GREAT CONVERSATIONS

#1301 Jill Lepore & Congressman Jamie Raskin
GREAT CONVERSATIONS features a discussion between Jill Lepore, a historian who writes about American history, law, and politics whose latest book “The Deadline” features a collection of essays originally published in The New Yorker magazine, and Congressman Jamie Raskin, a U.S. Rep. from Maryland who served as the lead house manager in the second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Raskin is the author of several books, including the best-seller “Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy”. The program is recorded at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum.

#1302 Stephen Bright & James Forman, Jr.
On this episode of GREAT CONVERSATIONS, lawyer and author Stephen Bright, visiting lecturer at Yale University and former director of the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, discusses his book “The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts” with James Forman Jr., professor of law at Yale University and author of “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America”. The program is recorded at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum.

#1303 Ann Patchett & Kevin Wilson
This program features a conversation between writer and bookstore owner Ann Patchett, author of more than a dozen books, and Kevin Wilson, professor and author of the novel “Nothing to See Here”. They discuss Patchett’s most recent work, “Tom Lake,” a #1 New York Times best-seller. The program is recorded at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum.

#1304 Renee Fleming
Acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming has written a new book, “Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness,” which contains essays from preeminent experts about the powerful impacts of music on health. She discusses her book with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Powers, author of “The Overstory,” at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum.