Media Heat: Alan Alda

This morning the Today Show offers munchies from Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, author of Lidia's Family Table (Knopf, $35, 1400040353).

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This morning the Early Show asks a few questions of Po Bronson, author of Why Do I Love These People?: Honest and Amazing Stories of Real Families (Random House, $24.95, 1400062373).

Also on the Early Show today: Susan Spungen, author of Recipes: A Collection for the Modern Cook (Morrow, $34.95, 0060731249).

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WAMU's Diane Rehm Show puts Alan Alda, author of Never Have Your Dog Stuffed and Other Things I've Learned (Random House, $24.95, 1400064090), through the paces.

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Tonight on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Peggy Noonan, author of John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spirit (Viking, $24.95, 0670037486).

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Yesterday on NPR's Fresh Air: Vatican reporter John Allen, whose new book is Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385514492).

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Yesterday Talk of the Nation took a trip with Lonely Planet editor Don George, who has collected "on the road" tales from famous and not-so-famous writers in By the Seat of My Pants: Humorous Tales of Travel and Misadventure (Lonely Planet, $15, 1741046068).

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Yesterday on All Things Considered, Timothy Noah talked about The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate (PublicAffairs, $26.95, 1586483633). Noah edited the book, which is by Marjorie Williams, his late wife.

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