{"product_id":"making-waves-thorne-dreyer-9781953480095","title":"Making Waves: The Rag Radio Interviews","description":"\u003cp\u003eJournalist and activist Thorne Dreyer has interviewed hundreds of people for \u003ci\u003eRag Radio\u003c\/i\u003e since it went on the air in 2009. \u003ci\u003eMaking Waves\u003c\/i\u003e features transcripts from twenty-one of those interviews, with everyone from TV anchor Dan Rather to Senator Bernie Sanders to monumental sculptor Bob \"Daddy-O\" Wade. The \u003ci\u003eRag Radio\u003c\/i\u003e archive is now part of the collections at the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a student at the University of Texas in the 1960s, Dreyer joined the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and became heavily involved in civil rights and the movement to end the war in Vietnam. He also helped create and edit two underground newspapers--\u003ci\u003eThe Rag\u003c\/i\u003e in Austin and \u003ci\u003eSpace City!\u003c\/i\u003e in Houston--and later ran a public relations business with a diverse list of clients, including progressive political campaigns. Dreyer credits the influence of his artist mother and writer father and their lively salons plus his journalism career, his political and social activism, and his stage acting experience for his interviewing success--\"Put it all in a blender and \u003ci\u003eRag Radio\u003c\/i\u003e was bound to whip up.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking Waves\u003c\/i\u003e holds a wealth of information, but Dreyer makes it read like conversations among friends. \"I always tell my guests that I want the discussion to be informal,\" Dreyer says. \"We're going to record some important history here, but we also want to have fun.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorne Dreyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953480098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953480095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Briscoe Ctr for Amer History Ut-Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.22w x 1.50d","brand":"Thorne Dreyer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057128632575,"sku":"9781953480095","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73977d5f-37a8-4541-8ab1-1850f32d3c56.jpg?v=1685045197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-waves-thorne-dreyer-9781953480095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}