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Episode 13: Oprah's Book Club Director Leigh Haber

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You know Oprah? Yeah. That Oprah. We don’t have Oprah but we do have the next best thing. Leigh Haber is the editor and former Vice President of Book at O magazine. Join us as she joins host Roberta Panjwani on a deep dive into Leigh’s role as Director of Oprah’s Book Club, what it’s like to interview writers (or as she calls them, Rock Stars) and the power of books to make change and do good in the world.
Things we Discussed In the Episode:

Oprah's Book Club

Colum McCann Interview

Diana Gabaldon Interview

You Are Here by Karen Lin-Greenberg

Victory City by Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie New Yorker Article

Dances by Nicole Cuffy

A Small Sacrifice for Enormous Happiness by Jai Chakrabarti

Episode Credits:
Special thanks to Leigh for being with us today.

A Bend in the Road is written, hosted and produced by Roberta Panjwani and created by Roberta Panjwani and Diane Sims.

Our Associate Producer and Editor for this episode is Olivia Esteban with additional edits by Elias Rosner.

Our Technical Directors and Audio Engineers are Charles Gallo and Elias Rosner.

Our Digital Media producers are Elias Rosner and Olivia Esteban.

Logo and Website created by Parker Gaidimas.

Original Music is written and performed by Diane Sims.

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You know Oprah? Yeah. That Oprah. We don’t have Oprah but we do have the next best thing. Leigh Haber is the editor and former Vice President of Book at O magazine. Join us as she joins host Roberta Panjwani on a deep dive into Leigh’s role as Director of Oprah’s Book Club, what it’s like to interview writers (or as she calls them, Rock Stars) and the power of books to make change and do good in the world.
Things we Discussed In the Episode:

Oprah's Book Club

Colum McCann Interview

Diana Gabaldon Interview

You Are Here by Karen Lin-Greenberg

Victory City by Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie New Yorker Article

Dances by Nicole Cuffy

A Small Sacrifice for Enormous Happiness by Jai Chakrabarti

Episode Credits:
Special thanks to Leigh for being with us today.

A Bend in the Road is written, hosted and produced by Roberta Panjwani and created by Roberta Panjwani and Diane Sims.

Our Associate Producer and Editor for this episode is Olivia Esteban with additional edits by Elias Rosner.

Our Technical Directors and Audio Engineers are Charles Gallo and Elias Rosner.

Our Digital Media producers are Elias Rosner and Olivia Esteban.

Logo and Website created by Parker Gaidimas.

Original Music is written and performed by Diane Sims.

  continue reading

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