Beatles biographer Philip Norman returns do discuss his new book, George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle.

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Beatles biographer Philip Norman returns do discuss his new book, George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle.

Paula Broussard & Lisa Royére discuss their new biography of the great dancer of Hollywood’s golden age, Eleanor Powell. Also Andrew Gulli of The Strand Magazine talks about a new discovery of an unpublished Truman Capote story.

Yunte Huang returns to discuss his new book. Daughter Of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous With American History.

Film historian Eve Golden returns to discuss her new book, Strictly Dynamite: The Sensational Life Of Lupe Velez. Then Steacy Easton, author of Why Tammy Wynette Matters.

Film historian Scott Eyman discusses his new book, Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, And Politics Collided.

Scott Shea discusses his new book, All The Leaves Are Brown: How The Mamas & The Papas Came Together and Broke Apart. Plus a 2011 interview with the late Terry Kirkman, singer and songwriter with The Association.

Greg Glasgow and Kathryn Mayer discuss their new book, Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, The Environmentalists, and the Ski Resort That Never Was. Then, from 2010, Disney animator Floyd Norman.

Mark Volman discusses his new book, Happy Together: My Musical Adventures with The Turtles, Frank Zappa, T. Rex, Flo & Eddie, and More

Kennedy chronicler and biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli returns to discuss his new book: Jackie: Public, Private, Secret.