Booktalk

Series produced by Diana Korte

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Top authors are interviewed for this 10-minute program that captures their words about their books and often the story behind the story. Booktalk also airs in a podcast, BOOKTALK WITH DIANA KORTE, and on KGNU in Colorado on most Friday afternoons. The show, hosted by Diana Korte and engineered by Gene Korte, has been in production for over 25 years.

Diana has interviewed hundreds of authors from national politicians and scientists to novelists and storytellers of all kinds. Notable among them are Madeline Albright, Buzz Aldrin, Isabel Allende, Bill Bryson, James Lee Burke, Hillary Clinton, Frank Deford, Ken Follett, Diana Gabaldon, William Gibson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Al Gore, Sue Grafton, Temple Grandin, Paul Krugman, Daniel J Levitin, David McCullough, Senator George Mitchell, Roger Penrose, Michael Pollan, Karen Pryor, Lisa See, Daniel Silva, Gloria Steinem, Alexander McCall Smith, Amy Tan, Andrew Weil and Don Winslow.


197 Pieces

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Tracy Clark⁠ is an award-winning author of 6 crime novels including the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series. ⁠ FALL⁠ is her newest book and second i...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 10:35
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Professor Emeritus R. David Edmunds is the author of 12 books about Native Americans. His newest title is “Voices in the Drum,” a book that feature...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 09:12
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Some of the stories in this book by Douglas Preston, author of "The Lost Tomb" have taken him from the haunted country of Italy and the largest tom...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 10:27
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Host Diana Korte speaks with the James Beard Award-winning Fuchsia Dunlop about her 7th book, “Invitation To A Banquet. The Story of Chinese F...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 09:26
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Madeleine Albright is a former US Secretary of State and the first woman to hold that position. In an interview shortly before the 2012 election, s...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 1
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“An increasing number of people under the age of 25 get all their news, not just some of it, from Facebook.” The author points out that we are bomb...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 14, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2
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This popular and prolific children’s picture book creator takes Duck of barnyard fame to the next level—driving the farmer’s tractor. David talks a...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
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This Wyoming-based author’s latest story about Sheriff Walt Longmire and his good friend Henry Standing Bear takes them to Sturgis in the midst of ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 09:58
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Chitra, an American Book Award winner, is known for creating tales of vivid women characters who live in either India or America. She is the author...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
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From the perilous ocean crossing of the Mayflower – imagine moving 2 mph for 3,000 miles — to the shared bounty with the Indians at that first tens...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
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It’s 1939 in southern France and World War II is taking over the lives of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle. In this well-researched historical nove...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Sara's novel about six bonobo apes and the humans in their lives is based on the bonobos who live at The Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa. Go h...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 09:49
Caption: McGavock Confederate Cemetery, Credit: Gene Korte
This historical novel brings to life the “Widow of the South,” Carrie McGavock. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place on November 30, 18...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Author Elizabeth Greenwood tells us exactly how hard it is to permanently vanish or fake your death and go live on that tropical island. Facing $1...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 09:52
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Orville and Wilbur, DIY scientists, were bicycle mechanics at the turn of the 20th century in Dayton, Ohio before they changed our world. David Mc...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
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In Don’s third book it’s 1917 and the three Jewett brothers—Cane, Cob and Chimney—set off from their rural southern home for a life of crime. The ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Justin describes the story’s origin, what it’s like to release a book in these days of social media, and what happens to him when his characters fi...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Nevada’s 19th book in her series featuring Ranger Anna Pigeon begins with a family experiencing cyberbullying. The story soon moves to an island of...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 09:45
  • Purchases: 1
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"When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all these years, I always say: Because I travel. Taking to the road—by which I mean lett...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 09:43
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Known for creating captivating crime series characters, Steve’s newest invention is Nick Mason. He appears in an exciting series featuring a Chicag...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1