europe

Congressional Corner with Richard Neal - Part 3

Alan Chartock — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:50:00 +0000

Europe’s financial fortunes have a major influence on the rest of the world.

In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Democratic Representative Richard Neal tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that Ireland is making a slow comeback.

Congressional Corner with Peter Welch - Part 3

Alan Chartock — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:50:00 +0000

Europe’s financial fortunes have influenced the world economy for years. In today’s Congressional Corner, Vermont representative Peter Welch and WAMC’s Alan Chartock discuss Welch’s study group on Europe.

"Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe" by Anne Applebaum

Joe Donahue — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:12:00 +0000

Anne Appllebaum is a columnist for The Washington Post and Slate. Her book, Gulag, won the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction and was a finalist for three other major prizes. Her essays appear in The New York Review of Books, Slate, and The London Spectator.

The Book Show #1240 - Anne Sebba

Joe Donahue — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:30:28 +0000

Acclaimed biographer Anne Sebba offers the first full scale biography of Wallis Simpson, exploring the mind of one of the most glamorous and reviled figures of the 20th century--and one of the most talked about women of her generation. Anne Sebba will join us this week to discuss That Woman.

The Dreyfus Affair: The Scandal That Tore France in Two

Ian Pickus — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:44:04 +0000

We welcome Piers Paul Read (Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors) to the show and speak with him about The Dreyfus Affair: The Scandal That Tore France in Two.

That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Joe Donahue — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:35:00 +0000

We speak with Anne Sebba about her book, That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor.