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Sirota interviewed bestselling author Barbara Ehrenreich, whose latest book Bright-sided argues that positive thinking undermines America. Listen to the discussion here:

Gustavo Arellano’s award-winning column Ask a Mexican! appears in alternative newsweeklies all over America. He talked to Sirota on AM760 to preview his Colorado debate with anti-immigration activist and former Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo. Listen here:

Sirota talked to author Boston University professor and Atlantic Monthly contributor Ellen Ruppel Shell about her controversial new book Cheap: The High Price of Discount Culture. Listen to the AM760 interview here:

Maria Schneider is the woman behind fictional Onion character Jean Teasdale. Sirota talked to Schneider about A Book of Jean’s Own!, the new work written by Teasdale. Listen here:

Sirota talked to acclaimed race scholar Tim Wise about Wise’s theory of “Bikini Liberalism” and the state of race relations in America. Listen to the AM760 interview here:

As the top editor and writer at the Onion A.V. Club, Nathan Rabin has seen a lot of terrible movies. Now, he’s put together his reviews of the worst of the worst in a terrific book called My Year of Flops: One Man’s Journey Deep Into the Heart of Cinematic Failure. Listen to Sirota’s AM760 discussion with Rabin here:

Shabaka Waqlimi and Derrick Jamison were both sentenced to death and were ultimately exonerated just hours before their capital punishment was meted out. Sirota talked to them during their trip to Denver to push lawmakers to end the death penalty in Colorado. Listen to the AM760 interview here:

America’s relationship with the Arab world remains complex. But James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute, says America isn’t doing a good enough job listening to the Arab street. Sirota talked to him about his new book Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us and Why It Matters. Listen to the AM760 interview here: