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Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf

Gary Shapiro"s From the Bookshelf

This website does not work with Google Chrome! Please use a different browser! Listen On Your iPhone! From the Bookshelf is heard on radio station KSQD in Santa Cruz California. Host Gary Shapiro brings you interviews with best selling authors of fiction and non-fiction, graphic novelists, actors, photographers, and singer-songwriters discussing their works. Visit us on Facebook! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! Your comments are welcome! Email us at gary@rattlebrain.com

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00:58:35

Peter Guralnick

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/10/16

Rock historian and Elvis Presley scholar Peter Guralnick discusses his new book, The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked The World.

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00:57:00

Bobby Hart - Mary Beth Norton

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/09/18

The late Bobby Hart, creator of the sound of The Monkees is remembered in 2015 interview. Historian Mary Beth Norton on her new book, I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer:Letter On Love And Marriage From The World’s First Personal Advice Column.

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00:57:21

Howard Yaruss

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/09/04

Economist, professor, lawyer and activist Howard Yaruss discusses his book, Understandable Economics: Beacause Understanding Economics Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know.

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00:57:58

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/08/28

Popular culture historian Jennifer Keishin Armstrong reflects on the end of And Just Like That..., the Sex and the City sequel.

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00:57:51

Dean Butler

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/08/21

Actor Dean Butler discusses his new memoir Prairie Man: My Little House Life and Beyond.

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00:57:31

Jim Newton on Jerry Garcia

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/08/14

Historian and journalist Jim Newton discusses his new book, Here Beside The Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, And An American Awakening.

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00:59:31

Tribute to Tom Lehrer

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/07/31

On this tribute to Tom Lehrer we listen back to a program recorded in 2006, as well as memories from jazz singer Judy Wexler, actor Josiah Polhemus and songwriter Michael Gould.

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00:58:07

J. Randy Taraborrelli

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/07/24

J. Randy Tarraborelli returns to discuss his latest book, JFK Public Private Secret

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00:57:56

Julie Farnam Returns

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/06/26

Political expert Julie Farnam, author of Domestic Darkness: An Insiders Account of the January 6th Insurrection and the Future of Right-Wing Extremism is the guest. Plus book publicist Lissa Warren.

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00:59:04

Loretta Swit - Murray Carpenter

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/06/05

From The Bookshelf remembers Loretta Swit with this 2017 interview. Then Murray Carpenter discusses his book, Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick.

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00:59:02

The Zombies’ Colin BlunstoneBremond & Lisa’s Quite...

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/05/29

Colin Blunstone and director Robert Schartman discuss the new film, Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary. Then Lisa Cooper and Brremond MacDougall launch their new publishing company Quite Literally Books. Plus Lissa Warren!

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00:55:11

Anne Soon Choi

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/05/22

Anne Soon Choi discusses her new book, L.A.Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood.

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00:57:42

Jill Sobule

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/05/07

The uniquely talented singer Songwriter Jill Sobule died on May 1 at the age of 66. From The Bookshelf remembers her with this 2017 interview.

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00:39:46

Kevin Wade

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/04/17

Screen writer and television producer Kevin Wade on his debut novel Johnny Careless

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00:57:56

Tom Santopietro on Audrey Hepburn

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/04/10

Tom Santopietro returns to discuss his new book, Audrey Hepburn: A Life Of Beautiful Uncertainty.

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00:58:16

Patrick McGilligan on Woody Allen

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/04/03

Film historian Patrick McGilligan returns to discuss his latest book, Woody Allen: A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham.

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00:58:01

Peter Ames Carlin

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/03/13

Rock historian Peter Ames Carlin discusses his new book, The Name Of This Band Is R.E.M.

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00:59:36

Tess Gerritsen - Anthony Horowitz

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/03/06

This week two interviews with two fine authors. Anthony Horowitz discusses his latest novel, Marbel Hall Murders. Then Tess Gerritsem discusses The Summer Guests.

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00:58:16

David Browne

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/02/20

Music historian David Browne discusses his latest book, Talkin’ Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Bohemian Music Capitol.

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00:58:16

Drew Friedman

Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf ·

2025/01/16

Artist Drew Friedman discusses his career, his latest collection, Schtick Figures, and a new documentary about him called Drew Friedman: The Vermeer of the Borscht Belt.

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