Nov 21st, 2008 · In a new book, authors Roger Bennett and Josh Kun detail Jewish American history through vinyl albums. They are trying to answer questions such as, "Who are we?" and "What are we inheriting?" in what Bennett calls the "beginning of a journey."
Sep 5th, 2008 · The quintessential American crooner, Tony Bennett is known around the world for his mellow tenor and swinging bel canto style. Bennett talks about his love of painting, his favorite songwriters and the significance of American popular song on this program from 2004.
Sep 18th, 2007 · If you've got a stack of books that you know you should read, but you never do, maybe you have something in common Queen Elizabeth II. Or at least with the queen as imagined by writer Alan Bennett in The Uncommon Reader.
Dec 1st, 2006 · Singer Tony Bennett originally recorded "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" in 1962, and has sung it at every performance since. We go inside the studio with Bennett as he re-records his signature song.
Nov 8th, 2006 · Bill Marimow, a former Baltimore Sun editor who most recently served as ombudsman at National Public Radio, will become the editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Marimow, the former managing editor for NPR's national news division, replaces editor Amanda Bennett at the Inquirer, where he once served as city editor. Bennett will step down at the end of the year from her post at the city's largest newspaper.
Oct 27th, 2006 · For some Halloween costume ideas, Robert Siegel talks with Laura Bennett. She was the runner-up in this season of the hit Bravo TV series Project Runway. Bennett, the mother of five children -- with a sixth on the way -- says people should stick with the scary theme for their kids. She recommends tin foil if you're making a last-minute run to the supermarket to make a costume on a shoestring budget.
Aug 4th, 2006 · Singer Tony Bennett celebrates his 80th birthday this week, and to mark the occasion, we listen back to an interview from the archives. After working as a singing waiter in his teens and then following service in the U.S. Army, he auditioned for Columbia Records and launched a career that started off with his first big hit "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (1950), and went on to include "I Want to be Around," "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," and "The Good Life."
Sep 30th, 2005 · The Rev. Jesse Jackson responds to comments made by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson about New Orleans' black population, and also on radio host Bill Bennett, who said a reduction in crime could hypothetically come by aborting black babies. "That would be an impossibly ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down," Bennett said.