Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAshley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 14
From her start playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem as a young teenager to her eleven Grand Slam tennis wins to her professional golf caree…
3 years, 4 months ago
Deborah Holt Larkin, "A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of California's Most Notorious Killer" (Pegasus Crime, 2022)
Episode 150
In A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of California's Most Notorious Killer (Pegasus Crime, 2022), Deborah Larkin tells the incr…
3 years, 4 months ago
Lynn Cullen, "The Woman with the Cure" (Berkley Books, 2023)
Episode 157
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I ass…
3 years, 4 months ago
Patrick Bixby, "Unaccompanied Traveler: The Writings of Kathleen M. Murphy" (Syracuse UP, 2021)
Episode 95
At the time of her death in 1962, Kathleen M. Murphy was recognized as “the most widely and most knowledgeably travelled Irish woman of her time . . …
3 years, 4 months ago
Stephen F. Knott, "Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy" (UP of Kansas, 2022)
Episode 637
Political Scientist and presidential scholar Stephen Knott has a new book specifically focusing on the 35th president, John F. Kennedy. This book is …
3 years, 4 months ago
Nic Brown, "Bang Bang Crash: A Memoir" (Counterpoint, 2023)
Episode 144
In his memoir, Bang Bang Crash (Counterpoint, 2023), Nic Brown shares his experiences as a rock and roll drummer who abandons his successful music ca…
3 years, 4 months ago
Mike Westhoff, "Figure It Out: My Thirty-Two-Year Journey While Revolutionizing Pro Football's Special Teams" (Mascot Books, 2022)
Episode 238
Simply put, Mike Westhoff is the greatest special teams coach in National Football League history. Sharp-witted, creative, and intensely focused, Wes…
3 years, 4 months ago
Winston James, "Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik" (Columbia UP, 2022)
Episode 358
One of the foremost Black writers and intellectuals of his era, Claude McKay (1889–1948) was a central figure in Caribbean literature, the Harlem Ren…
3 years, 4 months ago
“Tech” Journalism and the Many Lives of Stewart Brand
Episode 30
Journalist John Markoff has been writing about Silicon Valley for over forty years. In this interview with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel, Markoff …
3 years, 4 months ago
Ben Burgis, "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters" (Zero Books, 2022)
Episode 160
In Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters (Zero Books, 2022), Ben Burgis reminds readers about what was…
3 years, 4 months ago