Binah.091130.Kushner
Author Harold Kushner talks about overcoming the crippling disease of fear and inspires listeners into life-changing action, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on October 22nd, 2009.
Binah.091123.Foer
Author Jonathan Safran Foer talks about his book, Eating Animals, which is a quest to understand meat, how it's produced and the environmental effects of eating animals, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on November 5th, 2009.
Binah.091116.AmesShields
Jonathan Ames, author of two novels adapted for film and a current HBO comedy series Bored to Death, and David Shields, author of Body Politic, weave biographical material into hilarious examinations of life, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on November 1st, 2009.
Binah.091109.Maguire
Step inside the mind of Gregory Maguire, whose best-selling, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, became the basis for the Tony Award-winning musical, Wicked, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on October 19th, 2009.
Binah.091102.Bishop
Former UCSF Chancellor and Nobel Prize-winner Michael Bishop talks to Michael Krasny about short- and long-term strategies in the current battle against cancer, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on October 21st, 2009.
Binah.091026.Armstrong
One of the world's leading commentators on religious affairs, Karen Armstrong, explores the lengths humans will go to in search of a sacred experience, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on September 25th, 2009.
Binah.091019.Glass
Julia Glass, author of Three Junes, The Whole World Over and I See You Everywhere, is joined in conversation by Michelle Richmond, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on September 30th, 2009.
Binah.091012.Sandel
Adapting his famous Harvard course on "Justice," Michael Sandel raises questions about individual rights, the claims of community, equality and law, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on September 22nd, 2009.
Binah.091005.Moore
Author Lorrie Moore talks to Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) about her life, her writing and her newest novel, A Gate at the Stairs, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on September 14th, 2009.
Binah.090928.Canin
Author Ethan Canin talks to Judson True about his writing, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on November 20th, 2008.
Binah.090921.Updike
Bestselling author John Updike talks to Barbara Lane about his remarkable career, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on November 10th, 2008.
Binah.090914.Allende
Bestselling author Isabel Allende talks about her life and work in conversation with Barbara Lane, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on October 29th, 2008.
Binah.090907.Grandin
Distinguished animal scientist and autism expert Temple Grandin talks about the emotional needs of animals, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on January 28th, 2009.
Binah.090831.Kleinzahler
Poet August Kleinzahler discusses and reads from his award-winning work, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on May 21st, 2008.
Binah.090824.Satrapi
Marjane Satrapi discusses her graphic novel, Persepolis, which tells the story of growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution and war with Iraq. Recorded in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on April 8th, 2008.
Binah.090817.Winger
Award-winning actress Debra Winger talks about her life and career, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on June 16th, 2008.
Binah.090810.Greer
Author Andrew Sean Greer talks about his novel, The Story of a Marriage, which explores love and war as set in San Francisco's Sunset district during the 1950s. Recorded in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on May 15th, 2008.
Binah.090803.Rosen
The New Yorker and New York Times contributor Jonathan Rosen brings an engaging perspective to the popular pastime of birdwatching, in conversation with San Francisco Chronicle columnist and inveterate birdwatcher Jon Carroll. Recorded in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on April 2nd, 2008.
Binah.090727.Lethem
Novelist Jonathan Lethem talks about his work which deftly cross-weaves science fiction, noir and comics, in conversation with Greil Marcus. Recorded in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on September 23rd, 2008.
Binah.090720.BadGirls
The literary Bad Girls—Ellen Sussman, Kate Moses, Michelle Richmond and Kim Addonizio—talk about turning so-called 'bad' behavior into funny and poignant stories, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on February 3rd, 2009.
Binah.090713.Pamuk
Turkish novelist and Nobel-prize winner Orhan Pamuk talks about his novels and political controversies in conversation with Adam Hochschild, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on October 17th, 2007.
Binah.090706.Marcus
Rock music journalist and critic Greil Marcus discusses several of his books about American culture, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on March 25th, 2008.
Binah.090629.Kun
Author and scholar Josh Kun follows Jewish cultural history though the trail of vinyl LP records, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on November 19, 2008.
Binah.090622.Morris
One of the most outspoken, theatrical and hilarious choreographers working in dance today, Mark Morris talks about some of his most enduring works in conversation with Robert Cole, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on May 26th, 2009.
Binah.090615.Bogosian
Award-winning playwright, actor and novelist Eric Bogosian presents his latest work which recreates the landscape and atmosphere of downtown New York, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on June 4th, 2009.
Binah.090608.Grossman
Israeli author David Grossman is joined in conversation by Robert Alter about the life and conscience of Israel at a time of deep uncertainty, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on November 2nd, 2008.
Binah.090601.Milner
Anthropologist and historian Richard Milner shares his favorite Charles Darwin adventure stories, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on March 24th, 2009.
Binah.090525.Zornberg
Innovative biblical scholar Aviva Gottlieb Zornberg examines the intersection between religion and psychoanalysis in the stories of the Bible, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on April 28th, 2009.
Binah.090518.Naim
Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia Asher Naim shares his firsthand account of the exodus of the black Jews of Ethiopia—known as the Falashas—to Israel, in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on March 12th, 2009.
Binah.090511.LermanHeggie
Choreographer Liz Lerman and composer Jake Heggie talk about the Artist as Activist, in conversation with David Wiegand in front of a live audience at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on April 20th, 2009.