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Weekly Schedule for 01/29 – 02/04

Tulane Women’s Basketball Wednesday, January 31st @ FLORIDA ATLANTIC | 6:00pm Tip-Off | 5:40pm PregameSaturday, February 4th @ UTSA | 2:00pm Tip-Off | 1:40pm Pregame Books on Air Best Selling Non-Fiction: Ending Tuesday...THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND: A MEMOIR AT THE END OF SIGHT written by Andrew LelandBeginning Wednesday...THE POTLIKKER PAPERS: A FOOD HISTORY OF THE MODERN SOUTH written by John T. Edge Great Literature: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH  written by […]

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“The Path to the Spiders’ Nest” written by Italo Calvino

Featured Contemporary Classic Mon-Fri @ 10am, with replays @ 11pm, and overnight @ 4am Italo Calvino was only twenty-three when he first published this bold and imaginative novel. It tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice in a town on the Ligurian coast during World War II. He lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spends as much time as he can at a seedy bar where he amuses […]

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Weekly Schedule for 01/22 – 01/28

Tulane Women’s Basketball Wednesday, January 24th @ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS | 6:30pm Tip-Off | 6:10pm PregameSaturday January 27th VS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY | 2:00pm Tip-Off | 1:40pm Pregame Books on Air Best Selling Non-Fiction: THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND: A MEMOIR AT THE END OF SIGHT written by Andrew Leland Great Literature: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH  written by Jules Verne Best Selling Fiction: LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY: A NOVEL written by Bonnie […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024 6

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“The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight” written by Andrew Leland

Featured Best-Selling Non-Fiction Monday-Friday @ 6am with replays @ 2:00pm and 1:00am (overnight) Named one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORKER • THE WASHINGTON POST • THE ATLANTIC • NPR • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • LITHUBA witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn about blindness as a rich culture all its own“After reading Andrew Leland’s memoir, The Country of the Blind, you will look […]

todayJanuary 17, 2024 10

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Weekly Schedule for 01/15 – 01/21

Tulane Women’s Basketball Wednesday, January 17th @ CHARLOTTE | 5:30pm Tip-Off | 5:10pm PregameSaturday January 20th VS RICE UNIVERSITY | 2:00pm Tip-Off | 1:40pm Pregame Books on Air Best Selling Non-Fiction: THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND: A MEMOIR AT THE END OF SIGHT written by Andrew Leland Great Literature: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO written by Alexandre Dumas Best Selling Fiction: LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY: A NOVEL written by Bonnie Garmus Contemporary Classics: THE BRIEF AND […]

todayJanuary 15, 2024 7

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“Lessons in Chemistry” written by Bonnie Garmus

Featured Best-Selling Fiction Mon-Fri @ 9am, with replays @ 10pm, and overnight @ 3am #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention” (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. • STREAM ON APPLE TV+This novel is “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel” (The New York Times Book […]

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Weekly Schedule FOR 01/08 – 01/14

Tulane Women’s Basketball Saturday, January 13th VS. EAST CAROLINA | 2:00pm Tip-Off | 1:40pm Pregame Books on Air Best Selling Non-Fiction: ERNESTO: THE UNTOLD STORY OF HEMINGWAY IN REVOLUTIONARY CUBA written by Andrew Feldman Great Literature: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO written by Alexandre Dumas Best Selling Fiction: LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY: A NOVEL written by Bonnie Garmus Contemporary Classics: THE BRIEF AND WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO written by Junot Díaz The Book off the Shelf:  THE […]

todayJanuary 9, 2024 10

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Weekly Schedule for 01/01 – 01/07

Announcement: Happy New Year! Tulane Women’s Basketball Saturday, January 6th VS. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA | 2:00pm Tip-Off | 1:40pm Pregame Books on Air Best Selling Non-Fiction: ERNESTO: THE UNTOLD STORY OF HEMINGWAY IN REVOLUTIONARY CUBA written by Andrew Feldman Great Literature: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO written by Alexandre Dumas Best Selling Fiction: HIDDENSEE: A TALE OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE NUTCRACKER written by Gregory Maguire (A Special Holiday Re-Airing) Contemporary Classics: Ending […]

todayJanuary 1, 2024 5

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“Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space” written by Carl Sagan

Featured Daily Dose of Science Monday – Friday @ 8:30pm-9:00pm Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very survival may depend on the wise use of other worlds. This stirring book reveals how scientific discovery has altered our perception of who we are and where we stand, and challenges us to weigh what we will do with that knowledge. 

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