All Episodes
Booktalk with Diana Korte — 100 episodes
British Historian Edmund Richardson’s “ALEXANDER: God, King, Man”
Memory Expert Dr. Zaldy Tan’s WHAT TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE FORGETTING
Prize-winning fiction writer Jim Shepard’s THE QUEEN OF BAD INFLUENCES
Romance novelist Lia Louis’s THE PHONE SWAP
Mary D Williams’s “Mahalia Jackson, Moving On Up A Little Higher”
Novelist Alexander McCall Smith’s “In the Time of Five Pumpkins” (#26)
Retired Naval Aviator Dan Pedersen’s “TOPGUN. AN AMERICAN STORY”
Bestselling novelist Lisa See’s DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN AND MOON
Best-selling Novelist Kevin Powers' CHILDREN OF THE WILD
Novelist Jane Smiley’s “LIDIE. The Further Travels And Adventures Of Lidie Newton”
Historian Daniel Rood’s IN THE SHADOW OF THE GREAT HOUSE
British Science Journalist Helen Pearson's BEYOND BELIEF
Craig Fehrman's "This Vast Enterprise. A New History of Lewis & Clark"
Bestselling novelist Marie Benedict’s DAUGHTER OF EGYPT
Psychology Professor Harry Reis's HOW TO FEEL LOVED
Pilot Caroline Paul’s WHY FLY
Literary Agent Alia Hanna Habib’s “TAKE IT FROM ME”
Ex-Evangelical Josiah Hesse’s “On Fire for God"
Novelist Meg Donohue's THE MEMORY GARDENER
Wild West Historian Mark Lee Gardner's "Brothers of the Gun"
Military Historian Phillips O'Brien's WAR AND POWER
TRUE CRIME. Writer Skip Hollandsworth’s “SHE KILLS”
Writer Priyanka Kumar's "The Light Between Apple Trees"
"What a Time to be Alive" by Novelist Jade Chang
Science Writer Mary Roach's "REPLACEABLE YOU"
TRUE CRIME. Investigative journalist Artis Henderson's "No Ordinary Bird"
Bill McKibben's "Here Comes the Sun"
A Holocaust Family. Georgia Hunter's "We Were the Lucky Ones"
Bestselling historian Scott Ellsworth's "Midnight on the Potomac"
Julie McFadden (@hospicenursejulie) and “The Nothing to Fear Journal"
America’s First Women WWII Pilots. Becky Aikman’s “SPITFIRES”
Anne Hillerman’s SHADOW OF THE SOLSTICE (#10 in her Navajo Detectives Series)
UK Foreign Policy Adviser Chloe Dalton’s “RAISING HARE”
Former FBI Agent Scott Payne’s “CODENAME: PALE HORSE"
Novelist Karen Russell's THE ANTIDOTE
Elizabeth Greenwood’s PLAYING DEAD. A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
Historical Fiction Writer Marie Bennett's QUEENS OF CRIME
Crime Writer Robert Crais's THE BIG EMPTY (#20 Elvis Cole & Joe Pike)
It's ok to forget where you left the keys??? Neurologist Scott Small's FORGETTING
Journalist Lydia Reeder's "The Cure for Women"
Game Show Host Ken Jennings, author of “MAPHEAD"
Musicologist Todd Decker's MUSIC MAKES ME: Why Fred Astaire was a King of Jazz
World Traveler Ella Morton's ATLAS OBSCURA: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
Salman Rushdie's "Quichotte: A Novel"
Author and historian Silvia Pettem’s “SEPARATE LIVES"
Middle School Librarian Amanda Jones’ “THAT LIBRARIAN. The Fight Against Book Banning in America”
United Airlines pilot and author, Carole Hopson’s A PAIR OF WINGS
Author Gayle Forman's NOT NOTHING
Journalist Brantley Hargrove's "Man Who Caught the Storm"
CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent Mo Rocca’s ROCTOGENERIANS. Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs”
PR Operative Phil Elwood’s “All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians”
Mystery writer James Lee Burke's “The House of the Rising Sun”
Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler’s memoir, “And Then? And Then? What Else?”
Ballerina Karlya Shelton-Benjamin in “Swans of Harlem"
Angler & Travel Writer David Coggins’s “The Believer. A Year In The Fly Fishing Life”
US Senator Tim Kaine's "Walk Ride Paddle: A Life Outside"
Crime Writer Don Winslow's CITY IN RUINS (#3 in trilogy)
Women's Advocate Manal al-Sharif’s “Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening”
Literary Powerhouse Joyce Carol Oates and “The Sacrifice”
Adventurer Michael Benanav's HIMALAYA BOUND
Crime Novelist Tracy Clark’s FALL (2nd in Series)
Native American Scholar R. David Edmunds's "Voices in the Drum: Narratives from the Native American Past"
Writer & explorer Douglas Preston’s “The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder"
British actor Cary Elwes with “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride”
Fuchsia Dunlop's INVITATION TO A BANQUET. The Story of Chinese Food
Thanksgiving Special: Historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s “Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War”
Alexander McCall Smith’s “From a Far and Lovely Country” #24 in series
In Memoriam—Madeleine Albright’s "PRAGUE WINTER” and What Her Comments in 2012 Say About Today's World Crises
Canadian Journalist Taras Grescoe's "THE LOST SUPPER. Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past"
Western writer Craig Johnson's THE LONGMIRE DEFENSE (19th in a series)
National Security Expert Miles Taylor’s "BLOWBACK: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump”
National Book Award winner James McBride’s THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE
Educator & Advocate Chasten Buttigieg's I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU
CNN Jake Tapper’s ALL THE DEMONS ARE HERE (#3 in a series)
Lisa See's newest historical novel LADY TAN'S CIRCLE OF WOMEN
Revisiting Political Activist Gloria Steinem's "My Life on the Road"
True Crime writer Silvia Pettem’s “In Search of the Blonde Tigress. The Untold Story of Eleanor Jarman”
Kenyan Ecologist Paula Kahumbu’s SECRETS OF THE ELEPHANTS
Bestselling Storyteller Lisa Scottoline's LOYALTY, her 35th novel
Middle East Expert Steven Simon's GRAND DELUSION: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East
Debut novelist Laura Spence-Ash’s “BEYOND THAT, THE SEA”
True Crime writer Katherine Corcoran's IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF
Psychologist Marc Schultz's THE GOOD LIFE. Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
Journalist Elaine Weiss's "THE WOMAN’S HOUR: The Great Fight to Win the Vote"
Novelist & literary agent Jennifer Herrera's THE HUNTER, first in a series
Movie star, Philanthropist, and Race Car Driver Paul Newman's memoir--PAUL NEWMAN, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man
Futurist Ari Wallach’s “LONGPATH. Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs”
Journalist Ted Conover’s “CHEAP LAND COLORADO. Off-Gridders at America’s Edge”
Christopher McDougall’s “Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero”
Novelist Delia Owens's "Where the Crawdads Sing"
Thriller writer Robert Crais, author of “Racing the Light: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel”
Historian Candice Millard's "RIVER OF THE GODS. Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile"
British Mystery Writer Richard Osman’s "THE BULLET THAT MISSED" (#3 in "The Thursday Murder Club" series)
Travel Writer Patricia Schultz’s “WHY WE TRAVEL: 100 Reasons to Get Up and Go”
Kimberly Garza’s “The Last Karankawas”
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell's "HER HONOR, My Life on the Bench..."
Jason Kander's "INVISIBLE STORM. A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD"
Gun Industry Expert Ryan Busse, author of “GUNFIGHT"
Mark Lee Gardner’s “THE EARTH IS ALL THAT LASTS: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation"
White House Adviser David Gergen’s “Hearts Touched with Fire. How Great Leaders Are Made”