Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me by Patricia Volk
Fresh Air: Memoir about Beauty and its Beholders
Some girls grow up feeling almost embarrassed by how their mothers dress and look. Nowadays that might mean mom jeans and hair from two decades ago. But it was the opposite for my guest Patricia Volk when she was growing up in the ’50s. Her mother was beautiful and stylish, and everyone made a point of telling her: the dentist, the doorman, her teachers, cabdrivers.
Beauty and the preservation of that beauty was very important to Volk’s mother. Patricia Volk knew she could never measure up to her mother in that category, but she found an alternate way of thinking about fashion and beauty from a memoir in her mother’s book collection, “Shocking Life” by the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.
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Dear Diz: Every Day I think of You by Arturo Sandoval
The Story: Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval talks about the enormous range of his instrument. He plays Cuban music, be-bop, jazz and classical. This portrait comes from David Schulman and Musicians In Their Own Words.
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What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-one Women on the Gifts that Mattered Most by Elizabeth Benedict
Tell Me More: What’s the Most Meaningful Gift Your Mom Gave You
Mother’s Day is this Sunday. While some people are racking their brains to think of the perfect way to show their love and appreciation for Mom, a group of distinguished women recently flipped that script and wrote about the most profound gift their own moms gave to them. Their essays are collected in the new book What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-one Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most.
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You Just Don’t Understand: Women & Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
MPR News Presents: Deborah Tannen
All Things Considered: Men Talk Just as much as Women
The best-selling author of “You Just Don’t Understand” and “Can We Talk?” and Georgetown linguistics professor Deborah Tannen talks about gender, age and cultural differences in the ways people communicate and suggests ways we can make ourselves better understood.
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Fringe: The Complete Fifth Season
Fresh Air: J.J. Abrams, Life On The Fringe
The critically acclaimed and fan-favorite series, FRINGE, returns for its fifth and final season to deliver a climactic conclusion.in all worlds. Picking up from events depicted in season four’s flash-forward episode, the seemingly peaceful Observers seized control of our universe in 2015. Now, in 2036, they have become ruthless rulers who stand unopposed. What awaits in the future, however, is the Fringe Team’s final stand, which will bring together all they have witnessed in preparation for the final battle to protect our world. Joining Fringe scientist Water Bishop, FBI agent Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop and the Fringe team is Olivia and Peter’s now-grown daughter, Etta, in a final season filled with struggle, surprises, and sacrifice.
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