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According to Kathleen Kelley Reardon, our success—or failure—in the workplace depends on how we handle ourselves in conversation with our colleagues, whether in one-on-one interactions or large meetings. Workplace conversations are like a chess game, Reardon argues. The outcome is all in the strategy. Her book is Comebacks at Work: Using Conversation To Master Confrontation.

  Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America  The African American population in the United States has always been seen as a single entity: a “Black America” with unified interests and needs. In his groundbreaking book, Disintegration, Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Eugene Robinson argues that over decades of desegregation, affirmative action, and immigration, the concept of Bla...

Alan Khazei has pioneered ways to empower citizens to make a difference throughout his life. As a young graduate from Harvard Law School, he turned down lucrative offers from corporate law firms to found a non-profit called City Year. City Year allows young people to serve their communities—first in Boston, now in twenty cities across the U.S. and in Johannesburg and London—through mentoring, t...

Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case by Walter Schneir A new narrative of the famed case that finally solves its remaining mysteries, by the author of the bestselling Invitation to an Inquest Walter and Miriam Schneir’s 1965 bestseller Invitation to an Inquest was among the first critical accounts of the controversial case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, famously e...

Join the Food Schmooze gang for a talk about all things mussels. Plus, a look at the cookbook Crêpes, a collection of fifty sweet and savory recipes, ranging from the simple and snacky Butter-Sugar-Lemon to the cakes and cannelloni of an accomplished cook.

Peter Menzel and Faith D’Alusio stop by to discuss their book, What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets. Their collection of profiles features a Japanese sumo wrestler, a Massai herdswoman, world-renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria, an American competitive eater, and more, and expands our understanding of the complex relationships among individuals, culture, and food.

How one American soldier doubted his mission but instead of quitting, decided to put his energy into helping the families and children in his midst. Plus a look at China's fundamental role in our globalized… globe.

What was poet Emily Dickinson really like? Award-winning biographer Lyndall Gordon tells the riveting story of the Dickinson family and reveals some surprising discoveries. Gordon, through his unprecedented use of letters, diaries and legal documents, digs deep into the life and work of the famous poet in his book Lives Like Loaded Guns.

Regular contributor Bruce Clements helps us parse just what happens when adult children have to become parents to their mothers and fathers. Plus, local veterinarian Todd Friedland.

The director of the Yale Center for Sleep Medicine offers tips on problem sleep. How to build the inside of your house if someone else has completed the outside framing. And inspiring stories from young people with plans for innovative start-ups.

Through a Dog's Eyes: Understanding Our Dogs by Understanding How They See the World by Jennifer Arnold A “transformative,” inspiring book with the power to change the way we understand and communicate with our dogs. Few people are more qualified to speak about the abilities and potential of dogs than Jennifer Arnold, who for twenty years has trained service dogs for people with physical...

Any person can learn to be creative and become innovative. Our guest, from Yale Law School, studies two bibles and says you might be surprised when you hear what he learned about God's relationship with us, humanity. And you cannot only be creative; you can use your newfound creativity to be innovative in your thinking and actions, day-to-day. The head of Stamford University's reknowned entrepr...