Gluten-Free Baking; Vibraphonist Joel Ross Performs Live; Memoir Of Growing Up Intersex And Poor; Kiran Desai's New Novel, 'The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny'

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Gluten-free baked goods have a reputation of not being as good as a recipe that includes gluten. But after she was diagnosed with gluten intolerance, baker Aran Goyoaga has dedicated herself to elevating gluten-alternative baking. The result of her research and recipe testing is a new book, The Art of Gluten-Free Bread. Goyoaga discusses her story and listeners share their questions about gluten-free baking.

The Hudson Jazz Festival is taking place this weekend in Hudson from October 3-5. Vibraphonist Joel Ross is performing at Hudson Hall Mainstage on October 5, and Ross brings his vibes in to perform live, preview the festival, and discuss his most recent album, nublues, from 2024.

In response to J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy, Georgiann Davis shares the story of how she went from a seventh-grade dropout to a celebrated professor of sociology. The University of New Mexico professor and author of Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis joins us to discuss her new memoir, Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and Family.

The novel The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and is a Kirkus Prize finalist. Author Kiran Desai discusses the novel, which tells the story of one couple throughout their lives in India and New York City.

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