- 499
- Episodes
- 28
- Transcribed
- 37
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2007
- First episode
- 73K
- YouTube views
About Reader's Corner
Welcome to Reader's Corner, a weekly radio show hosted by Boise State University president emeritus Bob Kustra that features lively conversations with some of the nation's leading authors about issues and ideas that matter today. Make a donation (https://bit.ly/3IMs9Va) to support the Readers Corner podcast today.
- Publisher
- Bob Kustra
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Dec 2007
- Latest episode
- 17 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
28 of 499 episodes have a transcript.
17 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
"Redemption: Faith, Justice, And Sisterhood On Death Row" by Laurence Wright
10 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
"The Talking Bone" by Rene Denfeld
3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Private Power and the Decline Of Democracy: How to Maker Capitalism Support Democracy by Mordecai Kurz
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"Redemption: Faith, Justice, And Sisterhood On Death Row" by Laurence Wright
Published 17 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so he thought that's not right. So he called the police and they took Melissa in for questioning and almost immediately decided that she was guilty of murder. And here's the moment where things went wrong was the moment that she said that her daughter had fallen down the steps. Just the day before, they had moved out of an apartment that was on the second floor. The only stairs were outside. They were decrepit, broken stairwell that went on the outside of the apartment house and led to this hallway where their apartment was. So she wasn't lying. She wasn't lying. It's just that her daughter was there dying in front of her, and I don't think she thought. […]
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- Lawrence Wright
- J Michael Cole
- Christine Kuehn
- David Michaels
- Beth Macy
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 73,356
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 33 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- Quality
- 56
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 84
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