Read Beat (...and repeat)
If you're like me, you like to know things but how much time to invest? That's the question. Here's the answer: Read Beat--Interviews with authors of new releases. These aren't book reviews but short (about 25-30 minutes on the average) chats with folks that usually have taken a lot of time to research a topic, enough to write a book about it. Hopefully, there's a topic or two that interests you. I try to come up with subjects that fascinate me or I need to know more about. Hopefully, listeners will agree. I'm Steve Tarter, former reporter for the Peoria Journal Star and a contributor to WCBU-FM, the Peoria public radio outlet, from 20202 to 2024. I post regularly on stevetarter.substack.com.
Read Beat (...and repeat)
Latest Episodes
"If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened" by Justin Glawe
Justin Glawe's new book, If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened, provides a reporter's account of some of the biggest news stories of the past decade.Starting with the chaos that followed the killing of Mic...
"Sugar Coated" by Marion Nestle and Lisa Sutherland
To understand how the food business works, merely take a trip down the cereal aisle at your local supermarket.Cereal boxes represent food industry billboards: big, bold, and shouting for your (or your child's) attention, said Marion Nest...
"The Way Out: How To Overcome Toxic Polarization" by Peter Coleman
Toxic polarization is the division in society that pits neighbor against neighbor and family member against family member when political fervor reaches a fever pitch.It's a time when it's dangerous to be a public official, not just in Wa...
"America Unfinished" Edited by Alexandra Natapoff and Guy-Uriel Charles
“A new status quo has taken hold in Washington DC,” writes Jody Freeman, one of the Harvard Law School professors offering up short essays in America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance. “The federal government is m...
"We Are Eating the Earth" by Michael Grunwald
Michael Grunwald provides another take on the climate crisis. It's not just about reducing exhaust fumes from gasoline-powered cars; it's about agriculture.The world's fossil-fuel problem is still number one, but agriculture is number tw...
