Invisible Handwriting: A podcaster's blog

3 new interviews for Harvard Press

Again, a series of interviews that haven't been promoted on this site, so Harvard author interview fans, here is a triple play of Harvard Press authors

Lewis Lockwood on Inside Beethoven's Quartets: History, Performance, Interpretation. It runs 25:37 and can be heard by clicking here.

Robert O'Neil on Academic Freedom in the Wired World: Political Extremism, Corporate Power and the University. It runs 18:18 and can be heard by clicking here.

Janet Hope on Biobazaar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology. It runs 14:21 and can be heard by clicking here.

New Harvard Interview with James Simpson

Just posted an interview with James Simpson of Harvard University on his new book, Burning to Read: English Fundamentalism and Its Reformation Opponents. The stories of what the early Protestants had to do to read a Bible in English, and, even worse in my opinion, what they did to each other once they started to read it, makes for a harrowing story.

The interview runs 14:47 and can be heard by clicking here.

New Harvard Interview with David Kaiser

This one has actually been available for a few weeks, but I haven't had a chance to write about it. This is my interview with David Kaiser about his new book, The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy. I've already been sent an e-mail by an anonymous listener asking all sorts of questions about what Kaiser didn't write about. This is such a highly charged topic that no one will ever be satisfied, but Kaiser did his homework, and people will have to refute his evidence, which is fairly abundant.

The Kaiser interview runs 19:27 and can be heard by clicking here.

New Harvard interview with Michael Levi

Harvard just posted an interview I did with Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations regarding his latest book, On Nuclear Terrorism. If you have ever wondered about the possible ways this disaster could be averted, this is the book to read.

It runs 11:11 and can be heard by clicking here.

New Harvard interview with David Edwards

The end of the month is always a little crazy around here, what with getting shows out, so somehow I missed posting about this interview that came out earlier this week (2/25) with David Edwards about his new book, Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google generation.

The interview runs 17:14 and can be heard by clicking here.

New Harvard Interview with Lisa Diamond

Just posted an interview with Lisa Diamond, the author of Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire. In this book, she discusses her conclusions about the changing objects of women's romantic and erotic desires after doing a ten year study of a group of 100 women. Really interesting stuff and you'll be hearing a lot about this book in the future.

The episode runs 14:20 and can be heard by clicking here.

New Harvard interview with Dr. Muriel Gillick

Just posted the first Harvard interview of the year, this one with Dr. Muriel Gillick about her book The Denial of Aging: Perpetual Youth, Endless Life and other Dangerous Fantasies. We spent most of the interview talking about the challenges Baby Boomers are going to have to face as they grow older, and I will say that this is one of those books that everyone with aging parents should read.

The interview runs 11:00 and can be heard by clicking here.

Hello New York Times!

December 11th, 2007. Heron and Crane, or at least a show H&C produces for Harvard, makes the Books section of the New York Times! The review is of My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams. Please note attached image.

This interview with Margaret Hogan can be heard by clicking here.

New Harvard interview with Cass R. Sunstein

HUP has just posted an interview I did with Cass R. Sunstein about his new book, Worst Case Scenarios, which takes a hard look at how people and groups prepare or don't prepare for potential catastrophes. The interview runs 15:23 and can be heard by clicking here.

New Harvard Interview with Helen Vendler

Fresh for your weekend consumption is this interview with Helen Vendler about her new book, Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyrical Form. If you know anything about poetry criticism, you know just how big this book is. If you know nothing about poetry or Helen Vendler, it is the equivalent of having Julia Child's final word on French cuisine or Bill Parcells breaking down football plays. It is a big deal.

The interview runs 13:24 and can be heard by clicking here.