Books & Looks
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Fascinating conversations with today's most engaging authors. On each episode, we sit down with an acclaimed author for an in-depth chat about their latest work, the creative process, and the stories behind the stories. With its broad range of titles and topics, Books & Looks is your ticket to literary discovery. Join the conversation and find your next great read, with new episodes weekly. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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Same Beginning, Same End: The Entwined Lives of Adams and Jefferson
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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How Nature Tells Time without a Clock
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May 29, 2026 |
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The 1909 Race Henry Ford Cheated to Win - Eric Moskowitz on "The Hardest, Longest Race"
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May 19, 2026 |
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The true story of America's first dance battle ft. April F. Masten
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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The Secret Math System That Broke Casinos ft. Kit Chellel
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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The 2,000-Year History of Mac and Cheese
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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America's Secret WWII Coastal War with Sara Vladic
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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How Did She Write 40+ Bestselling Mysteries?
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Separating Sense from Nonsense: The Science of Health Trends with Dr. Joe Schwarcz | #143
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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The Strength of Water: An Asian American Coming of Age Memoir with Karin K. Jensen | #142
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Doctors' Riot of 1788: Body Snatching, Bloodletting, and Anatomy in America with Andy McPhee | #141
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers (Interview) #140
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Mysteries of the National Parks by Mike Bezemek | #139
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Christmas Book Recommendations 2025 | #138
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Isabella d'Este: The First Woman of the Renaissance with author Sarah Dunant | #137
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Backpack, Jacket, Surfboard: Hitchhiking Across America with Graham Broyd | #136
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Mary Grand Unlocks A Halloween Murder on a Haunted Island | #135
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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The Secret History of Breast Cancer Awareness & The Women Who Fought It with Judith L. Pearson | #134
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Cindy Fazzi on Crafting the Domingo the Bounty Hunter Series | #133
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Inside The Deadliest Book Series with Eleanor Spicer Rice | #132
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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The Martian Craze: How Percival Lowell Created Canals on Mars | #131
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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A Marathon a Day: The Fastest Woman to Run Around the World | #130
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Beyond Baker Street: An Irregular Detective Mystery Series | #129
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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John Seabrook on the True History of Seabrook Farms | #128
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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The Untold History of Jose Cuervo: Rivalry, Railroads, Revolution, & Tequila | #127
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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How Female Grifters of the Gilded Age Stole Millions & Fooled Everyone | #126
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Story of ABBA: Uncovering Their Hidden Melancholy | #125
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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The Forgotten Women's Air Force Service Pilots & Nancy Love | #124
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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#123 - Sara Winokur: Lewis Chessmen Murders, DNA & Iceland's Pirate Secrets
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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#122 - What I Saw Inside the Kremlin: CNN Journalist Jill Dougherty on Putin & Russia
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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#121 - Ruth Foster on 'A Perfect Year?': Family Conflicts & Hidden Lives
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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#120 - Marie Benedict on The Queens of Crime: The Real Murder That Inspired the Mystery
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May 28, 2025 |
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#119 - Disco, Dallas, and Dave Kingman's Bombs: The Unforgettable Summer of 1978
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May 21, 2025 |
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#118 - The Woman Who Outsmarted Nazi Art Thieves: The Untold Story of Rose Valland
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May 14, 2025 |
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#117 - Wearing The Pineapple Pin
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May 06, 2025 |
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#116 - Casting False Witnesses: The Tree of Lies and a Silversmith's Fatal Puzzle
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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#115 - Life’s Final Horizon
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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#114 - Revolution's Midnight Messenger
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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#113 - Stolen Heartbeats: When Hackers Rewrite the Transplant Code
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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#112 - Beyond the Final Homestand: Small Towns, Bleacher Dreams, and America's Soul
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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#111 - Beautiful Invaders: How 200 Birds Became America's Billion-Dollar Problem
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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#110 - When Cultures Collide: The Shocking True Story of Jeddah Bride
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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#109 - Revolutionary War Mystery Meets Modern Cyber Warfare
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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#108 - The Forgotten Women Who Made Mountain Climbing History
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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#107 - The Arctic: It’s More than a Sea
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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#106 - Science vs Religion: The Trial That Changed America
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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#105 - Last of Their Kind: 10 Cultural Traditions About to Vanish
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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#104 - They Starved Protecting Seeds: WWII's Unknown Heroes
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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#103 - The Dazzling Rise & Fall of Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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#102 - Discovering Provence: Food, History & Joie de Vivre with Carole Bumpus
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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#101 - From Wall Street to Whodunnit: An Author's Tale of Tenacity
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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#100 - The Untold Story of Prohibition's Leading Ladies with Gioia Diliberto
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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#99 - An Isle of Wight Christmas Whodunit with Novelist Mary Grand
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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#98 - 13 Must-Read Books for Your Holiday Wish List
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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#97 - The Remarkable 18th-Century Tale of Clara the Celebrity Rhino
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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#96 - Irene Daria: How Schools Fail to Teach Reading (And What Parents Can Do)
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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#95 - Abbott Kahler's "Eden Undone": Sex, Murder & the Search for Utopia
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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#94 - "Street Fight": Anne Morrissy Uncovers Chicago's Forgotten Taxi Wars
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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#93 - Bouncing Through History: Sarah Albee's Rubber-Fueled Adventure
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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#92 - Inside the Opioid Epidemic: Laura Essay Talks Her New Legal Novel & Years of Research
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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#91 - Madeline Martin on Wartime Resilience, Motherhood & the Power of Books
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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#90 - Sweet Success: The Triumphs and Tribulations of California's Sugar King
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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#89 - Aimie K. Runyan on Mademoiselle Eiffel: Gustave's Right-Hand Woman
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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#88 - The Duchess of Diamonds: Annie Reed Uncovers Gilded Age Grifter Cassie Chadwick
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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#87 - Abandoned at Birth: An Adoptee's Journey to Find Her Truth
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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#86 - Ambiguous Loss and Perseverance: The Making of "Foreign Seed"
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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#85 - From Ben Franklin to Amazon: The Evolution of American Bookstores with Dr. Evan Friss
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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#84 - Embracing the Wild: Lynne Spriggs O'Connor on Nature, Love, and Belonging
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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#83 - Exploring the Old West's Peak with Author Chris Wimmer
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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#82 - The Unlikely Rise of a Female Crime Boss in 1860s New York
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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#81 - Has Tourism Changed Forever? Paige McClanahan Weighs In
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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#80 - Jaclyn Goldis on 'The Main Character': Murder on the Orient Express
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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#79 - Doug Kari's "The Berman Murders": A Desert Mystery
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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#78 - The Untold Story of Chicago's Taxi Wars
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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#77 - Behind the Bones: Lisa Bailey Unveils FBI's Forensic Art Secrets
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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#76 - Sunken Treasures: David Gibbins on 'Twelve Shipwrecks'
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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#75 - Enigma Girls: The Untold Story of WWII's Youngest Spies
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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#74 - Cracking the Code: K.D. Alden's Thrilling Tale of America's First Female Cryptologist
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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#73 - From Venetian Mysteries to Bitcoin Conspiracies: Top 2024 Reads
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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#72 - Unlocking the Magic of Provence with Aimie K. Runyan
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May 28, 2024 |
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#71 - Painting a Landscape of Murder with Michael Jecks
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May 21, 2024 |
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#70 - Worthy: Jane Boulware on Overcoming Doubt and Achieving Success
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May 14, 2024 |
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#69 - Lies, Love & Leaky Roofs: Amy Jo Burns Discusses Mercury
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May 07, 2024 |
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#68 - Uncovering Turkey's Seismic Secrets with Geologist D.J. Green
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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#67 - Beyond Meditation: Oren Jay Sofer on Transforming Your Life
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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#66 - Chikodi Anunobi on The Thief and the Patriot: Unraveling Nigeria's Complex Culture
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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#65 - Hanging with Hugo: Crafting a Killer Mystery Novel with Katherine Bolger Hyde
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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#64 - Ballplayers in the Trenches: WWI's Chemical Warfare Heroes
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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#63 - Escaping the Nazis: A Remarkable Tale of Survival and Resilience ('American Wolf' by Audrey Birnbaum)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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#62 - Inside the Blaze: The Untold Story of the Windsor Tragedy
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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#61 - Untamed America: Rediscovering Our Wild Heritage with Ruby McConnell
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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#60 - The Master Manipulator: Dean Jobb and the Empire of Deception
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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#59 - Discovering "The War Librarian" with Author Addison Armstrong
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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#58 - Deadly Plots and Corporate Greed: Inside Otho Eskin's "Firetrap"
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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#57 - Murder Amidst the Antiques: C.L. Miller Uncovered
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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#56 - Lost and Found: The Battle for Art in WWII's Darkest Hours
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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#55 - From Seattle to the Spirit Realm: P.L. Hampton’s Journey with 'Shadowland'
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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#54 - Warsaw's Secret Pages: Madeline Martin on 'The Keeper of Hidden Books'
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#53 - Beyond the Banana: Jacqueline Alnes' Journey Through Health and Hoaxes
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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#52 - Exploring Historical Shadows: A Conversation with Eric Weintraub on 'South of Sepharad'
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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#51 - Assassination Conspiracy: What Really Happened to Abraham Lincoln
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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#50 - Soaring High, Falling Hard: The R101 Airship's Ill-Fated Journey with S. C. Gwynne
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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#49 - Mystery in the Mountains: Diane Kelly's Cozy Journey
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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#48 - 13 Must-Have Books for Your Gift List This Holiday Season
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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#47 - Echoes of the Blitz: Mike Hutton's Journey through Wartime Britain
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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#46 - Echoes of Life in Literature: Deborah Jenkins on 'Winter Lights'
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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#45 - Navigating the Labyrinth of Mystery: A Dialogue with Sam Boush
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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#44 - From Legal Briefs to Opera Scores: Scott Lord on Weaving Law, Lyrics, and Love Stories Across Time
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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#43 - Revisiting a Legend: Charlie Chaplin's Exile, Family Drama, and a Conversation with Biographer Scott Eyman
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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#42 - Colonial America Reimagined: A Journey Through Time with Brinda Charry and "The East Indian"
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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#41 - Art from Ashes: How Stephen Kiernan’s WWII Novel Illuminates a Path to Healing
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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#40 - Mysteries at Sea: Nev March's Intricate Web of History and Whodunits
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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#39 - Racing the Clock and Each Other: The Globe-Trotting Journalists Who Defied an Era
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#38 - Two Timelines, One Bakery: Unearthing Secrets from Paris's Montmartre
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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#37 - Untold Horrors of WWII: Heather B. Moore on Java's Overlooked History
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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#36 - Karaoke Showdown & Tourist Meltdowns: The Wild Side of Being Human
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#35 - The Dark Underbelly of Food Crimes: From Maple Syrup Heists to Artichoke Mafias
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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#34 - Rewriting the '50s: The Women of Radcliffe College and the Power of the Page
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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#33 - A Summer of Books from Doc Holliday to John Grisham – Unveiling a Booklover's Haven!
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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[From the archive] #10 - The Mysterious Death of Racehorse Alydar: A Tale of Suspicion and Intrigue with Fred M. Kray
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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#32 - Summer of 1876: A Tapestry of History, Old West Legends, & Baseball's Birth with Chris Wimmer
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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[From the archive] #4 - The Future of Books: A conversation with Peter Briscoe, author of "The Bookseller"
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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#31 - Reimagining History: Colin Mustful on "Reclaiming Mni Sota" and The Coffee Controversy
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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#30 - From Bucharest to Books: Author William Maz on Espionage, Authenticity, and the Legacy of Oligarchs
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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#29 - Beyond the Book: Diane Bergner on Philanthropy, Fashion and Fiction
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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#28 - Churchill's Legacy & The Modern Watch: A Dialogue with Justin Reash
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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#27 - Dramatic Shadows: A Conversation with Craig Russell on 'The Devil's Playground' and Early Hollywood Mystique
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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#26 - Aloha Mysteries & Legal Intrigue: Robert McCaw & The Koa Kane Series
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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#25 - Unraveling Victorian Mysteries with Will Thomas & My Take on the Restaurant Scene
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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#24 - Stepping into the Austen-Verse: Claudia Gray on Reinventing the Classics
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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#23 - Espionage Meets Fiction: Brittany Butler on 'The Syndicate Spy'
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May 30, 2023 |
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#22 - Uncovering Mysteries: From Crime Novels to Renewable Energy with Mary Ann Miller
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May 23, 2023 |
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#21 - The Unlikely Legend: Unveiling Golf's "Little Poison" and His Timeless Genius
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May 16, 2023 |
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#20 - Mystery, Muses, and the End of Newspapers: Delving into Diverse Stories and Changing Times
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May 09, 2023 |
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#19 - Behind the Scenes with Faith Matson: Oceanview Publishing's Literary Treasures and the Art of Book Covers
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May 02, 2023 |
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#18 - Love, Intrigue, and International Arms Trade: Unveiling Joanne Leedom-Ackerman's 'Burning Distance'
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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#17 - Striking a Chord: Brendan Slocumb on Music, Representation, and Unraveling 'The Symphony of Secrets'
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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#16 - Arctic Airship Adventures: The Intriguing and Tragic Tale of N-4 Down
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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#15 - Unearthing a Literary Gem: The Life, Work & Legacy of Willa Cather
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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#14 - Uncovering the Corruption: Investigating USC's Scandals with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Paul Pringle
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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#13 - Secrets of Scent & Daring Desperadoes: A Diverse Dose of Literature and Entertainment
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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#12 - Uncovering the Untold History of the first Kentucky Derby with Author Mark Shrager
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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#11 - James A. Scott on "The Blood of Patriots and Traitors"
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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#10 - The Mysterious Death of Racehorse Alydar: A Tale of Suspicion and Intrigue with Fred M. Kray
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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#9 - The Journey of a TV Writer and Novelist with Matt Witten
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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#8 - Killer Story: A Tale of Murder, Journalism, and YouTube
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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#7 - Bad City: The Dark Side of LA Revealed by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Paul Pringle
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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#6 - Exploring Resistance in Occupied France: A Chat with Author Kevin Doherty
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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#5 - All Creatures Great and Small vs. Emily in Paris: A Tale of Two Eras
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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#4 - The Future of Books: A conversation with Peter Briscoe, author of "The Bookseller"
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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#3 - Behind the Scenes with John Constable and “The Chanteuse from Cape Town”
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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#2 - Best Reads of 2022 and Our First Guest!
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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#1 - The best Christmas book ever, the French resistance, and uncovering FIFA
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Welcome to Books & Looks!
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Dec 07, 2022 |