KGOU Readers Club
Occasional Mondays at 1 p.m.
KGOU listeners can join in this unofficial book club, with selections picked by KGOU Managing Editor Logan Layden. Each month or so he leads a live broadcast discussion with authors and members of the listening audience. Participate by reading the selected book, sending questions to Logan at newseditor@kgou.org.
Latest Episodes
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In an updated re-release of his book, author Robert W. Wheeler and his wife, Dr. Florence Ridlon, add to Jim Thorpe's story, and discuss their own efforts to restore his 1912 Olympic medals, rescinded following a dispute over his amateur status.
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The selection for this month is a book of poetry, Midwest Hymns, where author Dale Cottingham conveys a sense of community and brings the prairie to life in what’s often called flyover country. Cottingham discussed his poems with KGOU managing editor Logan Layden.
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KGOU Managing editor Logan Layden discusses Rare Encounter with its author, J.K. Hall.
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KGOU managing editor Logan Layden sits down with Quraysh Ali Lansana to discuss the new book Killing the Negative.
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KGOU managing editor Logan Layden sits down with Dr. Karlos Hill, one of the editors of the new edition of Clara Luper's memoir.
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KGOU managing editor Logan Layden sits down with Carmen Fields, author of Going Back to T-Town.
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KGOU managing editor Logan Layden sits down with Rilla Askew, author of Prize for the Fire.
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KGOU managing editor Logan Layden talks with Burkhard Bilger, author of Fatherland: A memoir of war, conscience, and family secrets.
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KGOU managing editor Logan Layden sits down with W. Dale Weeks, author of Cherokee Civil Warrior: Chief John Ross and the Struggle for Tribal Sovereignty..
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A discussion of the history of Union Pacific’s role in settling the west, from the Civil War to World War II and beyond. Authors Beth Anne Keates and Kenneth Springirth joined KGOU's Logan Layden to discuss the book.