Purdue Press Author Susan Krieger on WBAA Radio

July 8th, 2010

In her new book, Traveling Blind, Stanford professor Susan Krieger describes coming to terms with losing sight in adulthood. Her memoir is poignant but also inspiring as she describes some of the new sensations she experiences as well as the capabilities she has lost. At the center of her stories is always Teela, the labrador guide dog who becomes her constant companion. Published in the series New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond, edited by Alan Beck, this book is a powerful, first-hand account of the unique relationship that exists between humans and their assistance animals. Hear more about Traveling Blind in an interview broadcast on WBAA Public Radio on July 8, 2010, and archived in the series of Purdue University Press 50th anniversary broadcasts on the WBAA website.

American Agriculture by Doug Hurt on WBAA

July 1st, 2010

Award-winning interviewer, Mike Loizzo of WBAA Public Radio, has recently interviewed R. Douglas Hurt, head of the Department of History at Purdue and author of American Agriculture: A Brief History, published in a revised edition by Purdue University Press in 2002. The book provides a broad overview of the development of American agriculture from the prehistoric period through the twentieth century, and is a ready reference for the economic, social, political, scientific, and technological changes that have most affected farming. The broadcast is on Friday July 2 at 7.30 am and 4.30 pm on AM-920 and FM 101.30. The full interview is then archived in the WBAA news archive, as part of the series of interviews that WBAA has been airing in celebration of Purdue University Press’s fiftieth anniversary. 

WBAA-AM, AM-920, is Indiana’s longest continuously operating radio station, having received its broadcasting license in 1922. In 1993, WBAA-FM, 101.3 FM, began broadcasting.