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Radio Talking Book Radio News April 2006 |
Current Edition: December 2006
Next Edition: January 2007
Previous News Editions: January 2006, February 2006, March 2006, April 2006, May 2006, June 2006, July 2006, August 2006, September 2006, October 2006, November 2006
New Program
The Minnesota Radio Talking Book tries to stay current with trends in periodicals. As any particular genre is taken over by another, the programming of the RTB will change. For a few years, we have been re-running old broadcasts of our Good Old Days program, because new material is no longer available. Meanwhile, there is more material being published to keep people informed about the job market and work-place topics. Therefore, during the week of April 3, we are beginning a new program called Career Corner that will focus on job search, job performance, and job-related issues. It will air during the time slot that used to be devoted to Good Old Days, on Thursdays at 6:15 a.m. You will hear articles with titles like First Impressions Get Faster; Companies Struggle to Pass on Knowledge That Workers Acquire; You Think 401(k)s Are Hard to Manage? Try Health Accounts; and Can an Ex-Employee Return to the Fold? We hope you try listening to Career Corner, and that it meets a need for some of the listeners.
Books Available Through Faribault
All books broadcast on the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network are available through the Minnesota Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Faribault. Their phone is
800-722-0550 and hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. If you live outside of Minnesota, you may obtain copies of books by contacting your own state=s Network Library for the National Library Service.
Review old issues of Radio News on the Internet at www.mnssb.org/radionews.
Donate to the Communication Center
Donations to the Communication Center can be made by calling Development Director Angela Bodensteiner at 651-642-0445 or 800-652-9000. You may also go to the Development Director's website at www.mncommunicationcenter.org or mail a contribution to the Communication Center at 2200 University Ave. W., Suite 240, Saint Paul, MN 55114-1840
Chautauqua
Tuesday - Saturday 4 a.m.
The Trial
Nonfiction by Sadakat Kadri 2005.
Though parts of our current trial process originate in ancient cultures, our legal system is still changing. Read by Art Nyhus.
19 broadcasts. Began March 8.
Coming to Our Senses
Nonfiction by Jon Kabat-Zinn 2005.
In our complicated, rapidly changing world, there are still ways to come to a deeper understanding of our beauty, genius, and life path.
Read by Leila Poullada.
22 broadcasts. Begins April 4.
Past is Prologue
Monday - Friday 9 a.m.
Bury the Chains
Nonfiction by Adam Hochschild, 2005.
In 1787, twelve men gathered in London to pursue the goal of ending slavery in the world’s largest empire. It would take 40 more years for that to happen.
Read by Bill McNiff.
16 broadcasts. Began March 27.
The Great Mortality
Nonfiction by John Kelly, 2005.
The Black Death was Europe’s worst natural disaster; almost no area escaped the pestilence.
Read by Donald Meisel.
14 broadcasts. Begins April 18.
Bookworm
Monday - Friday 11 a.m.
The Big Over Easy
Jasper Fforde, 2005.
Detective Jack Spratt investigates the death of Humpty Dumpty, leading him to money laundering and beanstalks.
Read by Carolyn Jensen.
12 broadcasts. Began March 29.
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
Fiction by Anne Rice, 2005.
Based on the gospels and New Testament scholarship, Rice writes of the childhood of Jesus. As the child of an observant Jewish family, steeped in the traditions and religion of his ancestors, Jesus responds to the challenges of the age.
Read by Chris Kelly.
10 broadcasts. Begins April 17.
Potpourri
Monday - Friday 2 p.m.
My Life So Far
Nonfiction by Jane Fonda, 2005.
Actress, activist, feminist, wife, workout guru, and role model, Jane Fonda has had many challenges and triumphs in her life. She has learned to live consciously in a way that might inspire others who can learn from her experiences. L -
Read by Marylyn Burridge.
23 broadcasts. Began March 8.
Booking Passage
Nonfiction by Thomas Lynch, 2005.
Lynch sees his life in terms of his Irish-American heritage. Having returned to Ireland dozens of times, he finds the world inside the local parish. He writes for his fellow pilgrims, making their way through their own larger histories.
Read by Bill Moore.
11 broadcasts. Begins April 10.
The Year of Magical Thinking
Nonfiction by Joan Didion, 2005.
Within months, Joan Didion experienced the death of her husband and the extreme illness of their only child. It forced her to cut loose any idea about death, illness, marriage, children, memory, the shallowness of sanity, or life itself.
Read by Diane Ladenson.
6 broadcasts. Begins April 25.
Choice Reading
Monday - Friday 4 p.m.
The Historian
Fiction by Elizabeth Kostova, 2005.
When the daughter discovers a book and letters in her father’s library, she begins investigating his search for the historic Dracula. V -
Read by Madeline Hamermesh.
29 broadcasts. Began March 8.
The Painted Drum
Fiction by Louise Erdrich, 2005.
Faye appraises an estate that includes Native American artifacts. In the collection is a rare drum made by an Ojibwe man mourning his daughter’s death. L -
Read by Judith Johannessen.
10 broadcasts. Begins April 18.
PM Report
Monday - Friday 8 p.m.
The Truth (with Jokes)
Nonfiction by Al Franken, 2005.
Al Franken wants to talk about the better future Americans can build together. To do that, he needs to show how current leaders are betraying your trust. L -
Read by John Schmidt.
11 broadcasts. Began March 20.
Where God Was Born
Nonfiction by Bruce Feiler, 2005.
At the birth of Western religion, all faiths drew from one another and were open to coexistence. The Bible argues for interfaith harmony.
Read by Wally Vavrosky.
14 broadcasts. Begins April 4.
Our Endangered Values
Nonfiction by Jimmy Carter, 2005.
Carter offers a consideration of “moral values” as they relate to important issues of the day. He warns about the country’s direction as the lines between politics and fundamentalism are blurred.
Read by Leila Poullada.
5 broadcasts. Begins April 24.
Night Journey
Monday - Friday 9 p.m.
Dark House
Fiction by Theresa Monsour, 2005.
Homicide detective Paris Murphy is trying to find Catch Clancy, a good-looking former bartender from rural Minnesota, roped into a bad life by a university professor. V,L,S -
Read by Nancy Felknor.
11 broadcasts. Begins April 3.
Tin City
Fiction by David Housewright, 2005.
Ex-cop Mac McKenzie is investigating why a friend’s bees are dying. He finds unregulated pesticide, rape, and murder. With no official backup, Mac takes cash and goes underground. L -
Read by John Gunter.
9 broadcasts. Begins April 18.
Off the Shelf
Monday - Friday 10 p.m.
Wasted Beauty
Fiction by Eric Bogosian, 2005.
Reba needs the sanity of Rick, and Rick needs the glamour of Reba, but neither is really available. L,S - Read by Jeffrey Weihe.
10 broadcasts. Began March 27.
A Wild Ride up the Cupboards
Fiction by Ann Bauer, 2005.
Edward is four years old when he begins his slow withdrawal from the world into autism. For those who love him, the transformation is a devastating blow. L,S -
Read by Eleanor Berg.
13 broadcasts. Begins April 10.
Tyrannosaur Canyon
Fiction by Douglas Preston, 2005.
Tom Broadbent finds a dying fossil hunter in the desert. The man had found a well preserved dinosaur, and he asks Tom to take his notebook to his daughter. V,L,S -
Read by Neil Bright.
14 broadcasts. Begins April 27.
Evening Odyssey
Monday - Friday 11 p.m.
Crusader’s Cross
Fiction by James Lee Burke, 2005.
When an old schoolmate resurrects a story of injustice, Dave Robicheaux starts asking dangerous questions. The murderous energies of the New Orleans underworld begin to surface. L,S -
Read by Ray Christensen.
12 broadcasts. Began March 30.
The Knife Man
Nonfiction by Wendy Moore, 2005.
From humble origins, John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. But his tireless quest for human corpses to dissect immersed him in the sinister world of body snatching, paying exorbitant sums for stolen cadavers. L -
Read by Ellen Brown.
13 broadcasts. Begins April 17.
Good Night Owl
Monday - Friday midnight
Highway 61 Resurfaced
Fiction by Bill Fitzhugh, 2005.
The paths of a wild group of Mississippi folk intersect, as Rick Shannon and others try to figure out if Blind Buddy Cotton, Crippled Willie Jefferson, and Crazy Earl Tate ever recorded together. L -
Read by John Marsicano.
10 broadcasts. Began March 29.
Mr. Muo’s Travelling Couch
Fiction by Dai Sijie, 2005.
After years of studying Freud in Paris, Mr. Muo returns to China to introduce psychoanalysis to the Chinese. But his hidden purpose is to liberate his sweetheart, now a political prisoner. To do that, he must find a virgin maiden. L,S -
Read by Scott Brush.
11 broadcasts. Begins April 12.
Shalimar the Clown
Fiction by Salman Rushdie, 2005.
Maximilian Ophuls was a World War II Resistance hero, a former U.S. ambassador to India, and America’s counter-terrorism chief. When he was killed by his Kashmiri Muslim driver, it was assumed to be a political assassination but it turned out to be very personal. V,L -
Read by Dan Sadoff.
20 broadcasts. Begins April 27
After Midnight
Tuesday - Saturday 1 a.m.
The High Lord
Fiction by Trudi Canavan, 2004.
In the third book of this trilogy, Sonea has earned her place in the Magicians’ Guild. But she wishes she’d never witnessed what she saw in the underground chamber of the High Lord. L -
Read by John Mandeville.
21 broadcasts. Began March 7.
The Traveler
Fiction by John Twelve Hawks, 2005.
Maya is a Harlequin, a warrior dedicated to protecting Travelers, prophets who influence history. Gabriel and Michael are Travelers who don’t realize their danger. Maya, who has not wanted the life of a Harlequin, is pulled back into her duty to protect them. S -
Read by John Edmunds.
15 broadcasts. Begins April 5.
Dead as a Doornail
Fiction by Charlaine Harris, 2005.
Sookie is a waitress with few friends due to her mind-reading abilities. But it’s those abilities that allow her to know who is a supernatural being. Now her brother is a were-panther, and a killer is attacking the changelings. L,S -
Read by Pat Kovel-Jarboe.
9 broadcasts. Begins April 26.
Abbreviation Code: V - violence, L - rough language, S - sexual situation