Welcome to Reader's Corner, a weekly radio show hosted by Boise State University president emeritus Bob Kustra that features lively conversations with some of the nation's leading authors about issues and ideas that matter today. Make a donation to support the Readers Corner podcast today.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Reader's Corner, a weekly radio show hosted by Boise State University president emeritus Bob Kustra that features lively conversations with some of the nation's leading authors about issues and ideas that matter today. Make a donation to support the Readers Corner podcast today.
Recent episodes include "A Guide For the Perplexed by Quinn Slobodian - Ben Tarnoff" (31 October 2026, 33 minutes), ""Redemption - Part 2" By Lawrence Wright" (24 October 2026, 32 minutes), and ""Redemption: Faith, Justice, And Sisterhood On Death Row" by Laurence Wright" (17 October 2026, 30 minutes).
Reader's Corner publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 32 minutes.
Booking probability for Reader's Corner is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Reader's Corner requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Reader's Corner's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Reader's Corner are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. Reader's Corner has an arts audience.
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Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff cut through the hype and the hate to reveal what Musk really represents: a new political economy, where to be “free” means to serve a Technoking. Muskism isn’t about the man. It’s about...
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A powerful and startling account of the unsparing connection between a convent of cloistered nuns and the condemned women on Texas’s death row, exploring questions around crime and punishment, faith, and retribution in...
We learn about an about an order of cloistered nuns who befriend a group of women on death row in a Texas prison from Lawrence Wright, the author of Redemption. Lawrence shares the details of one of the inmates, Melissa...
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From the revered bestselling author, a compulsive, page-turning thriller inspired by her real life work exonerating innocents, a novel that asks how far we'll go in our pursuit of the truth--an emotionally rich...
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What is the relationship between the decline of democratic practices we took for granted over the years and the growth of Big Tech in what Mordecai Kurz calls the Second Gilded Age. That is what we will discuss this...
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The first full-scale biography of Robert Welch, who founded the John Birch Society and planted some of modern conservatism’s most insidious seeds. Though you may not know his name, Robert Welch (1899-1985)—founder of...
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"Escape from Kabul: The Afghan Women Judges Who Fled the Taliban and Those They Left Behind" by Karen Bartlett
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The Return of the Oystercatcher by Scott Weidensau explores the recovery efforts that are not only preventing declines in bird population, but helping birds to thrive.
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New York Times reporter and "Corner Office" columnist David Gelles reveals legendary GE CEO Jack Welch to be the root of all that's wrong with capitalism today and offers advice on how we might right those wrongs. In...
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom is a 2023 non-fiction book by Ilyon Woo that examines the history of the escape of Ellen and William Craft, two 19th-century American abolitionists...
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The diversity principle – the idea that people with different backgrounds, identities, and viewpoints produce better work – was a core tenet of the first modern research university and the inspiration for John Stuart...
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A priceless mask, a beautiful woman, a deadly secret, and a curse if it doesn’t fit Philip Chandler, a small-town Idaho newspaper reporter and owner of the Fremont Herald, thought he landed a front-page scoop...
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"Dust Child" by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
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An interview with Beth Macy, author of the new book, Paper Girl . The book examines the forces eroding America’s social fabric, through the lens of changes that rocked her own beloved small Ohio hometown.
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An interview with Sasha Vasilyuk, author of the novel, Your Presence is Mandatory. Based on real events, the book follows a World War II veteran with a dangerous secret and his family, forced to confront the legacy of...
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An interview with Martha C. Nussbaum, author of Justice for Animals. The book offers a revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law.
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An interview with Kevin Hazzard, author of No One’s Coming. The book is a real-life thriller about the most daring rescue in air-medical history.
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