# joan baum (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover joan baum. Page: Feed: --- ## [Book Review: 'Regime Change'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-08-13/book-review-regime-change) _2026-08-13 · Baum on Books_ Regime Change, by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, is the result of 3 arduous years of meticulous investigation into the second Trump presidency. What they discover is an unmoored administration focused on retribution and profit. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum says the book earned its top spot on the New York Times bestsellers list. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/08/regiem-for-web.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'Someone Else's Husband'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-07-30/book-review-someone-elses-husband) _2026-07-30 · Baum on Books_ A team of climbers journeys up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, but they don’t all make it back down. The fallout from their expedition follows the team back home with dreadful consequences. Kimberly McCreight’s new novel, Someone Else’s Husband, takes readers on a wild, suspenseful trip to discover what happened on the mountain and who is responsible for the murder. Here's Joan Baum's review. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/07/husband-for-web.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'Aristotle - The First Teacher'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-07-15/aristotle-the-first-teacher) _2026-07-15 · Baum on Books_ What is happiness? Why do we need art? What is virtue? Aristotle had answers to these deep questions. Now a new book, Aristotle - The First Teacher by Philip Freeman, takes a closer look at the Greek philosopher and how his 2000-year old ideas still resonate today. WSHU’s Joan Baum has this review. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/07/aristotle-for-web-2.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'London Falling'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-07-02/book-review-london-falling) _2026-07-02 · Baum on Books_ A British teen falls to his death from an apartment in London. Was it an accident? Suicide? Murder? His grieving parents seek answers. WSHU's Book Critic Joan Baum read The New Yorker Staff Writer Patrick Radden Keefe's latest work, London Falling. Here's her review. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/07/falling-for-web.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'A Fair Corpse'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-06-18/book-review) _2026-06-18 · Baum on Books_ It’s 1939, and Flushing, Queens, is buzzing with preparations for The World’s Fair. But the festive energy takes a grim turn when one of the mural artists is found dead. Police Officer Brian Fitzgerald is on the case. But who among the artists, politicians, and dignitaries could be a murderer? WSHU's Book Critic Joan Baum says author Helen Harrison's latest mystery novel A Fair Corpse immerses the… [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/06/a-fair-corpse-for-web-fix.mp3) ## [Commencing your life: A few reflections by Joan Baum](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-06-04/commencing-your-life-a-few-reflections-by-joan-baum) _2026-06-04 · Baum on Books_ The diplomas have been dispersed. The caps have been tossed. The last semester has been paid for. College life is now over. But WSHU’s Joan Baum says now is when the education begins. Joan shares some reflections on taking responsibility for your own erudition. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/06/commence-for-web-2.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'A Journey North'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-05-21/book-review-a-journey-north) _2026-05-21 · Baum on Books_ Historian Louis Masur’s A Journey North follows Thomas Jefferson and James Madison on a 1791 horseback trip through New York and New England during a tense political moment. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/05/jeff-and-mad-for-web.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'Flesh'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-05-07/book-review-flesh) _2026-05-07 · Baum on Books_ A young Hungarian man simply flows with the random events that shape his life for him. This profound feeling of detachment guides the main character of the novel Flesh. Author David Szalay won the 2025 Booker Prize for his work. It stood out so far from the other entries that judges of the Prize said they never read anything quite like it. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum read it, and she agrees. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/05/flesh-for-web-2.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'The Correspondent'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-04-23/book-review-the-correspondent) _2026-04-23 · Baum on Books_ An older woman learns that her eyesight is waning. That prompts her to start writing letters while she still can. Lots of letters. And these letters make up the novel that’s a sleeper hit this year. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum reviews The Correspondent. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/04/correspondent-for-web-2.mp3) ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YHBg2z3GdQqa) _2026-04-23 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Book Review: 'Illusions of Trust'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-04-09/book-review-illusions-of-trust) _2026-04-09 · Baum on Books_ A no-nonsense lawyer takes on a dubious divorce case. Big mistake. He soon becomes embroiled in a Big Pharma scandal and murder. This is not a story from the daily headlines but the latest legal thriller by attorney Jeffrey Stephens. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum says Illusions of Trust reads like 21st-century noir. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/04/illusions-for-web2.mp3)