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Podcast #178 – Judith Tick

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/05/17

This week we interview Judith Tick, a Matthews Distinguished Professor Emerita at Northeastern University in Boston, and an award-winning author. Her latest book, Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed […]

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Podcast #177 – Hampton Sides

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2024/05/10

This week we interview celebrated author Hampton Sides. His latest book, The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, was published by Doubleday in […]

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Podcast #176 – Scott Shane

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2024/05/03

This week we interview Scott Shane, author of Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland. Published by Celadon Press in September 2023, Shane has written […]

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Podcast #175 – Cynthia Carr

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2024/04/26

This week we interview award winning author Cynthia Carr, whose latest book, Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar, was published by Farrar Straus and Giroux in March 2024. Carr’s previous biographies include, […]

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Podcast #174 – Larry Rohter

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/04/19

This week we interview journalist Larry Rohter, author of the biography about a brilliant Brazilian explorer. Rohter’s Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and […]

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Podcast #173 – Danny Fingeroth

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/04/12

This week we interview Danny Fingeroth, a veteran biographer and cultural historian/commentator who specializes in history at the intersection of Jewish and American cultures. His latest book, Jack Ruby: The Many Faces […]

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Podcast #172 – Jack Kelly

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/04/05

This week we interview Jack Kelly, an award-winning author and historian. Kelly’s latest book, God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America’s Most Hated Man, was published in December 2023 by […]

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Podcast #171 – Joy-Ann Reid

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/03/29

This week we interview Joy-Ann Reid, host of MSNBC’s The Reid Out and a New York Times bestselling author. Reid’s latest book, Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America, was published by Mariner […]

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Podcast #170 – Natalie Dykstra

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/03/22

This week we interview award-winning author Natalie Dykstra. Her latest biography, Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner, will be published by Mariner on March 26, 2024. Dykstra’s work on Stewart […]

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Podcast #169 – Nicholas L. Syrett

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/03/15

This week we interview Nicholas L. Syrett, the author of four books and most recently, The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make […]

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Podcast #168 – J. C. Hallman

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/03/08

This week we interview J. C. Hallman, author of Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health, published by Henry Holt and Company in June […]

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Podcast #167 – Rachel Shteir

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/03/01

This week we interview author and theater arts professor Rachel Shteir, whose latest book, Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disruptor, was published by Yale University Press in September 2023. Friedan was the trendsetting feminist writer […]

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Podcast #166 – Doug Melville

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/02/23

This week we interview author Doug Melville, whose first biography, Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy and a Quest to Honor America’s First Black Generals, was published by Atria/Black Privilege Press in […]

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Podcast #165 – Rachel Jamison Webster

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/02/16

This week we interview Rachel Jamison Webster, professor of creative writing at Northwestern University and the author of four books of poetry and cross-genre writing. Her latest book, Benjamin Banneker and Us: […]

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Podcast #164 – David Waldstreicher

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/02/09

This week we interview David Waldstreicher, a history professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and author of his latest book, The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: a Poet’s Journeys Through […]

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Podcast #163 – Tanisha C. Ford

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/02/02

This week we interview Tanisha C. Ford, a cultural critic, educator, and author. Her latest book, Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon, and the Glamour, Money and Power Behind the Civil […]

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Podcast #162 – Dean King

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/01/26

This week we interview Dean King whose latest book, Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship that Saved Yosemite, was published by Scribner in March 2023. King is an award-winning […]

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Podcast #161 – Brad Snyder

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/01/19

This week we interview Brad Snyder, author of Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment, published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2022. As a Georgetown […]

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Podcast #160 – Yunte Huang

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2024/01/12

This week we interview Yunte Huang, a Guggenheim Fellow and author of Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History, published by Liveright in August 2023. Huang has taught at Harvard University and the […]

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Podcast #159 – Walter Isaacson

Biographers International Organization ·

2024/01/05

Happy New Year! This special episode features a fascinating presentation by the 2023 National Humanities Awardee, Tulane University history professor, television and podcast host, and celebrated biographer, Walter Issacson. His […]

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