Book Reviews Episodes
Ambitious Like a Mother: Why prioritizing your career is good for your kids. Talking with Lara Bazelon.
May 25, 2022
Lara Bazelon demolishes some of the popular myths around working Moms: the work/life balance, the selfless mother, and toxic female ambition. Both a memoir and a series of interviews with career women, Lara backs her argume…
"Freezing Order". Why Vladimir Putin hates author, Bill Browder for his latest New York Times best seller.
May 7, 2022
A tale of sunshine being the best disinfectant for Russian money laundering and corruption.
Behind the Enigma: GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber Intelligence Agency. Talking with author, Professor John Ferris.
April 20, 2022
The History of GCHQ, the most secretive intelligence agency in the world.
Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey. In conversation with Ireland's Ambassador to the United States, Daniel Mulhall.
April 9, 2022
Ambassador Mulhall discusses James Joyce’s Ulysses.
Don't shoot, I'm the Guitar Man ! Talking with author Buzzy Martin
April 6, 2022
Buzzy Martin taught guitar to the convicts at San Quentin Prison for three years and shows how music can transform lives, even for hardened criminals. The book and soon to be released motion picture present a compelling mess…
Unleashed: In conversation with author Skye Blaine.
April 2, 2022
A story of loss , pain but ultimate triumph.
The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s. In conversation with Dr. Ellen Schrecker
March 11, 2022
US Universities are still impacted by many policy changes that had their roots in the turbulent ‘60s. The Promise was to provide high quality very affordable college education to foster upward social and economic mobility.
Black History Month: Love, Activism and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar Nelson. Talking with Professor Tara T. Green
Feb. 23, 2022
The life of Alice Dunbar Nelson
The Vanishing: In conversation with War Reporter and Author Janine di Giovanni
Jan. 19, 2022
Ancient Christian communities of Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Egypt are threatened by terrorism, persecution, war and emigration. Some say they will be extinct in 50 years. War correspondent Janine di Giovanni alerts us to the thre…
Her Secret War: In conversation with author Pam Lecky
Dec. 29, 2021
Her Secret War is Pam Lecky's fifth novel published in the United States. It's a great historical novel set in WWII. A twisty tale of intrigue and deception, Irish author Pam Lecky weaves many different genres into the story…
Safe Enough Spaces: A pragmatist's approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness. In conversation with Michael S. Roth, President of Wesleyan University.
Dec. 21, 2021
Safe spaces, trigger warnings, political correctness - we hear these terms so often in the context of the College experience today. Often we wonder what has happened to the classic college experience. But President Roth give…
Collateral Damage is Optioned as a Documentary: an update conversation with author Mark Shaw
Nov. 19, 2021
Mark Wahlberg's "Unreasonable Ideas" production company has optioned Collateral Damage for a Documentary. Mark Shaw's book connects the dots between the 1962 death of Marilyn Monroe, the 1963 assassination of JFK and the 196…
Carol Lynley: Her Hollywood Career. Talking with author Tom Lisanti, author of Carol Lynley her films and TV career and along for the discussion Shaun Chang, of the Movie and TV Blog, "Hill Place."
Oct. 21, 2021
Carol Lynley had a remarkable 40 year career in films, TV and on the stage. And who could ever forget The Poseidon Adventure ? She was a hardworking actress who graduated from model to teen actress to adult roles during the…
King Richard. Nixon and Watergate: an American Tragedy. In conversation with author Michael Dobbs.
Oct. 6, 2021
Michael Dobbs was Moscow Bureau Chief for the Washington Post. He has written seven books. King Richard and several others deal with presidential crises. For King Richard he listened to the Nixon tapes at the presidential l…
Mexican American Moxie: Talking with author, Professor Frank P. Barajas
Oct. 1, 2021
The rise of the Mexican American community in California is notable in many fields. But back in the middle of the 20th Century until the 1970s, The future was littered with struggle, poverty and lack of opportunity. Frank Ba…