Idaho-Public Television: Dialogue

Note: this is a series of our blog posts looking at stories and activities of PBS Member Stations.

“Dialogue” is an award-wining discussion program hosted by Marcia Franklin since 1994 and. Since 2012, this show has presented conversations about humanities topics, including interviews with authors and journalists whose work provocatively challenges audiences to think critically and make changes.

Louisa Thomas, author of “Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family – a Test of Will and Faith in World War I” and “Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams,” is a former writer and editor for Grantland and a former fellow at the New America Foundation.”

Playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar was born in New York City and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a novelist and author of “American Dervish,” published in over 20 languages worldwide.

Investigative journalist Jane Meyer has been a New Yorker staff writer since 1995. She covers politics, culture, and national security for the magazine.

Author and naturalist Helen Macdonald is an English writer, naturalist, and an affiliated research scholar at the University of Cambridge Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Professor and author Andrew Solomon relates how he went from being a bullied child suffering from depression to an award‐winning journalist traveling the world.

Eric Gilbert and Lori Shandro Oüten, two of the founders of the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, talk about the five‐day event, which began in 2012.

Boise author Samantha Silva discusses her debut novel "Mr. Dickens and His Carol. Silva melds fact with fiction to imagine how Dickens came up with the plot for his now‐classic story, “A Christmas Carole.”