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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. This biography was published by Dutton in March 2024. Gee Salisbury’s work h

October 4, 2024 24:31 Speakers: Jennifer Skoog, Katie Gee Salisbury

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 by Hachette Books. Miller is a contr

September 27, 2024 30:15 Speakers: Kenneth Miller, Sonja Williams

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 Rutgers University Press. Stein is New York-based wr

September 20, 2024 28:50 Speakers: Brian Jay Jones, Jessica Max Stein

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 Film Musicals in the 1960s, and he has written

September 13, 2024 32:13 Speakers: Debby Applegate, Matthew Kennedy

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 the Great, was published in July 2024 by Mariner Books. Kousser head

September 6, 2024 23:24 Speakers: Jennifer Skoog, Rachel Kousser

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 Stone and a longtime contributor to NPR’s All Things Cons

June 28, 2024 31:28 Speakers: Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Will Hermes

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, The Vice President’s Black Wife: The Untold Life of Ju

June 21, 2024 28:43 Speakers: Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, Jennifer Skoog

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 include Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor—a

June 14, 2024 28:43 Speakers: Brad Gooch, Jennifer Skoog

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