David McCullogh discusses his new book, The Wright Brothers.

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David McCullogh discusses his new book, The Wright Brothers.

This week we listen back to an interview with actress and singer Monica Lewis. She died on June 12 at the age of 93.

Listen back to our 2007 interview with the late Vincent Bugliosi, the brilliant prosecutor in the Manson Case. Bugliosi discusses his “magnum opus” Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President Kennedy.

Tara Murtha discusses her fine biography of the enigmatic Bobbie Gentry, Ode To Billie Joe.

Jonathan Jordan discusses his new book, American Warlords: How Roosevelt’s High Command Led America To Victory In World War II.

Joan Kramer & David Heeley are the people who created those wonderful PBS documentaries about Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Fred Astaire and Spencer Tracy among others. Now they have written a book about their experiences In The Company Of Legends. They talk all about it on this week’s show!

Tom Santopietro returns to discuss his latest book, The Sound Of Music Story.

Paula Rabinowitz discusses her brilliant new book, American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street.

Cynthia Lennon died on April 1, 2015 of cancer. She was 75. In 2005 she wrote a memoir of her ten years with John Lennon. This interview with Cynthia Lennon was recorded on Thanksgiving Day, 2005.

The brilliant author, educator and film historian Jeanine Basinger returns to talk about guess what: Movies!