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Bookwaves/Artwaves – August 17, 2023: Fritz Leiber – Tony Hillerman

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From the Probabilities Archive: Two interviews conducted by the late Richard A. Lupoff. Fritz Leiber, noted fantasy and science fiction author, interviewed in the KPFA studios, September 1977. Tony Hillerman, master of detective fiction, interviewed January, 1987 while on tour for his novel “Skinwalkers.” Digitized, remastered and edited by host Richard Wolinsky in August, 2023. Neither interview has has been heard on radio since the initial airings.

Letters and Politics

Salmon Wars: How the Industrialization of Atlantic Salmon is Endangering our Health and Environment

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Guests: Douglas Frantz is a former managing editor of the Los Angeles Times and shared a Pulitzer Prize as a foreign correspondent at The New York Times.  After his career in journalism, he was chief investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, an assistant secretary of state in the Obama administration, and deputy secretary-general at the Organization for Economic Cooperation … Continued

Law & Disorder

Women Face Unique Challenges in Exoneration; Plus, It’s Marcus Garvey’s Birthday

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We start today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup. Then, we’re in conversation with Danielle Bernstein, a public defender and writer in New York City with a background in innocence work, who is uncovering some of the gendered challenges in exonerating wrongly incarcerated women in this country. The challenges include outdated stereotypes, and convictions … Continued