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Podcast #230 – Marcus J. Moore

High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul, published by Dey Street Books in November 2024, is the latest offering by this critically acclaimed author and university professor. Moore’s work explores the intersections of music, race, and culture, and he is

October 10, 2025 26:41 Speakers: Kevin McGruder, Marcus J. Moore

Podcast #204 – Cheryl Janifer LaRoche

This award-winning archaeologist, author and scholar talks about her latest book, Apostle of Liberation: AME Bishop Paul Quinn and the Underground Railroad. Published by Rowman and Littlefield this month, this biography explores the life of a larger-than

February 13, 2025 30:20 Speakers: Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, Kevin McGruder

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 Conservationist, was published by W. W. N

April 19, 2024 29:40 Speakers: Kevin McGruder, Larry Rohter

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 November 2023. Invisible Generals exp

February 23, 2024 28:02 Speakers: Doug Melville, Kevin McGruder

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 Walker was published by Oxford University Press in December 2022

December 22, 2023 29:42 Speakers: Kevin McGruder, Maryemma Graham

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 as Professor of Law at King’s College, London; is a practicing

December 8, 2023 29:28 Speakers: Kevin McGruder, Satvinder Juss

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 (Farrar Straus and Giroux, May 2023). Eig is a New York Times bestselling author of

October 6, 2023 27:41 Speakers: Jonathan Eig, Kevin McGruder

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 for The Village Voice and a staff writer for S

April 28, 2023 29:55 Speakers: Kevin McGruder, RJ Smith

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