Robert Craig is the author of a new book about one of the premier early 20th century architects of the American South, Francis Palmer Smith. It is what critics call ”a thoroughly captivating and beautifully illustrated study” of an architect who taught generations of students at Georgia Tech and built hundreds of houses of all styles, churches, cathedrals, schools. Coca-Cola bottling plants and high...

Political junkies in an election year won’t want to miss this program. It features a talk by Dr. Samuel Popkin, author of a new book, ”The Candidate: What It Takes to Win -- and Hold -- The White House.” Popkin is a California political scientist who has served as a consultant to the Clinton campaign and an analyst for CBS News. His book offers...

Our guest this evening is a legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert who has written a spine-tingling, action-packed autobiography, ”The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service.” We are pleased to co-sponsor this program with our partners at the Jimmy Carter Library, and we hope you’ll join us there to meet and hear about this extraordinary true-life adventure. Crumpton...

Mirabai Starr is an adjunct professor of philosophy and world religions at the University of Nex Mexico-Taos. She has lived at the Lama Foundation, an international spiritual community, that studies the diverse paths of religion, from Buddhism to Christianity, from Jewish to Native American beliefs. A disciple of ecumenism, her new book is ”God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity...

Former pro basketball star and business executive Will Allen joins us to talk about his delightful and important new book, ”The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities.” Allen, a pioneering urban farmer and winner of a MacArthur ”genius” grant, has written a powerful plea for the development of healthy food systems across the country. The son of a sharecropper, Allen was...