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.
Podcasting since 2022 • 217 episodes
Read Beat (...and repeat)
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"The Portable Ingersoll" by Tom Malone
Robert Ingersoll lived in Peoria from 1857 to 1877. He was hailed as the greatest orator of his time, the latter half of the 19th century. While Ingersoll attracted huge crowds, he had plenty of critics who called him “the Great Inf...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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"Red Scare" by Clay Risen
Anti-Communist feelings reached a fever pitch in the United States following World War II. The big war was won, but the Cold War was on.Clay Risen, a New York Times reporter, addresses this point in his fourth book, Red Scar...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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“Building Bridges” by Douglas Bristol Jr.
World War II is a never-ending source of history. Decades after the conflict’s conclusion, research and examination continue as we seek to understand how we got to where we are today.In Building Bridges, Douglas Bristol examines...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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28:46
"To Die With Such Men" by Shannon Monaghan
Shannon Monaghan is a military historian whose last book, A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men, offered an account of select British special operations unit members who were so important during World War II.This time around, Monagha...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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"Pacific Atrocities Education" by Jenny Chan
World War II may have ended 80 years ago, but it’s still happening for Jenny Chan, a 2012 University of Illinois graduate.Chan is president and founder of Pacific Atrocities Education, a non-profit based in San Francisco that churns out ...
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Season 4
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Episode 51
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