[Dates refer to original air dates on KKUP Radio, 91.5 FM, in San Jose, Calif. Guest information is current as of broadcast date.]
03-08-2001 "The Politics of Cancer"
Samuel Epstein M.D. is an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Public Health, and is chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition. He has published approx 260 peer reviewed articles and has authored or co-authored 10 books, including the 1978 prize-winning "The Politics of Cancer"; the 1995 "Safe Shopper's Bible"; the 1998 "Breast Cancer Prevention Program"; and the 1998 "The Politics of Cancer, Revisited."
04-12-2001 "See the World---Find Yourself"
David Yeadon has worked as an author, illustrator, journalist and photographer for more than 25 years. He's written more than 20 travel books, specializing in back-roads exploration. He's also a regular travel correspondent for National Geographic, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other travel magazines. The book under discussion is "The Way of the Wanderer: Discover Your True Self Through Travel," published in 2001 by Travelers' Way.
06-14-2001 "Ads 'r' Us"
James Twitchell teaches English and Advertising at the University of Florida. He's the author of "Ad-cult USA: The Triumph of Advertising in American Culture" and "Twenty Ads that Shook the World--the century's most ground-breaking advertising and how it changed us all," published in 2000 by Crown Publishers.
08-09-2001 "Shamanic Vision"
Leslie Conton holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology. She's a Professor at Fairhaven College in Bellingham, WA, which is part of Western Washington University, and has taught there since 1980. Since 1985 she has been a faculty member of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and has been a practicing Shaman since 1977.
09-13-2001 "Firmly Planted in History"
Michael Pollan is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a contributing editor at Harper's magazine. He's the author of two prize-winning books: "Second Nature: A Gardner's Education," and "A Place of My Own: The Education of an American Builder"; and the book under discussion: "The Botany of Desire: a plant's-eye view of the world," published in 2001 by Random House. He was recently awarded the first Reuters-World Conservation Union Global Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism.
12-13-2001 "Southern Comfort"
Rick Bragg is the best-selling author of "All Over But the Shoutin'," "Somebody Told Me," and the book under discussion, "Ava's Man," published in 2001 by Alfred A. Knopf. He's a national correspondent for the New York Times and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1996. In his 20-year career he has twice won the prestigious American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award as well as more than 50 writing awards. In 1992 he was awarded a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University.
