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The Marketplace of Ideas is a radio show and podcast about books, culture, commerce and fascinating concepts. You can hear it via terrestrial broadcast or webcast from KCSB 91.9 in Santa Barbara, California or via podcast. Download the podcast here, or on Apple's iTunes here. (Learn how to download podcasts on iTunes here.) Today on the program:
10.08.27. Colin Marshall talks to novelist Joshua Cohen, author of Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto, A Heaven of Others, and now Witz. The new book follows the cross-country (and international, and possibly even interplanetary) journey of Benjamin Israelien, born with a beard and glasses, already nearly a grown man. After a Biblical plague on Christmas Even 1999, Benjamin becomes the last Jew on Earth. He’s first celebrated, then marketed, then turned upon. [download page and show notes] The Marketplace of Ideas podcast RSS feed is here.
Colin Marshall has worked in both public and commercial radio, both musical and verbal. He happens to double as the host of the podcast book club Barely Literate, triple as a blogger on matters cultural, quadruple as The Sound of Young America's resident Podthinker and quintuple as the author of "The Humanists", 3Quarksdaily's film column. See also colinmarshall.org. Contact him at colin@colinmarshallradio.com. |
