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Chasing Alexander Graham Bell

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8kXBaYF5qZ"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/chasing-alexander-graham-bell/">Chasing Alexander Graham Bell</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/chasing-alexander-graham-bell/embed/#?secret=8kXBaYF5qZ" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Chasing Alexander Graham Bell&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="8kXBaYF5qZ" 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>

Seth Shulman set out to write about Alexander Graham Bell, but discovered a surprising little detail about Bell’s greatest invention: it was stolen from somebody else! < previous

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Gary David Goldberg

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The creator of Family Ties and Spin City joins us this week for a great discussion of his work and his new memoir. Gary David Goldberg meets Gary Lawrence Shapiro! < previous

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Mark Evanier on Comic Legend Jack Kirby

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ghYUeEJkGr"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/mark-evanier-on-comic-legend-jack-kirby/">Mark Evanier on Comic Legend Jack Kirby</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/mark-evanier-on-comic-legend-jack-kirby/embed/#?secret=ghYUeEJkGr" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Mark Evanier on Comic Legend Jack Kirby&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="ghYUeEJkGr" 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>

Mark Evanier, who can be found at www.newsfromme.com , has written an extraordinary and big biography of Jack Kirby. Kirby was the artistic genius whose hand created hundreds of comic book legends including The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Th

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf

James Kaplan on Jimmy Van Heusen

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TkV7M36DDs"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/james-kaplan-on-jimmy-van-heusen/">James Kaplan on Jimmy Van Heusen</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/james-kaplan-on-jimmy-van-heusen/embed/#?secret=TkV7M36DDs" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;James Kaplan on Jimmy Van Heusen&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="TkV7M36DDs" 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>

James Kaplan returns to the Bookshelf to discuss the great songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen. Van Heusen wrote many of the greatest hits of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, won Oscars, and slept with beautiful women. Ring-a-Ding-Ding! < previous

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Daniel Tammet

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Born on a Blue Day is the extraordinary memoir from our guest this week, autistic savant Daniel Tammet. He is sort of a real life Rainman, without the People’s Court obsession. Listen to our fascinating discussion! < previous

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Schultz & Peanuts with David Michalis

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Art historian David Michaelis discusses his acclaimed biography of Charles M. Schultz, the extraordinary cartoonist who gave us Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and good old Charlie Brown. < previous

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Beatles Biographer Bob Spitz

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Beatles biographer Bob Spitz returns to discuss his new book, a Beatles biography for young readers. < previous