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Bob Edwards Weekend: John and Brad Hennegan, Mary Roach 2 May 2008, 12:08 pm If you’re a fan of horse racing, you already know that the first Saturday in May is when twenty thoroughbreds race for the sport’s holy grail, the Kentucky Derby. “The First Saturday In May” is the title of a new film about six horses and their hopeful trainers, on the road to the starting gate of the 2006 Derby. Bob talks to the directors, brothers John and Brad Hennegan.
Her first book was Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Next she wrote Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. Her latest is Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Mary Roach discusses scientific research and facts about human reproduction unknown to many.
Bob Edwards Weekend: David Mamet, Ricky Jay 2 May 2008, 12:08 pm The dialogue in Glengarry, Glen Ross is classic David Mamet - fast, cynical, sharp. Mamet won the Pulitzer for the play in 1984, and he made his directorial debut three years later with a movie he also wrote called House of Games. That film, and two of his others, The Spanish Prisoner and Heist, are about con artists. Mamet's newest, Redbelt, is an action movie about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighters.
Magician, actor, and writer Ricky Jay is believed to be one of the greatest sleight of hand masters in the US. He talks with Bob about his passion for cards and magic, as well as his recent work with director David Mamet.
Bob Edwards Weekend: Edward R. Murrow's centenary, Michael Eric Dyson 24 April 2008, 7:12 pm Broadcasting pioneer Edward R. Murrow was born 100 years ago on April 25th. Bob remembers his journalistic hero with an essay, complete with clips of some of Murrow’s best-known reports.
Then, forty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Michael Eric Dyson evaluates the fate of Black America -- how it has advanced, where it hasn't, and how black leaders can best affect racial justice going forward. Dyson speaks with Bob about the candidacy of Barack Obama, the comments of Rev. Jeremiah Wright and about the history and legacy of hip-hop culture and rap music. Dyson’s most recent book is titled April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Death and How It Changed America.
Bob Edwards Weekend: Robert Schlesinger, Eddie Izzard 24 April 2008, 7:12 pm Being the son of a famed historian and presidential speechwriter has its perks – one was having access to all living presidential speechwriters. For his new book titled White House Ghosts, Robert Schlesinger draws on more than 100 hours of interviews examining how presidential speechwriting has changed over the years.
Then, British comedian Eddie Izzard's big break came when his stand-up routine Dressed to Kill aired on HBO; it won him two Emmy awards and an American audience. This spring, Izzard starts his second season on FX's The Riches with actress Minnie Driver and begins a nation-wide stand-up tour.
Bob Edwards Weekend: King Kaufman, Peter Cooper, Fayssoux McLean 17 April 2008, 4:41 pm Bob talks with Salon.com’s sports analyst King Kaufman about the major league baseball season and the NBA playoffs.
Peter Cooper is the senior music writer for the Nashville Tennessean, but he’s also worked as a music producer and a session player. Now he’s released his own solo debut called “Mission Door.” Cooper is also credited with “re-discovering” our next guest.
Fayssoux McLean started out singing harmony vocals on early Emmylou Harris songs. Now McLean has released her own solo debut and the two have switched roles. Emmylou sings back up on a few songs on McLean’s CD called “Early.”
Bob Edwards Weekend: Errol Morris, Young at Heart Chorus 17 April 2008, 3:41 pm Errol Morris calls his new documentary a nonfiction horror movie. His starting point for Standard Operating Procedure was the infamous photographs from Abu Ghraib. And to get the stories behind those images, Morris spent hours interviewing the people who appear IN those photos. Errol Morris has also made the Oscar-winning documentary The Fog of War, A Brief History of Time and The Thin Blue Line.
Bob talks with Jeanne Hatch and Stan Goldman, members of the Young at Heart Chorus and with founder and director Bob Cilman. The average age of the chorus is 80, so when they perform songs such as “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” the lyrics often take on new meanings. The group’s latest CD is called Mostly Live and there’s a new documentary in theaters now called Young at Heart.
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