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- 277 - Podcast #194 – Ken Burns
Celebrated documentary filmmaker and Television Hall of Fame inductee Ken Burns, talks about his latest film, Leonardo da Vinci. It will air nationwide on PBS network stations on November 18 and 19, 2024. Burns has directed […]
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 - 37min - 276 - Podcast #193 – Susan Blumberg-Kason
Author Susan Blumberg-Kason talks about her latest book, Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China, published by Post Hill Press in November 2023. Blumberg-Kason has also authored Good Chinese […]
Fri, 01 Nov 2024 - 27min - 275 - Podcast #192 – Benjamin Taylor
This week we interview Benjamin Taylor, author of Chasing Bright Medusas: The Life of Willa Cather. This biography of Cather, a celebrated American novelist, was published in November 2023 by Viking. In 2021, […]
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 - 23min - 274 - Podcast #191 – Patti Hartigan
This week we interview Patti Hartigan, award-winning journalist and author of August Wilson: A Life. This biography, Hartigan’s first, about the legendary, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who powerfully and poetically chronicled African […]
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 - 29min - 273 - Podcast #190 – Fergus M. Bordewich
This week we interview veteran independent writer, historian, and journalist, Fergus M. Bordewich. His latest book, Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction, was published in October […]
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 - 27min - 272 - Podcast #189 – Katie Gee Salisbury
This week we interview Katie Gee Salisbury, author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong, a new biography of the first Asian American movie star. […]
Fri, 04 Oct 2024 - 24min - 271 - Podcast #188 – Kenneth Miller
This week we interview award-winning journalist and author Kenneth Miller about his first biography, Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep. It was published in October 2023 […]
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 - 30min - 270 - Podcast #187 – Jessica Max Stein
This week we interview Jessica (Max) Stein, author of Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography. This first-time biography of a highly regarded Muppet/Sesame Street performer was published in March 2024 by […]
Fri, 20 Sep 2024 - 28min - 269 - Podcast #186 – Matthew Kennedy
This week film historian Matthew Kennedy talks about his latest book, On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide, published by Oxford University Press in May 2024. Kennedy also authored Roadshow! The Fall of […]
Fri, 13 Sep 2024 - 32min - 268 - Podcast #185 – Rachel Kousser
This week we interview City University of New York (CUNY) professor and author Rachel Kousser. Her latest book, Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander […]
Fri, 06 Sep 2024 - 23min - 267 - Podcast #184 – Will Hermes
This time we interview author Will Hermes, whose latest book, Lou Reed: The King of New York, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in October 2023. Hermes is a contributing editor at Rolling […]
Fri, 28 Jun 2024 - 31min - 266 - Podcast #183 – Amrita Chakrabarti Myers
This week we interview Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, an award-winning author and the Ruth N. Halls Associate Professor of history and gender studies at Indiana University in Bloomington. Her latest book, […]
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 - 28min - 265 - Podcast #182 – Brad Gooch
This week we interview poet, novelist, and biographer Brad Gooch. His latest book, Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, was published by Harper/HarperCollins in March 2024. Gooch’s previous ten books […]
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 - 28min - 264 - Podcast #181 – Marsha Gordon
This week we interview Marsha Gordon, author, professor, and director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University. Gordon’s latest book, Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings […]
Fri, 07 Jun 2024 - 30min - 263 - Podcast #180 – Adam Nagourney
This week we interview Adam Nagourney, veteran journalist and author of, The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn and the Transformation of Journalism, published by Crown Press in September 2023. […]
Fri, 31 May 2024 - 21min - 262 - Podcast #179 – Barbara D. Savage
This week we interview award-winning author and first-time biographer, Barbara D. Savage. Her latest book, Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar, is an incisive examination of a scholar who […]
Fri, 24 May 2024 - 30min - 261 - Podcast #178 – Judith Tick
This week we interview Judith Tick, a Matthews Distinguished Professor Emerita at Northeastern University in Boston, and an award-winning author. Her latest book, Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed […]
Fri, 17 May 2024 - 28min - 260 - Podcast #177 – Hampton Sides
This week we interview celebrated author Hampton Sides. His latest book, The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, was published by Doubleday in […]
Fri, 10 May 2024 - 25min - 259 - Podcast #176 – Scott Shane
This week we interview Scott Shane, author of Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland. Published by Celadon Press in September 2023, Shane has written […]
Fri, 03 May 2024 - 28min - 258 - Podcast #175 – Cynthia Carr
This week we interview award winning author Cynthia Carr, whose latest book, Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar, was published by Farrar Straus and Giroux in March 2024. Carr’s previous biographies include, […]
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 26min - 257 - Podcast #174 – Larry Rohter
This week we interview journalist Larry Rohter, author of the biography about a brilliant Brazilian explorer. Rohter’s Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and […]
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 29min - 256 - Podcast #173 – Danny Fingeroth
This week we interview Danny Fingeroth, a veteran biographer and cultural historian/commentator who specializes in history at the intersection of Jewish and American cultures. His latest book, Jack Ruby: The Many Faces […]
Fri, 12 Apr 2024 - 21min - 255 - Podcast #172 – Jack Kelly
This week we interview Jack Kelly, an award-winning author and historian. Kelly’s latest book, God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America’s Most Hated Man, was published in December 2023 by […]
Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 31min - 254 - Podcast #171 – Joy-Ann Reid
This week we interview Joy-Ann Reid, host of MSNBC’s The Reid Out and a New York Times bestselling author. Reid’s latest book, Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America, was published by Mariner […]
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 29min - 253 - Podcast #170 – Natalie Dykstra
This week we interview award-winning author Natalie Dykstra. Her latest biography, Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner, will be published by Mariner on March 26, 2024. Dykstra’s work on Stewart […]
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 27min - 252 - Podcast #169 – Nicholas L. Syrett
This week we interview Nicholas L. Syrett, the author of four books and most recently, The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make […]
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 31min - 251 - Podcast #168 – J. C. Hallman
This week we interview J. C. Hallman, author of Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health, published by Henry Holt and Company in June […]
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 27min - 250 - Podcast #167 – Rachel Shteir
This week we interview author and theater arts professor Rachel Shteir, whose latest book, Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disruptor, was published by Yale University Press in September 2023. Friedan was the trendsetting feminist writer […]
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 30min - 249 - Podcast #166 – Doug Melville
This week we interview author Doug Melville, whose first biography, Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy and a Quest to Honor America’s First Black Generals, was published by Atria/Black Privilege Press in […]
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 28min - 248 - Podcast #165 – Rachel Jamison Webster
This week we interview Rachel Jamison Webster, professor of creative writing at Northwestern University and the author of four books of poetry and cross-genre writing. Her latest book, Benjamin Banneker and Us: […]
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 - 30min - 247 - Podcast #164 – David Waldstreicher
This week we interview David Waldstreicher, a history professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and author of his latest book, The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: a Poet’s Journeys Through […]
Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 27min - 246 - Podcast #163 – Tanisha C. Ford
This week we interview Tanisha C. Ford, a cultural critic, educator, and author. Her latest book, Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon, and the Glamour, Money and Power Behind the Civil […]
Fri, 02 Feb 2024 - 29min - 245 - Podcast #162 – Dean King
This week we interview Dean King whose latest book, Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship that Saved Yosemite, was published by Scribner in March 2023. King is an award-winning […]
Fri, 26 Jan 2024 - 29min - 244 - Podcast #161 – Brad Snyder
This week we interview Brad Snyder, author of Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment, published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2022. As a Georgetown […]
Fri, 19 Jan 2024 - 27min - 243 - Podcast #160 – Yunte Huang
This week we interview Yunte Huang, a Guggenheim Fellow and author of Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History, published by Liveright in August 2023. Huang has taught at Harvard University and the […]
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 - 27min - 242 - Podcast #159 – Walter Isaacson
Happy New Year! This special episode features a fascinating presentation by the 2023 National Humanities Awardee, Tulane University history professor, television and podcast host, and celebrated biographer, Walter Issacson. His […]
Fri, 05 Jan 2024 - 59min - 240 - Podcast #158 – Justin Martin
This week, we interview author Justin Martin, who specializes in meticulously researched and engagingly delivered American history books. His most recent, A Fierce Glory: Antietam, the Desperate Battle That Saved […]
Fri, 29 Dec 2023 - 27min - 239 - Podcast #157 – Maryemma Graham
This week, we interview Maryemma Graham, author of the first comprehensive biography of famed poet, writer, and educator Margaret Walker. The House Where My Soul Lives: The Life of Margaret […]
Fri, 22 Dec 2023 - 29min - 238 - Podcast #156 – Beverly Gage
This week, we interview Beverly Gage, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, published by Viking in November 2022. Gage is […]
Fri, 15 Dec 2023 - 24min - 237 - Podcast #155 – Satvinder Juss
This week we interview Satvinder Juss, author of Bhagat Singh: A Life in Revolution, a biography of a charismatic Indian revolutionary, published by India Viking in December 2022. Juss serves […]
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 - 29min - 236 - Podcast #154 – Rachel L. Swarns
This week we interview Rachel L. Swarns, a New York University Professor of Journalism and journalist who writes about race and race relations as a contributing author to The New […]
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - 29min - 235 - Podcast #153 – Edward O’Shea
This week we interview Edward O’Shea, a State University of New York at Oswego Emeritus English Professor and author of Seamus Heaney’s American Odyssey. Published by Routledge Press in December 2022, this biography […]
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 - 24min - 234 - Podcast #152 – Mary Ann Caws
This week we interview Mary Ann Caws, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature, English and French at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. In her latest book, Mina […]
Fri, 17 Nov 2023 - 22min - 233 - Podcast #151 – Thomas Hertog
This week we interview the internationally renowned cosmologist Thomas Hertog, who for many years was a close collaborator and mentee of the late Stephen Hawking. His book, On the Origin of Time: Stephen […]
Fri, 10 Nov 2023 - 28min - 232 - Podcast #150 – Ilyon Woo
This week we interview Ilyon Woo, the New York Times best-selling author of Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom, published by Simon & Schuster in January 2023. This biography […]
Fri, 03 Nov 2023 - 28min - 231 - Podcast #149 – Caleb Gayle
This week we feature award-winning journalist and author Caleb Gayle, who writes about the history of race and identity. His latest book, We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of […]
Fri, 27 Oct 2023 - 28min - 230 - Podcast #148 – Paul Fisher
This week we feature biographer and cultural historian Paul Fisher. His most recent award-winning biography, The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World, was published by Farrar, Straus and […]
Fri, 20 Oct 2023 - 21min - 229 - Podcast #147 – Angela V. John
This week we feature Angela V. John, an historian and biographer from Wales who serves as the president of Llafur, the Welsh People’s History Society. Her latest book, War, Journalism, […]
Fri, 13 Oct 2023 - 22min - 228 - Podcast #146 – Jonathan Eig
This week we feature Jonathan Eig, former senior writer for The Wall Street Journal and the author of a new biography of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—King: A Life […]
Fri, 06 Oct 2023 - 27min - 227 - Podcast #145 – Kerri K. Greenidge
This week we interview Kerri K. Greenidge, the Mellon Assistant Professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts University. The author most recently of The […]
Fri, 29 Sep 2023 - 23min - 226 - Podcast #144 – Celia Stahr
This week we interview Celia Stahr, author of Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist (St. Martin’s Press, March 2020). This biography of celebrated Mexican artist Frida […]
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 - 27min - 225 - Podcast #143 – Jonny Steinberg
This week we interview Jonny Steinberg, author of Winnie and Nelson Mandela: Portrait of a Marriage, published by Knopf in May 2023. Steinberg has written several books about everyday life in the wake […]
Fri, 15 Sep 2023 - 29min - 224 - Podcast #142 – Sung-Yoon Lee
This week we interview Sung-Yoon Lee, author of The Sister: The Extraordinary Story of Kim Yo Jong, the Most Powerful Woman in North Korea, published in America by Public Affairs […]
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 - 26min - 223 - Podcast #141 – Jennifer Homans and Pamela Newkirk
This special episode features a spirited conversation between award-winning journalist and biographer Pamela Newkirk and BIO’s 2023 Plutarch Award-winner Jennifer Homans. The Plutarch Award recognizes the best biography of the […]
Fri, 01 Sep 2023 - 57min - 222 - Podcast #140 – Jeff Pearlman
This week we interview sports journalist and author Jeff Pearlman. His latest book, The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson, was published in October 2022 by Mariner Books. […]
Fri, 30 Jun 2023 - 19min - 221 - Podcast #139 – E. James West
This week we interview E. James West, a historian and lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies and Cultures at England’s University College of London. He also serves as co-director of the Black […]
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 - 27min - 220 - Podcast #138 – Candice Millard Part 2
This week we present the second half of our special two-part interview with Candice Millard, author of four New York Times bestsellers. Her most recent book, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal […]
Fri, 16 Jun 2023 - 22min - 219 - Podcast #136 – Aidan Levy
This week we interview Aidan Levy whose latest book, Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, was published in December 2022 by Hachette Books. Levy also authored, Dirty Blvd.: The […]
Fri, 02 Jun 2023 - 26min - 218 - Podcast #137 – Candice Millard Part 1
This week we present the first segment of a special two-part interview with Candice Millard, author of four New York Times bestsellers. Her most recent book, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal […]
Fri, 09 Jun 2023 - 27min - 217 - Podcast #135 – Chad Williams
This week we interview Chad Williams, the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. His latest book, The Wounded World: W. E. […]
Fri, 26 May 2023 - 28min - 216 - Podcast #134 – Stacy Schiff Part 2
This week we feature the second segment of a special two-part interview featuring award-winning biographer, Stacy Schiff. Her latest book, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, was published by Little, Brown and […]
Fri, 19 May 2023 - 23min - 215 - Podcast #133 – Stacy Schiff
This week we feature the first segment of a special two-part interview with award-winning biographer, Stacy Schiff. Her latest book, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, was published by Little, Brown, and Company in […]
Fri, 12 May 2023 - 28min - 214 - Podcast #132 – Ashley Brown
This week we interview Ashley Brown, assistant history professor and the Allan H. Selig Chair in Sport and Society in U.S. History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her biography, Serving Herself: […]
Fri, 05 May 2023 - 28min - 213 - Podcast #131 – RJ Smith
This week we interview RJ Smith, author of Chuck Berry: An American Life, published in November 2022 by Hachette Books. Smith is a senior editor at Los Angeles Magazine, a contributor to Details, a columnist […]
Fri, 28 Apr 2023 - 29min - 212 - Podcast #130 – Andrew Meier
This special episode features excerpts from a conversation between award-winning journalist and author Andrew Meier and fellow biographer and BIO member Kai Bird. Meier’s latest book, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and […]
Fri, 21 Apr 2023 - 47min - 211 - Podcast #129 – Helen Rappaport
This week we interview Helen Rappaport, the British author of sixteen highly regarded biographies. Her latest book, In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Black Cultural Icon and Humanitarian, was […]
Fri, 14 Apr 2023 - 28min - 210 - Podcast #128 – Andrew Nagorski
This week we interview Andrew Nagorski, an award-winning journalist and author of Saving Freud: The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom, published by Simon and Schuster in August 2022. Nagorski spent more […]
Fri, 07 Apr 2023 - 30min - 209 - Podcast #127 – Lydia Moland
This week we interview Lydia Moland, professor of philosophy at Colby College and author of Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life, published by in the University of Chicago Press in October 2022. This biography explores the […]
Fri, 31 Mar 2023 - 30min - 208 - Podcast #126 – Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos
This week we interview Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos, a historian, journalist, and author of The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd. It was published by Hanover Square Press, […]
Fri, 24 Mar 2023 - 30min - 207 - Podcast #125 – Hilary A. Hallett
This week we interview Hilary A. Hallett, the Mendelson Family Professor, Director of American Studies, and Associate Professor of History at Columbia University. Her latest book is Inventing The Hollywood […]
Fri, 17 Mar 2023 - 30min - 206 - Podcast #124 – Diana P. Parsell
This week we interview writer, editor, and former journalist in the Washington, D.C. area, Diana P. Parsell. Her biography, Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees, was published […]
Fri, 10 Mar 2023 - 24min - 205 - Podcast Episode #123 – Neil Baldwin
This week we interview Neil Baldwin, an author whose critically acclaimed biographies include examinations of William Carlos Williams, Man Ray, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford. His current biography, Martha Graham: […]
Fri, 03 Mar 2023 - 30min - 204 - Podcast Episode #122 – Lerita Coleman Brown
This week we interview Lerita Coleman Brown, author of What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman, published this month by Broadleaf Books. A Distinguished Professor Emerita […]
Fri, 24 Feb 2023 - 30min - 203 - Podcast Episode #121 – Marilyn S. Greenwald and Yun Li
This week we interview co-authors Marilyn S. Greenwald and Yun Li about their book, Eunice Hunton Carter: A Lifelong Fight for Social Justice, published by Empire State Editions, in April […]
Fri, 17 Feb 2023 - 30min - 202 - Podcast Episode #120 – Kostya Kennedy
This week we interview journalist Kostya Kennedy, author of True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson, published by St. Martin’s Press, in April 2022. Kennedy is an editorial director at […]
Fri, 10 Feb 2023 - 30min - 201 - Podcast Episode #119 – Wanda Hendricks
This week we interview Wanda A. Hendricks, Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of South Carolina and author of The Life of Madie Hall Xuma: Black Women’s Global Activism During Jim Crow […]
Fri, 03 Feb 2023 - 30min - 200 - Podcast Episode #118 – John A. Farrell
This special episode features excerpts from a spirited conversation between USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page and fellow award-winning biographer and BIO member John “Jack” Farrell. His latest book, Ted Kennedy: A Life, is a […]
Fri, 27 Jan 2023 - 30min - 199 - Podcast Episode #117 – Susan Page
This time we interview Susan Page, an award-winning journalist and USA Today’s Washington Bureau Chief. Page has written biographies of the influential former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former first lady Barbara […]
Fri, 20 Jan 2023 - 30min - 198 - Podcast Episode #116 – Frances Wilson and Nigel Hamilton
This week we feature a special episode with BIO’s 2022 Plutarch Award-winner Frances Wilson. Her latest book, Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence, published by Farrar, Straus and […]
Fri, 13 Jan 2023 - 30min - 197 - Podcast Episode #115 – Megan Marshall
Happy New Year! We’re pleased to start this year with a special episode featuring Pulitzer Prize Award-winning biographer Megan Marshall. During BIO’s virtual conference last year, Marshall received our organization’s […]
Fri, 06 Jan 2023 - 30min - 196 - Podcast Episode #114 – Gene Andrew Jarrett
This week we interview Gene Andrew Jarrett, Dean of the Faculty and William S. Tod Professor of English at Princeton University. His latest book, Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and […]
Fri, 30 Dec 2022 - 30min - 195 - Podcast Episode #113 – Iris Jamahl Dunkle
This week we interview Iris Jamahl Dunkle, the former Poet Laureate of Sonoma County, California, and an award-winning author. Dunkle’s biography about the artist and wife of famed writer Jack […]
Fri, 23 Dec 2022 - 30min - 194 - Podcast Episode #112 – Anastasia Curwood
This week we interview Anastasia Curwood, Professor of History at the University of Kentucky and author of Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics, scheduled for publication by the University […]
Fri, 16 Dec 2022 - 30min - 193 - Podcast Episode #111 – Winston James
This week we interview Winston James, author of Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik, published by Columbia University Press in July 2022. A Professor of History at the […]
Fri, 09 Dec 2022 - 30min - 192 - Podcast Episode #110 – Mark Clague
This week we interview Mark Clague, author of O Say Can You Hear: A Cultural Biography of The Star-Spangled Banner, published by W.W. Norton & Company in June 2022. Clague […]
Fri, 02 Dec 2022 - 30min - 191 - Podcast Episode #109 – Allison Gilbert
This week we interview Allison Gilbert, an award-winning journalist and co-author (with writer Julia Scheeres) of Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman. Published by Seal […]
Sat, 26 Nov 2022 - 30min - 190 - Podcast Episode #108 – Soyica Diggs Colbert
This week we interview Soyica Diggs Colbert, the Idol Family Professor of African American Studies and Performing Arts at Georgetown University. Her book, Radical Vision: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry, […]
Fri, 18 Nov 2022 - 30min - 189 - Podcast Episode #107 – E. Stanly Godbold
This week we interview E. Stanly Godbold, author of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: Power and Human Rights, 1975–2020. This dual biography of President Carter and his wife Rosalynn was published […]
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 - 30min - 188 - Podcast Episode #106 – Bernice Lerner
This week we interview Bernice Lerner, a senior scholar at Boston University’s Center for Character and Social Responsibility. Her latest book is a dual biography of a high-ranking British military […]
Fri, 04 Nov 2022 - 30min - 187 - Podcast Episode #105 – Li Shan Chan
This week we interview Li Shan Chan, a Singaporean writer, mental health advocate, and doctoral student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, who was awarded the Biography Prize by […]
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 - 30min - 186 - Podcast Episode #104 – Marko Perko
This week we interview Marko Perko, a veteran writer and the co-author (with psychiatrist Stephen M. Stahl) of Tesla: His Tremendous and Troubled Life. This biography of Nikola Tesla—the Serbian […]
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 - 30min - 185 - Podcast Episode #103 – Etta Madden
This week we interview Etta Madden, author of Engaging Italy: American Women’s Utopian Visions and International Networks. Published by the State University of New York Press in April 2022, this […]
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 - 30min - 184 - Podcast Episode #102 – Justin Tinsley
This week we interview Justin Tinsley, a senior sports and culture reporter for ESPN’s “The Undefeated.” He has written commentaries and feature stories about people as varied as Marvin Gaye, […]
Fri, 07 Oct 2022 - 30min - 183 - Podcast Episode #101 – Betsy Rohaly Smoot
This week we interview Betsy Smoot, an intelligence historian interested in early twentieth-century cryptology and communications. She retired from the Center for Cryptologic History of the National Security Agency in 2017, […]
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 - 30min - 182 - Podcast Episode #100 – Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink
This week we interview Gwendolyn Mink and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, co-authors of Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress, published by New York University Press in […]
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 - 30min - 181 - Podcast Episode #99 – Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels
This week we interview Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels, Peabody Award and Polk Award-winning journalists and co-authors of His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice, published by Viking Press […]
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 - 30min - 180 - Podcast Episode #98 – Philip Short
This week we interview Philip Short, a British journalist who has written several definitive biographies, including Mao: A Life and Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare. Short has had a long career as a […]
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 - 30min - 179 - Podcast Episode #90 – John Markoff
This week we interview John Markoff, a Pulitzer Prize winning, veteran science and technology journalist for The New York Times, the Pacific News Service, InfoWorld, Byte Magazine, and The San Jose […]
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 - 30min - 178 - Podcast Episode #89 – Alejandro Madrid
This week we interview Alejandro Madrid, an award-winning Cornell University musicologist who specializes in music and expressive culture from Latin America and Latinxs in the United States. He has authored more […]
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 - 30min - 177 - Podcast Episode #88 – Paulina Bren
This week we interview Paulina Bren, an award-winning writer and Vassar College historian. Her latest book, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free is a New York Times Editor’s […]
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