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This Week on WRBH (04/08 – 04/14)

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Tulane Basketball & Baseball Games:

Tulane University Baseball vs. Southeastern University: Tuesday, April 9th, 6pm – 9pm @ Hammond

Tulane University Baseball vs. USF: Friday, April 12th, 6:30pm – 9:30pm @ Tulane

Tulane University Baseball vs. USF: Saturday, April 13th, 2pm – 5pm @ Tulane

Tulane University Baseball vs. USF : Sunday, April 14th, 1pm – 4pm @ Tulane

Original Programming:

Public Affairs: Joseph Dunn on Alliance Francais

NOLA By Mouth: TBD

The Writer’s Forum: Juliet Lapidos & Amor Towles

Figure of Speech: Dr. Peter Cooley in conversation with Henry Goldkamp

Books:

Best Seller Fiction  –  Segments 6 – 10 of KING ZENO by Nathaniel Rich and read by Jillian Richman (M-F 9AM-10AM; 10-11PM)

Best Seller Non- Fiction  –  12 through 16 of FRAUD: AN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM BARNUM TO MADOFF by Edward J. Balleisen and read by Ellen Hazard M-F 6AM-7AM; 4PM-5PM)

Book Off The Shelf –  Segment 24 through 26 of CORK DORK: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca Bosker and read by Jane Trucksis and, starting Thursday, segments 1 – 2 of S.P.Q.R. — A HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME by Mary Beard and read by Brendan Gonzalez (M-F 1:30PM-2PM; 3AM-3:30AM)

Great Literature    –  Segment 14 through 15 of OCTOBER SKY by Homer Hickam and read by Carol Butcher and starting Wednesday, segments 1 – 3 of THE NAME OF THE ROSE by Umberto Eco and read by Lisa Houck (M-F 10AM-11AM; 1AM-2AM)

Short Stories  –  Stories from the New Yorker archive (Sat 8PM-9PM;Thurs 3AM-4AM)

 Biographies  – MY MOTHER’S HOUSE: A MEMOIR by David Armand  (M-F 9:30PM-10PM)

 YA Literature –  PLATFORM DWELLERS by Katarina Boudreaux (M-F 7:30PM-8PM)

Crescent City Chronicles  –  DOWN AND OUT IN NEW ORLEANS: TRANSGRESSIVE LIVING IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY by Peter I. Marina (Sat-Sun 1:30PM-2:30PM)

Weird & Wonderful – Tales for Philip K. Dick and more! (Fri 11PM-12AM; Mon 1:30M-2:30AM)

Tales of Terror   –  HOUSES OF HORROR by Hans Holzer (Tues 11PM-12AM)

Monday Mystery   – THE CROW GIRL by Erik Axl Sun (Mon11PM-12AM)

Thrilling Thursday – LIES SHE TOLD by Cate Hollahan (Thurs 11PM-12AM)

WRBH: After Dark  – BREAKFAST IN BED by Rochelle Alers (Sat 11PM-12PM; Wed 2AM-3AM)

Children’s Stories  – WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls (8AM-8:30AM)

Spanish –  A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy O’Toole (Sun 6PM-7PM)

Margie’s Science Fiction Hour Various stories from across Sci-Fi history. Read by Margie Kollis (Wed 11PM-12AM; Fri 2AM-3AM; Sat 10PM-11PM)Paragraph

Military History – Battles, Wars, and History from across the years. Read by Pat Huntley  (Sun 8PM-9PM)

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