2025 Program Archives & Comments

A listing of books discussed and interviews conducted 
on the Bookwaves/Artwaves Hour. All programs can be heard below or at  www.kpfa.org for the podcast. Because archived material is timed to begin exactly on the hour, recorded shows may start seconds or minutes after the link begins playing. All interviews are conducted by Richard Wolinsky, unless otherwise noted.
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January 23, 2025 - Hour Show
Susanna Clarke, fantasy author, discussing her now classic novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, recorded September 12, 2005. Complete Interview.

Dawn Porter, documentary filmmaker, discussing The Lady Bird Diaries and Deadlocked: How America Shaped The Supreme Court, recorded September 11, 2023. 
Complete Interview.

Theatre Review: Rachmaninoff and the Tsar, at TheatreWorks Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts through February 9, 2025.

January 16, 2025 - Hour Show
Vernor Vinge (1944-2024), Science Fiction novelist and five-time Hugo Award winning author, who died March 20, 2024, recorded May 7, 1992 while on tour for his novel, A Fire Upon The Deep. Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff.  Complete Interview.

Margaret Atwood, award winning novelist, essayist and social critic, recorded June 10, 2003 while on tour for her novel Oryx and Crake. Complete Interview.

Theatre Review: Some Like It Hot, at BroadwaySF Orpheum Theatre through January 26, 2025.

January 9, 2025 - Hour Show
Masters of Detective Fiction
Walter Mosley, recorded June 23, 1996 while on tour for his Easy Rawlins novel, A Little Yellow Dog, interviewed by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Complete Interview

Tony Hillerman (1925-2008) recorded January 30, 1997 while on tour for his Leaphorn/Chee novel, The Fallen Man. Interviewed by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Complete Interview

Terry Bisson (1942-2024) Science fiction and fantasy author and political activist, who died January 10, 2024. Recorded January 2, 2013 following the paperback reprint of his novel, 
Any Day Now. Complete Interview.

Roger Ebert (1942-2013) Legendary film critic and reviewer, recorded March 3, 2005 while on tour for The Great Movies II. Complete Interview.