Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchArianna Huffington: "Thrive"
Episode 364
Michael talks to "Huffington Post" co-founder Arianna Huffington about her book "Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life o…
2 years, 3 months ago
Julian Zelizer: "The Presidency of Barack Obama"
Episode 363
An original and engaging account of the Obama years from a group of leading political historians: Barack Obama's election as the first African Americ…
2 years, 3 months ago
Pete Dexter: "Paper Trails"
Episode 362
Former Philadelphia Daily News columnist and National Book Award Winner Pete Dexter ("Paris Trout") speaks with Michael about his book "Paper Trails:…
2 years, 3 months ago
Cass Sunstein: "Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas"
Episode 361
The most controversial essays from the bestselling author once called the most dangerous man in America—collected for the first time. The nation’s mo…
2 years, 3 months ago
Jennifer Weiner: "In Her Shoes"
Episode 360
Looking back at Jennifer Weiner who joined Michael to discuss her book "In Her Shoes." The book tells the story of two women with nothing in common b…
2 years, 3 months ago
Jonathan Haidt: "The Anxious Generation"
Episode 359
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self…
2 years, 4 months ago
Al Gore: "Inconvenient Truth"
Episode 358
Michael had the opportunity to speak with Former Vice President Al Gore on his WPHT radio program in 2006. The interview did not quite go as planned …
2 years, 4 months ago
Gabriel Sherman: "The Loudest Voice In The Room"
Episode 357
So much has happened in the world surrounding FOX News, Donald Trump, and Roger Ailes since the paperback version of this book by Gabriel Sherman cam…
2 years, 4 months ago
Nathan Raab: "The Hunt For History"
Episode 356
Nathan Raab, America’s preeminent rare documents dealer, describes his years as the Sherlock Holmes of historical artifacts—questing after precious f…
2 years, 4 months ago
Nicholas F. Jacobs & Dan Shea: "The Rural Voter"
Episode 355
The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day. Support for Democrats, up and down the ba…
2 years, 4 months ago