Coffee and Podcasts

Tell Me More Stories (45:52):

Former Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee looked ahead to last night's second presidential debate. The former Republican talks about switching political parties and why he now supports Sen. Barack Obama's bid for the White House.

Host Michel Martin kicks off Rhode Island's Freedom Festival with a conversation on a bicentennial commemoration, marking the end of the transatlantic slave trade. Martin is joined by filmmaker Katrina Browne, Africana Studies professor Dr. James Campbell, Mary-Kim Arnold and the Rev. Jeffery A. Williams, head pastor at the Cathedral of Life.

The ongoing financial crisis is posing some opportunities for parents to teach kids about smart money management. Mocha Moms Jolene Ivey, Cheli English-Figaro and Asra Nomani welcome money coach Alvin Hall, author of Show Me the Money, to discuss teaching youngsters how to become financially sound.

Fresh Air Stories:
A fellow at Oil Change International and at the Institute for Policy Studies, she argues that the oil industry's grip on policy and government has never been stronger. She documents her concerns — and argues for remedies — in a new book.

In Francine Prose's new novel, Goldengrove, a sister's sudden death leaves a young girl adrift. Prose is the author of 15 previous novels, including A Changed Man and Blue Angel, as well as the nonfiction book Reading Like a Writer.

I loved Reading Like A Writer. It contains a lot of what you need to know without becoming pretentious and silly. It's worth checking out.

Plus, Sarah Vowell on America's Puritan Roots on the Larry Lopate Show.(25:43)

You can listen to the podcasts after the jump, or you can click here to open them up in a new window (which is what I do).



Tell Me More (45:52)


Sarah Vowell on America's Puritan Roots on the Larry Lopate Show.(25:43)