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Journalist, radio and television host, and author Charles Monroe-Kane.

Wonder what it’s like to put together a podcast featuring famous authors talking about the “life-changing encounters” they’ve had with books they have read? Tune in to the next Badger Talks livestream with Charles Monroe-Kane, a longtime host and producer of the Wisconsin Public Radio staple To the Best of Our Knowledge and now the podcast Bookmarks. Authors on Bookmarks have included Alice Walker, Phillip Pullman, Anne Lamott, Orhan Pamuk and Werner Herzog.

press release: Tuesday, July 7, noon:

Bookmarks with WPR’s Charles Monroe-Kane

Join WPR personality Charles Monroe-Kane as he shares stories and insights around the making of the new podcast Bookmarks, which features interviews with notable authors and their life-changing encounters with books they have read.

Longtime producer and charismatic host of Wisconsin Public Radio’s To the Best of Our Knowledge, Charles Monroe-Kane is the author of Lithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania. Charles spent almost a decade in Europe, where he started an internet café in Prague, was an anti-nuke activist in Belgium, managed a record label in Amsterdam and even ran a circus.

Talk will take place at https://www.facebook.com/UWConnects/. For a complete schedule, visit https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/.

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