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Back to SearchJefferson Fisher: "The Next Conversation"
Episode 444
Michael talks to trial lawyer and communication expert Jefferson Fisher about his fascinating new book, "The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More…
1 year, 4 months ago
Wendy Ruderman & Barbara Laker: "Busted"
Episode 443
"Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love" is the shocking true story of the biggest police corruption scandal in Phil…
1 year, 4 months ago
Mark Bowden: "Black Hawk Down"
Episode 442
On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their …
1 year, 4 months ago
Alexander Vindman: "The Folly of Realism"
Episode 441
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, six US presidential administrations of both parties pursued policies for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia that em…
1 year, 4 months ago
Vivek Wadhwa: "Your Happiness Was Hacked"
Episode 440
Technology: your master, or your friend? Do you feel ruled by your smartphone and enslaved by your email or social-network activities? Digital techno…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sherrod Brown: "Desk 88"
Episode 439
Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 2006, Ohio’s Sherrod Brown has sat on the Senate floor at a mahogany desk with a proud history. In "Desk 88:…
1 year, 5 months ago
Yoni Appelbaum: "Stuck"
Episode 438
Yoni Appelbaum is a deputy executive editor of The Atlantic and a social and cultural historian of the United States. Before joining The Atlantic, he…
1 year, 5 months ago
Edward Fishman: "Chokepoints"
Episode 437
The epic story of how America turned the world economy into a weapon, upending decades of globalization to take on a new authoritarian axis—Russia, C…
1 year, 5 months ago
Craig Fehrman: "Author in Chief"
Episode 436
In Craig Fehrman’s groundbreaking work of history, "Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote" opens a rich new wi…
1 year, 5 months ago
Nicholas Carr: "Superbloom"
Episode 435
Michael welcomes Nicholas Carr, author of "Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart," a bracing exploration of how social media has w…
1 year, 5 months ago