Dialogue

Idaho Parks and Recreation

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:30:00 MST

Host Marcia Franklin talks with Idaho Parks and Recreation Director Nancy Merrill about the future of her agency, which at one point looked like it would be eliminated.

Business Plans

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:30:00 MST

Idaho Parks and Recreation Director Nancy Merrill talks about the department's new business plan; board members question its sustainability.

Improving Idaho's Educational System

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:30:00 MST

Idaho's public schools, colleges and universities face a funding crisis today, but what about tomorrow? The Educational Alliance of Idaho has some recommendations to transform the state's long-term education agenda. Skip Oppenheimer and Bob Lokken from the Education Alliance, and Jamie MacMillian from the Albertson Foundation guest.

Planning beyond K-12

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:30:00 MST

Skip Oppenheimer and Bob Lokken from the Education Alliance, and Jamie MacMillian from the Albertson Foundation explain why education beyond high school is critical to surviving in the new economy.

Good Winter Reading

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:30:00 MST

Host Marcia Franklin is joined by two accomplished Idaho authors, Kim Barnes and Mitch Wieland. The guests will discuss their works with Franklin and recommend some good books to read.

Pete Cenarrusa Memoirs

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:30:00 MST

Host Joan Cartan-Hansen speaks with Idaho's longest-serving elected official, Pete Cenarrusa, about his recently published memoir, Bizkaia to Boise: Memoirs of Pete Cenarrusa.

Presidential Vignettes

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:30:00 MST

Former Idaho Secretary of State Pete Cenarrusa remembers stories about his encounters with presidents from Truman to Clinton.

Handicapping the 2010 Elections

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:30:00 MST

Betsy Russell of the Spokesman-Review, Thanh Tan of Idaho Public Television and Gary Moncrief, Ph.D., a political scientist at Boise State University offer their thoughts on the emerging races for Idaho's governor and First Congressional District.

2010 Legislative Preview

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:30:00 MST

Host Marcia Franklin takes a look at the upcoming legislative session with three political watchers: Betsy Russell of the Spokesman-Review, Thanh Tan of Idaho Public Television and Gary Moncrief, Ph.D., a political scientist at Boise State University.

The Biggest Myths About Lincoln

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:30:00 MST

Author and Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer discusses two of the biggest myths about Abraham Lincoln, and looks back on his experiences as chief communicator for Rep. Bella Abzug and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Harold Holzer

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:30:00 MST

Author of 34 books and numerous articles on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, Holzer talks with host Joan Cartan-Hansen about his work and about myths and realities concerning Lincoln.

Philip Gourevitch

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:30:00 MST

The New Yorker staff writer and editor of The Paris Review talks with host Marcia Franklin at the Sun Valley Writers Conference. Gourevitch is the author of I Regret to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families, an investigation of the 1994 Rwandan massacre. He also wrote The Ballad of Abu Ghraib about some of the military police who worked in that prison during the period inmates were allegedly being tortured.

Dr. Abraham Verghese

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:30:00 MST

The author of My Own Country, an account of his work with AIDS patients in rural Tennessee, talks with host Marcia Franklin at the Sun Valley Writers Conference. Verghese is also the author of Cutting for Stone, a recent bestselling novel. He teaches at Stanford Medical School and speaks about health-care reform and doctor-patient issues.

Annette Gordon-Reed

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:30:00 MST

The historian speaks with host Marcia Franklin during the Sun Valley Writers' Conference. Prof. Gordon-Reed won the 2008 National Book Award and the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for her book on Thomas Jefferson and the Hemings slave family, which he owned.