Thursday, August 30, 2007

Podcast Links

NPR exposes its phallic shaped mic to Pamela Druckerman, author of Lust in Translation. Druckerman's book is an examination of the way infidelity differs around the world.

Since we're already talking about sleeping around, fans of the book Restless Virgins: Love, Sex, and Survival at a New England Prep School will want to head on over to WBUR for an interview with the authors, Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley, Both Jones and Miley are graduates of Milton Academy, the prep school that they are exploiting...er, exposing.

The Agony Column interviews 'bookseller extraordinaire' Mark V. Ziesing about the current state of bookselling, alternatives to Harry Potter and the catalog he writes.

Just in time for the back to school sojourn, The Penguin Podcast offers up ten minutes with two writers sure to inspire every less than studious student. Alexandra Koslow, author of Slacker Girl, reads a brief excerpt from her novel about life, love and the pursuit of leisure. Ron Bliwas, author of The C Student's Guide To Success, shares a few of the tips he hopes to sell you more of.