Past guests include such diverse figures as American poet Wendy Barker, children’s book author Norton Juster, Washington Post journalist Wesley Lowery, New York Times op-ed columnist Bret Stephens, The New Yorker foreign-correspondent Robin Wright, and PBS broadcaster Ray Suarez. New episodes are released on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month.
Music heard on In Contrast is provided by the Fresh Cut Orchestra.
In Contrast Team
Ilan Stavans, Producer and Host
John Voci, Executive Producer
Vanessa Cerillo, Marketing Director
Burns Maxey, Design Manager
In Contrast student team from Amherst College
DeLyna Hagdu
Jacob A. Pagano
In Contrast is produced by Quixote Productions, LLC in collaboration with New England Public Radio.
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Episode 3: The Tyranny of Emotion: Passion instead of accuracy. This is part of the seven-episode In Contrast podcast special “What’s Wrong with American… -
Junot Diaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. His novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. Diaz… -
Ronen Bergman is an Israeli journalist and author of Rise and Kill First, the Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations. -
Min Jin Lee immigrated from South Korea to New York as a child. She is the author of both fiction and nonfiction including two novels, Free Food for… -
Sonya Clark is a fiber artist known for using a variety of materials in her work including human hair to explore issues of race, culture, class and… -
Masha Gessen is a contributor to The New Yorker and is the author of nine books including The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia,… -
Mo Willems is a three-time Caldecott Honor Medal winner for his children’s books which have been translated into several languages, animated and developed… -
William Taubman is a professor emeritus of political science at Amherst College. His biography of Nikita Khrushchev won a Pulitzer Prize in 2004. His… -
Radio producer Karen Werner and translator Wendy Call discuss a radio documentary on Zapotec poet Irma Pineda, and explore translation and the loss of… -
Justin David is a congregational rabbi in Northampton, Massachusetts and the author of Longing: Jewish Meditations on a Hidden God.
