Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSheila Johnson: "Walk Through Fire"
Episode 289
She is the co-founder of BET and America's first African American female billionaire - listen to Michael's conversation with Sheila Johnson, on her b…
2 years, 6 months ago
David Fajgenbaum: "Chasing My Cure"
Episode 288
The powerful memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete diagnosed with a rare disease who spearheaded the search for a cure—and became a cha…
2 years, 6 months ago
Aaron David Miller: "The End Of Greatness"
Episode 287
Michael talks with Aaron David Miller, author of "The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President." The End o…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ashton Applewhite: "This Chair Rocks"
Episode 286
You're never too old to listen to a great conversation - Michael talks with author and activist Ashton Applewhite, about "This Chair Rocks: A Manifes…
2 years, 6 months ago
Gerald Posner: "Case Closed"
Episode 285
In 2013, Michael spoke with Gerald Posner on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy - he's author of …
2 years, 6 months ago
Franklin Foer: "The Last Politician"
Episode 284
Michael talks with Franklin Foer, writer at The Atlantic, about his new book "The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle fo…
2 years, 7 months ago
Caveat Magister: "The Scene That Became Cities" (Burning Man)
Episode 283
Michael talks to Benjamin Wachs, who under the pen name Caveat Magister is the author of "The Scene That Became Cities: What Burning Man Philosophy C…
2 years, 7 months ago
Nelson Schwartz: "The Velvet Rope Economy"
Episode 282
A gripping investigation into how a virtual velvet rope divides Americans in every arena of life. Michael talks to New York Times business reporter N…
2 years, 7 months ago
Dr. Avi Loeb: "Interstellar"
Episode 281
Harvard University astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb breaks news that metallic spheres found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean are interstellar in origin, …
2 years, 7 months ago
Carter Malkasian: "The American War in Afghanistan"
Episode 280
Michael's conversation with Carter Malkasian, the Special Assistant for Strategy to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, eneral Joseph Dunford,…
2 years, 7 months ago