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For more than 25 years, host Marcia Franklin has recorded "Conversations That Matter" with some of the world's most noted writers and thinkers — from historians to humorists, from politicians to pundits, from jurists to journalists — for her series "Dialogue" on Idaho Public Television.

Mar 26, 2023

These two Idaho writers, Kim Barnes and Robert Wrigley, are married to each other. They talk about and read from their works with host Marcia Franklin, and recommend some of their favorite books.

Originally aired: 02/24/2000


Mar 19, 2023

Host Marcia Franklin speaks with author Samantha Power, who in her book "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide" decries U.S. complacency about mass murder and ethnic cleansing in other countries.

Originally aired: 04/18/2002


Mar 12, 2023

Marcia Franklin talks with Idaho filmmakers Heather Rae and Russell Friedenberg. The two produced and wrote "Trudell," a documentary about Native American poet and activist John Trudell. The documentary aired on Idaho Public Television as part of the "Independent Lens" series.

Rae and Friedenberg discuss their...


Mar 5, 2023

Host Marcia Franklin talks with ABC Chief White House correspondent Martha Raddatz about national politics and the war in Iraq. Although Raddatz could stay inside the Beltway to do her job, she's made it a priority to go to Iraq, a total of 17 times at this date. She talks with Franklin about why she takes that...