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CapRadio Reads

 

Feed your curiosity and explore fresh perspectives with CapRadio Reads—our online, on-air and on demand resource for discovering your next great read.

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Over the last nine years, your participation in CapRadio Reads interviews has helped support lively and insightful conversations with authors sharing their wealth of experiences and inspiration.

In 2020, like all organizations, we had to adapt to the changes brought on by the pandemic. For Reads, that meant a switch from in-person author events to live streamed events. As the pandemic lingers on, we have seen a decline in interest for these offerings, and we have unfortunately decided that it's time for the CapRadio Reads program, including the podcast, to end.

However, we still recognize that books play a significant role in our lives. We will continue sharing author interviews with Donna Apidone on Morning Edition, Insight, All Things Considered and on our website. And we will still keep the previous author interviews available for listening on this page. We hope you’ll enjoy the new format, and thank you for making the CapRadio Reads journey so meaningful.

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LATEST SHOW | Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Five books worth checking out from CapRadio Reads 2021

CapRadio Reads Host Donna Apidone reflects on some of the books she read and authors she spoke with in 2021, including Kate Washington, Hank Shaw and Tamara Payne.

Friday, January 15, 2021

The Lager Queen of Minnesota – J. Ryan Stradal

Nothing says Minnesota like beer. And pie. Both play prominently in J. Ryan Stradal’s latest novel, “The Lager Queen of Minnesota.” Two sisters and a granddaughter find their way through the brewing industry with equal parts laughter and tragedy.

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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Celebrating The Gift Of Reading

CapRadio Reads authors and CapRadio staff members take a tip from Iceland’s Jolabokaflod to start a new tradition that celebrates books this stay-at-home holiday season.

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Friday, November 13, 2020

The Shame Game – Mary O’Hara

Can you change a situation just by changing the narrative? Even if it is an age-old societal concern? Journalist Mary O'Hara says you can. In “The Shame Game” she urges us to change the way we talk to – and about – people who experience poverty.

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Monday, October 26, 2020

Gretchen Sorin - Driving While Black

From slave ships and shackles to freedom of travel, Black Americans have measured their independence by the distance they could safely travel. Dr. Gretchen Sorin’s new book “Driving While Black” explores this history.

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Friday, October 9, 2020

Ruchika Tomar – A Prayer for Travelers

When a friend disappears without a trace, you look for her, right? Ruchika Tomar’s award-winning novel, “A Prayer for Travelers,” explores the bonds of friendship and how far people will go in a coming-of-age tale set against the Nevada desert.

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Thursday, August 20, 2020

Alka Joshi - The Henna Artist

Lakshmi escapes her abusive marriage and builds a career. It’s India, 1955. Alka Joshi’s novel, “The Henna Artist,” captures the scenery of urban and country life, the privilege of the aristocracy and the challenges of a self-employed woman.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Devi Laskar - The Atlas of Reds and Blues

Devi Laskar’s debut novel, “The Atlas of Reds and Blues,” is an account of systemic racism told through a series of random memories and observations. They are the final thoughts of a woman of color who is shot in her driveway in suburban Atlanta.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Irene Butter - Shores Beyond Shores

Irene Butter was just three years old when the Nazis came into power in her hometown of Berlin. She was in her early teens when the Nazis were defeated. Her memoir is filled with childhood hope and the sense of purpose that comes with age.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Virtual Author Interview With Irene Butter

Watch CapRadio Reads Host Donna Apidone in an intimate author interview with humanitarian and Holocaust survivor Irene Butter about her memoir, "Shores Beyond Shores."

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Julia Flynn Siler - The White Devil's Daughters

A handful of San Francisco missionaries gave sanctuary to Chinatown’s prostitutes and their children starting in the Gold Rush. Julia Flynn Siler delivers non-fiction accounts of the women who escaped prostitution and the women who helped them.

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Explore the interactive list of top titles that NPR staff and critics loved each year over the past decade. Book Concierge offers a fount of information for discerning readers and book club members looking for their next great read.

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DK Nnuro on his debut novel 'What Napoleon Could Not Do'

February 4, 2023

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with writer DK Nnuro about his debut novel, "What Napoleon Could Not Do," which looks at differences between how African Americans and Black immigrants view the U.S.

Thomas Mallon on his new novel 'Up With The Sun'

February 4, 2023

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Thomas Mallon. His new novel, "Up With The Sun," draws on the real life, and murder, of a stage and screen actor from the 1950's and '60s.

A Wife of Bath 'biography' brings a modern woman out of the Middle Ages

February 4, 2023

Dreamed up by Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales more than 600 years ago, the Wife of Bath was known for her lusty appetites, gossipy asides and fondness for wine.

Activist Alice Wong reflects on 'The Year of the Tiger' and her hopes for 2023

February 4, 2023

In the Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, Alice Wong shares pieces of her story and experience as a disabled Asian American through a collection of essays, interviews, photos and illustrations.

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

February 3, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Last of Us, The Looney Tunes Show and Ice Merchants.

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Show Archive

  • 2021   
    • December   
      • Five books worth checking out from CapRadio Reads 2021
    • November   
      • Radical Empathy – Terri E. Givens
    • September   
      • All We Can Save - Abigail Dillen
    • August   
      • The Sentinel – Andrew Child
      • Already Toast - Kate Washington
    • July   
      • Hook, Line, and Supper – Hank Shaw
    • June   
      • Why To These Rocks - Community of Writers
      • The Body Papers - Grace Talusan
    • March   
      • Family in Six Tones – Lan Cao & Harlan Margaret Van Cao
    • February   
      • The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X – Tamara Payne
    • January   
      • The Lager Queen of Minnesota – J. Ryan Stradal
  • 2020   
    • December   
      • Celebrating The Gift Of Reading
    • November   
      • The Shame Game – Mary O’Hara
    • October   
      • Gretchen Sorin - Driving While Black
      • Ruchika Tomar – A Prayer for Travelers
    • August   
      • Alka Joshi - The Henna Artist
    • July   
      • Devi Laskar - The Atlas of Reds and Blues
    • June   
      • Irene Butter - Shores Beyond Shores
      • Virtual Author Interview With Irene Butter
      • Julia Flynn Siler - The White Devil's Daughters
    • May   
      • Former Secretary Of State Madeleine Albright Shares Her Perspective On International Politics With CapRadio’s Donna Apidone
      • What to Read - Finding Compassion
      • What to Read - Inspired By Simplicity
      • What to Read - When You're Ready to Listen
      • What to Read - Fictional Favorites
    • April   
      • What to Read-Go South
      • What to Read - Painting With Words
      • What to Read - Dreaming of Travel
      • Staying Informed While Staying at Home
    • February   
      • RO Kwon — The Incendiaries
    • January   
      • Tommy Orange — There There
  • 2019   
    • September   
      • Mark Arax - The Dreamt Land
    • April   
      • Jonathan Kauffman – Hippie Food
    • February   
      • John Lescroart - The Rule Of Law
    • January   
      • Vanessa Hua – A River of Stars
  • 2018   
    • December   
      • Michael David Lukas - The Last Watchman of Old Cairo
    • August   
      • Lauren Markham - The Far Away Brothers
    • June   
      • Robin Sloan - Sourdough
      • Shanthi Sekaran - Lucky Boy
      • John Lescroart - Fatal
      • Elizabeth Rynecki - Chasing Portraits
      • Trailer: Introducing The CapRadio Reads Podcast With Donna Apidone

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