BOOKS ON AIR: Best Selling Non-Fiction: TAKING BACK EDEN written by Oliver Houck Great Literature: THE BELLY OF PARIS written by Emile Zola Best Selling Fiction: ANTKIND written by Charlie Kaufman Contemporary Classics: HELL AT THE BREECH written by Tom Franklin The Book off the Shelf: THE SUMMER OF BEER AND WHISKEY written by Edward Achorn Little Free Library Book: DEAD
BOOKS ON AIR: Best Selling Non-Fiction: THE FUTURE IS HISTORY: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia written by Marsha Gessen Great Literature: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST written by Ken Kesey Best Selling Fiction: THE AGE O9F MIRACLES written by Karen Thompson Walker Contemporary Classics: THE SECRET HISTORY written by Donna Tart The Book off the Shelf: COMET’S TALE written by Steven
As of yesterday afternoon, power and broadcasting capabilities have been restored at WRBH. However we are still not 100% operational as our staff and volunteers are displaced throughout the country due to Hurricane Ida. So, for this week (09/05 – 09/12), we will be re-airing all programs and book segments that aired the week preceding
Weekday Book 1: BORN TO RUN written by Christopher McDougal (ending Monday)and starting Tuesday…EDWIN EDWARDS: GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA written by Leo HoneycuttMon- Fri 6:00am – 9:00am THE NEWSPAPER OF THE AIRMon-Sun 9:00am – 10:00am Book 2: AT THE EXISTENTIALIST CAFE written by Sarah BakewellMon-Fri 10:00am – 11:00am Staff Picks | Magazine Rack | Margie’s Sci-Fi | WSJ
Weekday Book 1: THE FUTILITARIANS written by Anne GislesonMon- Fri 6:00am – 9:00am THE NEWSPAPER OF THE AIRMon-Sun 9:00am – 10:00am Book 2: CUBA ON MY MIND written by Roman de la CampaMon-Fri 10:00am – 11:00am Staff Picks | Magazine Rack | Margie’s Sci-Fi | WSJ | GroceriesMon-Fri 11:00am – 12:00pm Replay of THE NEWSPAPER OF THE AIRMon-Sun
Special Christmas Eve & Day Broadcasts: Christmas Eve Book # 1: THE MISTLETOE MURDER: AND OTHER STORIES written by P.D. James and read by Charlotte Travieso (Tues 1PM-5PM; Wed 2AM-6AM) Christmas Eve Book # 2: SILENT NIGHT: THE REMARKABLE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914 written by Stanley Weintraub and read by Charlotte Travieso (Tues 6PM – Wed 1:30a)
Brothers from the Bottom Meets The Blind Community written by David Benedetto *** This past Saturday, the WRBH staff gathered at a table in the lobby of NOCCA’s Lupin Theatre and paced around the echo-prone lobby. Our eyes were glued to the torrent of rain and wind that had decidedly settled over the city so
Wendell Pierce invites local blind community to his upcoming play with free tickets Actor Wendell Pierce is inviting the local blind community to enjoy his upcoming play Brothers from the Bottom with free tickets to the June 27th matinee performance. Pierce generously donated 100 tickets to WRBH 88.3 FM
Written by Sarah Holtz For our new podcast segment, “WRBH Volunteer of the Month,” I sat down with Geoff Worden, to talk with him about his experiences as a beloved on-air reader, proud father, and wine wayfarer. How long have you been reading
Q&A (Pt.1) – Introducing Shaun Johnson While brainstorming topics for this weekly blog, we came up with the idea to highlight the new staff members we’ve added to our team in the past couple of months. We also realized that we had never gotten to
“THE ISLAND OF THE COLORBLIND” written by Oliver Sacks Featured Daily Dose of Science Monday – Friday @ 8:30-9:00pm “An explorer of that most wondrous of islands, the human brain,” writes D.M. Thomas in The New York Times Book Review, “Oliver Sacks also loves the oceanic kind of islands.” Both kinds figure movingly in
