Sarah Royal discusses her new book, A.K.A Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball. Then we remember the late Jerry Ludwig, author and television writer.

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Sarah Royal discusses her new book, A.K.A Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball. Then we remember the late Jerry Ludwig, author and television writer.

Joseph McBride, film historian, discusses his newly revised guide to the work of director John Ford.

Kirthiana Ramisetti, author of Advika and the Hollwood Wives, and Christopher Reich, author of Matterhorn are the guests.

Burt Kearns discusses his new book Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel. This month marks the 100th anniversary of Brando’s birth.

James Kaplan returns to discuss his new book, 3 Shades Of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool.

George Schlatter, creator of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, discusses new memoir, Still Laughing: A Life In Comedy.

This week’s guest is Julie Farnam, author of Domestic Darkness: An Insider’s Account of the January 6th Insurrection, and the Future of Right-Wing Extremism. Julie Farnam served as the Assistant Director of Intelligence for the United States Capitol Police during one of the most tumultuous periods in this country’s history.

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong returns to the show to discuss her new book, So Fetch: The Making Of Mean Girls (And Why We’re Still Obsessed With It).

Culture historian Peter Biskind discusses his new book, Pandora’s Box: How Guts, Guile, And Greed Upended TV.