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Book Review: 'A Fair Corpse'
Jun 18, 2026
4m 31s
Commencing your life: A few reflections by Joan Baum
Jun 4, 2026
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Book Review: 'A Journey North'
May 21, 2026
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May 7, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/18/26 | Book Review: 'A Fair Corpse' | It’s 1939, and Flushing, Queens, is buzzing with preparations for The World’s Fair. But the festive energy takes a grim turn when one of the mural artists is found dead. Police Officer Brian Fitzgerald is on the case. But who among the artists, politicians, and dignitaries could be a murderer? WSHU's Book Critic Joan Baum says author Helen Harrison's latest mystery novel A Fair Corpse immerses the reader in the rich art community of the late 1930's and in a world teetering on the brink of World War II. | 4m 31s | ||||||
| 6/4/26 | Commencing your life: A few reflections by Joan Baum✨ | educationresponsibility+3 | — | — | — | collegeeducation+3 | — | 4m 46s | |
| 5/21/26 | Book Review: 'A Journey North'✨ | historical travelAmerican history+3 | — | — | New YorkNew England | Louis MasurA Journey North+7 | — | 4m 56s | |
| 5/7/26 | Book Review: 'Flesh'✨ | book reviewliterature+4 | — | Flesh | Hungary | FleshDavid Szalay+5 | — | 5m 01s | |
| 4/23/26 | Book Review: 'The Correspondent'✨ | book reviewliterature+3 | — | The Correspondent | — | book reviewThe Correspondent+5 | — | 4m 47s | |
| 4/9/26 | Book Review: 'Illusions of Trust'✨ | legal thrillerBig Pharma+3 | — | Illusions of Trust | — | legal thrillerBig Pharma+5 | — | 4m 42s | |
| 3/26/26 | Book Review: Nabokov's 'Lolita'✨ | literaturebook review+3 | — | Lolita | — | NabokovLolita+3 | — | 5m 31s | |
| 3/12/26 | Book Review: 'The Long Goodbye'✨ | hardboiled detective novelliterary critique+4 | — | The Long Goodbye | — | The Long GoodbyeRaymond Chandler+5 | — | 5m 39s | |
| 2/26/26 | Book Review: 'Accidental Philanthropist'✨ | philanthropymemoir+3 | — | Accidental Philanthropist | — | philanthropymemoir+3 | — | 4m 41s | |
| 2/12/26 | Book Review: 'Be Ready When The Luck Happens'✨ | memoirlife story+3 | — | — | — | Ina Gartenmemoir+3 | — | 4m 30s | |
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| 1/29/26 | Book Review: 'Heartwood'✨ | suspensenovel+4 | — | Heartwood | Appalachian TrailMaine | HeartwoodValerie Gill+5 | — | 4m 40s | |
| 1/15/26 | Book Review: The Greatest Sentence Ever Written✨ | book reviewDeclaration of Independence+3 | — | Declaration of IndependenceThe Greatest Sentence Ever Written | — | book reviewWalter Isaacson+3 | — | 4m 55s | |
| 1/2/26 | Book Review: 'Herscht 07769' by Laszlo Krasznahorkai✨ | book reviewliterature+4 | — | Herscht 07769 | Hungary | Herscht 07769Laszlo Krasznahorkai+6 | — | 5m 44s | |
| 12/18/25 | Book Review: A second look at 'The Great Gatsby' | It was published 100 years ago, but The Great Gatsby continues to resonate with readers. WSHU's Book Critic Joan Baum reread F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel of the Jazz Age. Joan finds that the beauty of the language and the stark themes have deepened with the passage of time. | 5m 17s | ||||||
| 12/4/25 | Book Review: What's With Baum? | Anxious, dyspeptic, self-denigrating. That’s Asher Baum, the protagonist in Woody Allen’s new novel, What’s With Baum? Fans of Allen’s work will recognize the familiar themes in this romp through the mind of Asher. The 50-year-old journalist turned creative writer. Our Baum, WSHU’s Culture Critic, Joan Baum, read it. You can listen to her review right here. | 4m 38s | ||||||
| 11/20/25 | Book Review: 'Season of Fear' | In Mark Rubinstein’s latest thriller, Season of Fear, an escaped psychotic animal killer is on the loose in Bridgeport, Connecticut. One of his human targets is Dr. John Randall, the psychiatrist who gave the psych analysis at his trial. The terrorism takes its toll on Randall and his family. To cope, the doctor and his wife turn to alcohol and pharmaceuticals. But that opens up another world of hurt. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum says it’s a chilling read. | 4m 25s | ||||||
| 11/6/25 | Book Review: 'And to Think We Started as a Book Club' | New Yorker cartoon satirist Tom Toro has published 200 of his drawings in a new collection. Toro says his work covers a broad range of ideas, including "...life, love, work, and the weird". It’s called And to Think We Started as a Book Club. To find out which of his cartoons boasts that title, listen to WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum’s review of the book right here. | 5m 00s | ||||||
| 10/16/25 | Banned Book Review: Huck Finn | Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has made a repeated appearance on the Banned Book List since it was first released 43 years ago. WSHU's Book Critic Joan Baum reflects on the book's themes and how it’s been a target of critics since it was first published in 1884. | 5m 44s | ||||||
| 10/2/25 | Book Review: 'A Better Ending' | In his memoir, A Better Ending, author James Whitfield Thomson documents his personal 20-year-long investigation into his sister’s death. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum says his work also reveals the impact his quest had on himself and his family. | 4m 59s | ||||||
| 9/18/25 | Book Review: Angel's Blood: Murder in the Chorus | A renowned New York chorus is plunged into mayhem when a newly discovered composition leads to murder. It’s all in author Roberta Mantell’s debut novel, Angel’s Blood - Murder in the Chorus. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum has this review. | 4m 39s | ||||||
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