Reader's Corner

Mar 28 2025 441 ep. 30 mins 80
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Welcome to Reader's Corner, a weekly radio show hosted by Boise State University president emeritus Bob Kustra that features lively conversations with some of the nation's leading authors about issues and ideas that matter today.

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"Code Name Puritan" by Greg Barnhisel

Mar 28 2025 31 mins  
An interview with Greg Barnhisel, author of Code Name Puritan. The book is a fascinating biography of Norman Holmes Pearson, an unassuming literary scholar and part-time spy who transformed postwar American culture.

"Russia and Ukraine" by Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel

Mar 21 2025 32 mins  
An interview with Maria Popova, co-author of the new book, Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States. The book examines how the fall of the Soviet Union started an identity and regime divergence between Russia and Ukraine, and set both countries on an inevitable collision course.

"This America Of Ours" By Nate Schweber

Mar 14 2025 33 mins  
Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in November 2022.An interview with Nate Schweber, author of the new book, This America of Ours: Bernard & Avis DeVoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild. In the book, Schweber tells the story of the extraordinary couple who rescued national parks from McCarthyism, and inspired a future of conserv

"Midnight Black" by Mark Greaney

Mar 07 2025 32 mins  
An interview with Mark Greaney, author of the new thriller, Midnight Black. The book is a taut new addition to Greaney’s bestselling Gray Man series.

"Where Tyranny Begins" by David Rohde

Feb 28 2025 30 mins  
An interview with David Rohde, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Where Tyranny Begins. In the book, Rohde details how Donald Trump used threats, co-option, and conspiracy theories to bend DOJ and FBI officials to his will.

"How to Raise a Citizen" by Lindsey Cormack

Feb 21 2025 30 mins  
An interview with Lindsey Cormack, author of the new book, How to Raise a Citizen. The book is a practical guide to nurturing the next generation of responsible, informed citizens.

"Holding Fire" by Bryce Andrews

Feb 14 2025 30 mins  
An interview with Bryce Andrews, author of the new book, Holding Fire. The book is a memoir of inheritance, history, and one gun’s role in the violence that shaped the American West.

"Two Nights In Lisbon" By Chris Pavone

Feb 07 2025 34 mins  
Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in October 2022. An interview with Chris Pavone, author of the thrilling novel, Two Nights in Lisbon. The book is story of a woman under pressure, and what she will resort to when everything is on the line.

"The Expat" by Hansen Shi

Jan 31 2025 30 mins  
An interview with Hansen Shi, author of the thrilling new novel, The Expat. The book follows a young businessman who travels to China for a job offer, only to find himself thrust into a world of corporate espionage.

"Challenger" by Adam Higginbotham

Jan 24 2025 30 mins  
An interview with Adam Higginbotham, author of Challenger. The book is a thrilling minute-by-minute account of the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster, based on new archival research.