James Kaplan discusses his new book, Irving Berlin: New York Genius.

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The brilliant record producer and recording artist Peter Asher discusses his career with Peter And Gordon, producing James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, and his new book, The Beatles From A To Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour.

With The Adventure Of The Peculiar Protocols, Nicholas Meyer returns to Sherlock Holmes, the subject of Meyer’s 1974 Bestseller The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. We discuss Meyer’s new book as well as his career as a film director of such films as Star Trek II and Time After Time.

A conversation with artist Annabeth Rosen, whose work is currently on exhibition at The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.

Burt Kearns shares stories from the book he co-authored with Jeff Abraham, The Show Won’t Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, And Historic Deaths Of Performers Onstage.

Bestselling author Linwood Barclay discusses his new novel, Elevator Pitch.

Carol A. Stabile discusses her book The Broadcast 41: Women and the Anti-Communist Blacklist.

Richard Zoglin returns to discuss Elvis In Vegas: How The King Reinvented The Las Vegas Show.

Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli discusses his latest book, The Kennedy Heirs: John, Caroline, and the New Generation – A Legacy Of Triumph and Tragedy.

Jeff Slate, singer/songwriter and rock historian, discusses his liner notes to Bob Dylan’s recent boxed set More Blood, More Tracks. Francesca Knittle – Bowyer, daughter of Academy Award winning actress Luise Rainer talks about her memoir: Seen From The Wings