Episodes

  • Peter Wolf (2025)

    Peter Wolf (2025)
    May 22 2025
    In March 2025, NHPR’s Rick Ganley sat down with legendary J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf to talk about his memoir, Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses. Told with wry humor and heart-wrenching honesty, Waiting on the Moon offers an intimate look into the lives of artists, writers, actors, and musicians—their creative drives, personal struggles, and the complex ties that bind them. This conversation was recorded live at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on March 18, 2025.
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    51 mins
  • Ariel Lawhon (2024)

    Ariel Lawhon (2024)
    Dec 11 2024
    Ariel Lawhon joined us to discuss her novel The Frozen River on November 6, 2024.
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    51 mins
  • Mo Rocca (2024)

    Mo Rocca (2024)
    Jun 26 2024
    Mo Rocca joined us on June 18, 2024 at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss his latest, Roctogenarians.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin (2024)

    Doris Kearns Goodwin (2024)
    Jun 26 2024
    Doris Kearns Goodwin joined us on June 5, 2024 to discuss her latest book, An Unfinished Love Story.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Barbara McQuade (2024)

    Barbara McQuade (2024)
    Apr 3 2024
    Law professor and MSNBC analyst Barabara McQuade joined us on March 14th, 2024 at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss her book Attack From Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.
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    1 hr
  • Heather Cox Richardson (2023)

    Heather Cox Richardson (2023)
    Oct 3 2023
    Heather Cox Richardson joined Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy on stage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss her book Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America. Best known for her wildly popular newsletter, Letters from an American, in Democracy Awakening Richardson takes on the current state of affairs in American politics and history. This conversation was recorded live on September 29th, 2023.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Chuck Palahniuk (2023)

    Chuck Palahniuk (2023)
    Sep 28 2023
    Palahniuk joined Morning Edition host Rick Ganley on stage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss his latest novel Not Forever, but For Now. The book traces one notorious family of killers, responsible for some of history’s greatest crimes, and tells the story of the two brothers set to take over the family business. This conversation was recorded live on September 12th, 2023. Please note: The reading at the top of the show includes some explicit language.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Colson Whitehead (2023)

    Colson Whitehead (2023)
    Aug 16 2023
    Writers on a New England Stage with Colson Whitehead. Whitehead joined Morning Edition host Rick Ganley on stage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss his latest novel, Crook Manifesto, the second in a trilogy that began with Harlem Shuffle. Crook Manifesto takes Whitehead’s main character, furniture salesman and fence Ray Carney, into the tumultuous Harlem of the 1970s. This conversation was recorded live on July 20th, 2023.
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    58 mins
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