Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf

Dave Itzkoff on the making of Network

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oKLJLslvy5"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/dave-itzkoff-on-the-making-of-network/">Dave Itzkoff on the making of Network</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/dave-itzkoff-on-the-making-of-network/embed/#?secret=oKLJLslvy5" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Dave Itzkoff on the making of Network&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="oKLJLslvy5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Dave Itzkoff discusses his new book on the career of Paddy Chayefsky and the making of a film classic, Mad As Hell: The Making Of Network And The Fateful Vision Of The Angriest Man In The Movies.

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Robert Kolker and Lost Girls

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Investigative reporter Robert Kolker discusses his latest book Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery, the story of the serial murders of women in the sex trade who disappeared in an affluent Long Island beach community.

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Galadrielle Allman

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Galadrielle Allman discusses her new book, a biography of her father, musician Duane Allman.

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Scott Eyman on John Wayne

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Film scholar Scott Eyman fills a much needed gap in your film history bookshelf with this first serious biography of Duke Morrison, John Wayne: The Life & The Legend. The subject is Wayne on this edition of From The Bookshelf.

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Novelist Joanna Hershon

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Novelist Joanna Hershon discusses her latest novel, A Dual Inheritance.

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Robert Hofler on Sexplosion

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Robert Hofler discusses his latest book, Sexplosion: From Andy Warhol To A Clockwork Orange – How a Generation of Pop Rebels Broke All The Taboos.

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Tom Clavin on The DiMaggios

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Tom Clavin discusses his great new book, The DiMaggios: Three Brothers, Their Passion For Baseball, Their Pursuit Of The American Dream.

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Marilynne K. Roach on The Witch Trials

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Historian Marilynne K. Roach on her new book Six Women Of Salem

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Harlow Giles Unger

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Harlow Giles Unger returns to discuss his latest book, “Mr. President” George Washington & The Making of the Nation’s Highest Office.