Life as a War Journalist With Jane Ferguson
Send us Fan Mail Let's get dangerous! War journalist and author Jane Ferguson joins us to talk her new memoir, No Ordinary Assignment. We talk about sneaking into dangerous places, accents, and how sh...
12 Juli 202340min
Rosa Parks and the O Street Museum With H.H. Leonards
Send us Fan Mail Let's open a museum! Museum owner and author H.H. Leonards joins us to talk about her book, Beyond the Bus, about her friend and civil rights icon, Rosa Parks. We also talk about the ...
5 Juli 202329min
1910's Halley's Comet Panic With Richard Goodrich
Send us Fan Mail Let's talk fake news! Author Richard Goodrich joins us to talk his book Comet Madness: How the 1910 Return of Halley's Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization. We define "peripatetic" a...
28 Juni 202331min
Edgar Allan Poe With Mark Dawidziak
Send us Fan Mail Let’s get dark!Mark Dawidziak joins the podcast to talk his book A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe. We also discuss Columbo, Mark Twain, and the Twilight Z...
21 Juni 202348min
How to Fix the Hollywood System With Vanity Fair's Maureen Ryan
Send us Fan Mail Let's light it up! Vanity Fair Contributing Editor and Author Maureen Ryan joins the podcast to discuss her new (and bestselling already!) book Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a ...
14 Juni 20231h 2min
George Washington's Descendants With Cassandra Good
Send us Fan Mail Let's talk about the stepkids! Author Cassandra Good joins the podcast to talk about her book, First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America. We discuss inheritanc...
7 Juni 202341min
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Schemes With Emily Lynn Paulson
Send us Fan Mail Let's not lose our money! Author Emily Lynn Paulson joins us to talk about her new book, "Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing." Come lis...
31 Maj 202339min
The Jazz Age Rivalry of Senator Burton Wheeler and Attorney General Harry Daugherty With Lost L.A. Host Nathan Masters
Send us Fan Mail Let's get crooked! TV host and author Nathan Masters joins us to talk his book, Crooked: The Roaring 20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the ...
24 Maj 202331min
