Apple family. This hour, we’ll talk about how the arrogant genius ultimately changed the lives of billions across the world with Rick Tetzeli, co-author of “Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader.”
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This hour, we’ll get to know a socialite, farmer, abolitionist and widow who each knew how to dig up a secret with Karen Abbott. She profiles them in her book, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War.
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Hour 1: We’ll talk to best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd ahead of her appearance Tuesday at Highland Park United Methodist Church.
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Did the Civil War emerge from a power struggle that had nothing to do with slavery?
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How do you measure the impact of a memorial, either public or private?
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