Jazz historian Gary Giddins discusses his latest volume of his biography of Bing Crosby, Swinging On A Star: The War Years 1940-1946.

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Jazz historian Gary Giddins discusses his latest volume of his biography of Bing Crosby, Swinging On A Star: The War Years 1940-1946.

Journalist and television historian Jennifer Keishin Armstrong returns to discuss her new book, Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed The Way We Think, Live And Love.

Karina Longworth talks about her new book, Seduction: Sex, Lies And Stardom In Howard Hughes’s Hollywood.

Novelist Hazel Gaynor returns to discuss her latest book The Lighthouse Keepers Daughter.

David Hollander discusses his book, Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History Of Library Music

Jorma Kaukonen, founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, discusses his new memoir, Been So Long: My Life And Music.

Historian Simon Baatz returns to discuss his latest book, The Girl On The Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, And Madness At The Dawn Of The Twentieth Century

New Yorker writer Paige Williams discusses her work including her new book, The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy

Music historian Dominic McHugh discusses the work of Alan Jay Lerner, the lyricist of My Fair Lady and many other Broadway and film classics.

Legendary newsman Marvin Kalb discusses his new book, Enemy Of The People: Trump’s War On The Press, The New McCarthyism, And the Threat to American Democracy.