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WBB Looks to Bounce Back at East Carolina Tuesday

This evening the Tulane Women’s Basketball team will play against the East Carolina Pirate in Greenville, NC. The game starts at 6PM (CST) and our broadcast will preempt the following daytime programs:*The Weekly Magazine Replay of Time Magazine *Best Seller Non-Fiction Book: WE'RE STILL HERE YA BASTARDS*And possibly, the Great Literature Book: A TALE OF TWO CITIESWe apologize for the inconvenience, but all book programs missed will be replayed tomorrow at their regular time. Until then, we […]

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Station Eleven

FEATURED FICTION:"2014 National Book Award FinalistA New York Times BestsellerAn audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.  One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during […]

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Y: A Novel

FEATURED BOOK OFF THE SHELF:"“Y. That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over. Why? . . . My life begins at the Y.” So opens Marjorie Celona’s highly acclaimed and exquisitely rendered debut about a wise-beyond-her-years foster child abandoned as a newborn on the doorstep of the local YMCA. Swaddled in a dirty gray sweatshirt with nothing but a Swiss […]

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A Tale of Two Cities

FEATURED GREAT LITERATURE"Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens was obsessed with reading, making him a natural journalist by the age of 20, when he began a career in journalism. Along the way, he also began writing his own short stories and materials, often serializing them in monthly […]

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Reading Lolita In Tehran: A Memoir In Books

FEATURED BIOGRAPHIES:"Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; some had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they […]

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This Week In Books (01/04 – 01/10):

New and still going on WRBH! Up this week is...Best Selling Fiction (NEW!) -  TESLA: A PORTRAIT WITH MASKS by Vladimir Pistalo and Bogdan Rakic and read by Charlotte Travioso and, starting Tuesday, STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel and read by Allison Freeman (M-F 11AM-12PM; 9:30PM-10:30PM)Best Seller Non- Fiction -  WE'RE STILL HERE YA BASTARDS: HOW THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS REBUILT THEIR CITY by Roberta Brandes Gratz and read by Shawn […]

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This Week In Original Programming (12/30 – 01/03): Sweet Crude, Author David Armand, Dr. Uriel Quesada, and Executive Chef Ray Naranjo

What's new this week on WRBH's original programming? Check it out!PUBLIC AFFAIRS: Airs on Wednesday at 4PM and again on Sunday at 7:30AM. Host Lyn Koppel is joined by the author of Saying Thank You, Dr. Monisha Vasa. Find out more about her here.NOLA BY MOUTH: Airs on Wednesday at 4:30PM and Saturday at 9:30PM. Host Amy Sins shows us the best sides of New Orleans food culture, focuses on current events and […]

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We’re Still Here Ya Bastards: How The People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City

FEATURED NON-FICTION"The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters in American history. The storm caused unprecedented destruction, and a toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequality turned a crisis into a tragedy. But among the rubble, there is hope. We’re Still Here Ya Bastards presents an extraordinary panoramic look at New Orleans’s revival in the years following the hurricane. Award-winning journalist Roberta Brandes Gratz shares the […]

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This Week In Books (12/28 – 01/03):

New and still going on WRBH! Up this week is...Best Selling Fiction -  TESLA: A PORTRAIT WITH MASKS by Vladimir Pistalo and Bogdan Rakic and read by Charlotte Travioso (M-F 11AM-12PM; 9:30PM-10:30PM)Best Seller Non- Fiction (NEW!)-  WE'RE STILL HERE YA BASTARDS: HOW THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS REBUILT THEIR CITY by Roberta Brandes Gratz and read by Shawn Holahan(M-F 9AM-10AM; 7PM-8PM)Book Off The Shelf  -  THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paul Hawkins and […]

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