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GRITtv: One Handshake Away From Food Supply
Wendell Berry, author of "Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food," has written extensively about farming, food, and our relation to it. In this video from the Progressive Book Club, Polly Armour of the Four Winds Farm explains how Berry's ideas are put into action in true sustainable farming, leading to a new culture of food.
Email this pageGRITtv: Books with Grit: Responding to National Book Awards
The National Book Awards were announced this week; Colum McCann was honored for his fiction work "Let the Great World Spin: A Novel," and T.J. Stiles' biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt won the nonfiction prize. Dave Eggers, author of Laura's book of the year, Zeitoun, received this year's Literarian Award. Jeannie Vanasco of Lapham's Quarterly, Julian Brookes of the Progressive Book Club and Sir Harold Evans, of The Week magazine and former president and publisher of Random House trade group, talk about the books that they think deserve more recognition. Which books impressed you this year? Leave them in comments or email to grittv@grittv.org and maybe we'll discuss them on the air.
GRITtv: August 27, 2009
GRITtv: Howard Dean: "$1 Trillion is NOT new money"
Threats to private healthcare insurers? Single payer leading to socialism? As the House and Senate move further in on their dissection of healthcare reform, GRITtv had our own house call from Dr. Howard Dean. Along with medical service and 12 years as the Governor of Vermont, Dr. Dean is continuing to expand his resume to not only author and DNC chair, but also as chair of the Progressive Book Club, which you can join here. Out with a new book, Howard Dean?s Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform: How We Can Achieve Affordable Medical Care for Every American and Make Our Jobs Safer, Dean discusses why we shouldn't be worried about private insurers, how "Americans are conservative with a small 'c' " and how there are Americans living abroad who actually like a single payer plan. Who knew?
