Binnie Klein: Interview with Louise DeSalvo, June 18, 2009

Louise DeSalvo discusses her book "On Moving: A Writer's Meditation on New Houses, Old Haunts, and Finding Home Again" (Bloomsbury, 2009)
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One-on-one interviews with Binnie Klein

Seattle businessman
Drew Nichol walked out of a showing of "King Kong" one day and decided to do something to help endangered gorillas. We talk about his solo 200 mile trek to raise funds, and his passionate commitment to these animals.
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Author and blogger
Fran Dorf talks about the complex phenomenon of grief, and common mistakes loved ones make in dealing with the bereaved.
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Susan Jacoby's book, The Age of American Unreason deconstructs the dumbing-down of American culture,and the era of "junk thought." She doesn't suffer fools gladly!
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NYC artist Andrea Ray talks about her multi-media installation, Desire, marking the 40th anniversary of the May 1968 Paris riots.
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Amelia LeClair and her chorus, Cappella Clausura, resurrect the haunting music of cloistered nuns.
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Binnie and the world of boxing

Binnie Klein and John Spehar, co-hosts of "In Your Corner" (WPKN-FM, Bridgeport, CT & Montauk, NY) interview authors and personalities from the world of boxing.

Kasia Boddy, author of the critically acclaimed Boxing: A Cultural History talks about boxing in film, art, literature, and the cultural imagination.
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Sportswriter
Jack Cavanaugh discusses his book, Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey and how the public rejected America's intellectual boxer.
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Journalist David Margolick talks about his book, Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink. The heavyweight fights in New York in 1936 and 1938 between Louis and Schmeling aroused incredible passion -- the bouts themselves symbolized a gradually polarizing world on its way toward war.
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Bert Randolph Sugar co-wrote a juicy behind-the-scenes depiction of the world of boxing --My View from the Corner: A Life in Boxing -- with his old pal Angelo Dundee. Hear the true story of Bert's collection of hats!
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Muhammad Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee discusses his colorful career from his home in Florida.
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Steve Acunto, co-founder with Rocky Marciano of the
American Association for the Improvement of Boxing
takes me on a tour of his personal boxing museum in Mt. Vernon, New York.
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John Spehar is my boxing coach, and a former middleweight champion. He is the co-owner of Fighting Fitness Gym in Orange, CT.

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Interview with Louise DeSalvo, June 18, 2009

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