Wright Thompson: Remembering Emmett Till
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
Host Marcia Franklin talks with author Wright Thompson about his book, “The Barn,” which delves into the history of the barn in Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured in 1955. The murder and subsequent trial accelerated the civil rights movement in America. The conversation was taped at the .
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Andre Dubus III: Ghost Dogs and Other Truths
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
Host Marcia Franklin talks with author Andre Dubus III about his work, which includes his bestselling novel, “House of Sand and Fog” and memoir, “Townie.” The two also discuss his most recent books, “Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin,” and “Such Kindness,” as well as his thoughts on the digital world. The conversation was taped at the .
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Ocean Vuong: Staining the Reader
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
Host Marcia Franklin talks with author Ocean Vuong about his work, which includes the bestselling novels, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” and the recent “The Emperor of Gladness.” Vuong, a professor at New York University, also discusses his love of photography and how it has influenced his writing. The conversation was taped at the .
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Stacy Schiff: The Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
Marcia Franklin talks with Pulitzer Prize–winning author Stacy Schiff about her work, The Witches. The book examines the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, delving into what precipitated them, and the participants involved. Franklin talks with Schiff about why she wanted to write the book, the challenges involved and the legacy of the trials. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 10/29/2015 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some...
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Jill Dougherty: Decoding Putin
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
As Russia’s dominance on the international stage increases, along with its presence in the American presidential election, Dialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with journalist Jill Dougherty about Russian President Vladimir Putin. Dougherty, who reported for CNN for 30 years, most recently as its Foreign Affairs Correspondent, was also the network’s Moscow Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent. She left CNN in 2013 to get a Master’s degree in International Relations from Georgetown University and is now writing a book on Putin’s ‘soft power.’ At the time she spoke with...
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Yascha Mounk: German, Jewish, American
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
Host Marcia Franklin talks with political scientist Yascha Mounk about identity, political divides and his outlook on America. Mounk is the author of several books, including “The People vs. Democracy,” “The Great Experiment,” and “Stranger in My Own Country.” Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/18/2022 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world’s most well-known and illuminating authors to...
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Rabbi Sharon Brous: The Amen Effect
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
Marcia Franklin talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, a Jewish congregation in Los Angeles. The two discuss how the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel affected her and her congregants, Israel’s bombing of Gaza, increasing antisemitism, and a path forward to peace.
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Author Anthony Doerr: All the Light We Cannot See
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
Marcia Franklin talks with Idaho author Anthony Doerr about his bestselling novel, "All the Light We Cannot See," which took ten years to research and write. The book debuted at #10 on the New York Times' Best Sellers list and received glowing reviews around the country. It also won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2015 shortly after this interview. Franklin talks with Doerr, who lives in Boise, about his novel, which depicts the lives of two European children in World War II, children whose lives ultimately intersect in war-torn Saint Malo, France. The town was nearly destroyed by...
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David Epstein: The Sports Gene
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
Marcia Franklin talks with David Epstein, an award-winning sports journalist and author of the bestselling book The Sports Gene. It delves into the controversial research on what role genetics plays in the development of athletic talent. The book also takes on the so-called “10,000 Hour Rule,” which contends that 10,000 hours of practice can produce mastery in a field, including sports. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 10/24/2014 The interview is part of Dialogue’s...
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Amy Waldman: Memorializing 9/11
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
Amy Waldman, a former reporter for The New York Times, discusses her bestselling novel The Submission, which tells the fictional tale of Mohammad “Mo” Khan, a secular Muslim who wins a competition to design a memorial honoring the victims of a terrorist attack similar to 9/11. When the jury members discover who’ve they’ve selected, some try to change the result. But the decision is leaked to the press, resulting in outrage not over the selection of Khan, but over his entry, which includes a garden some think is an Islamic design to honor martyrs. The outcry is...
info_outlineAmy Waldman, a former reporter for The New York Times, discusses her bestselling novel The Submission, which tells the fictional tale of Mohammad “Mo” Khan, a secular Muslim who wins a competition to design a memorial honoring the victims of a terrorist attack similar to 9/11. When the jury members discover who’ve they’ve selected, some try to change the result. But the decision is leaked to the press, resulting in outrage not over the selection of Khan, but over his entry, which includes a garden some think is an Islamic design to honor martyrs. The outcry is reminiscent of the 2010 controversy over Park51, a planned Islamic community center in New York City near the former Twin Towers. But Waldman had finished the first draft of her book before that story erupted.
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Originally Aired: 10/12/2012
The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference” and was taped at the 2012 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world’s most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life.
