Whose biography is it, anyway? My answer to Joyce Carol Oates
A brief podcast, what you might call a short snort, about those who malign biography.
24 Dec 20239min
Honey Traps! Why spies make good if spooky biographical subjects.
A talk with Henry Schlesinger about his book on Honey Traps and the biographies of alluring spies.
17 Dec 202326min
A slightly trimmed version of my talk with Chris Wallace about biographers and political lives
What happens when the biographer becomes part of the story? Chris Wallace shows us in her unique book, Political Lives.
11 Dec 202340min
A conversation with Chris Wallace about her book Political Lives and how biographers get the story
A discussion of a unique book by Chris Wallace, a journalist turned scholar, and how biographers interact with their subjects.
10 Dec 202341min
Come On! Get Happy! How Summer Stock with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly got made
Join David Fantle and Tom Johnson for a lively discussion of the backstory and performances and production of the MGM musical, Summer Stock
3 Dec 202341min
Danny Fingeroth’s new biography of Jack Ruby
How to deal with a figure so involved with conspiracy theories: What does a biography have to add to history?
22 Nov 202340min
Listening to Larry Lockridge, Part 2, biographer turned novelist
What happens when a biographer turns from the themes of his biography to a series of novels that are biographical and then some.
13 Nov 202336min
What happened when T. S. Matthews decided to write the first biography of T. S. Eliot? Find out!
A conversation with Karen Christensen about her edition of Writing The Great Tom as well as her own work on a biography of Valerie Eliot.
12 Nov 202344min
