Episode 290: 'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defo...

John J. Miller is joined by Lorraine Murphy of Hillsdale College to discuss Kazuo Ishiguro's 'The Remains of the Day.' 

John J. Miller is joined by Kirsten Hall Herlin to discuss Samuel Johnson's 'Rasselas.' 

Every January on his website Extension765.com, the prolific director Steven Soderbergh looks back at the previous year and posts a day-by-day account of every movie and TV series watched, every play attended ...

BONUS FRIDAY EPISODE: Kirk has two interviews with the authors of books he's recommended on the show. Charles Elton, author of 'Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision' & Alan Shipnuck, author of 'Phil:The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography o ...

This week, Phillip Lopate discusses Charles D’Ambrosio’s “Loitering”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Sven Beckert talks about “Empire of Cotton”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Parul Sehgal is the host, filling in for Pamela Paul.

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Was Robinson Crusoe real? According to the book it was 'written by himself'.

To establish the facts, Matthew Parris is joined by two notable desert island survivors to discuss Crusoe’s life and strange adventures, during 28 years on an uninhabited island near the mouth o ...