Natasha Lance Rogoff discusses her new book, Muppets In Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story Of Making Sesame Street In Russia. Plus film critic Ty Burr!

Natasha Lance Rogoff discusses her new book, Muppets In Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story Of Making Sesame Street In Russia. Plus film critic Ty Burr!

Film historian Tom Santopietro discusses his new book, The Way We Were: The Making Of A Romantic Classic

NY Times theatre critic Jesse Green on his new book, Shy: The Alarmingly Out Spoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers. Plus Lissa Warren!

Charles Elton discusses his biography of film director Michael Cimino, CIMINO: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price Of A Vision. Also obituary writer Eve Golden!

Annie-B Parson discusses her work , her career and her new book, The Choreography of Everyday Life

Deborah Holt Larkin discusses her new book, A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of One of California’s Most Notorious Killers.

Elsa Sjunneson discusses her new book, Being Seen: On Deafblind Woman’s Fight To End Ableism. Also Lissa Warren on the latest books.

Historian Jacqueline R. Braitman discusses her book, She Damn Near Ran The Studio: The Extraordinary Lives of Ida R. Koverman

Robert S. Bader discusses his updated biography of The Marx Brothers and his new book Speaking Of Harpo, the memoir of Harpo Marx’s widow, Susan Fleming Marx.

The late Judy Tenuta from 2012 and cartoonist Tim Eagan are the guests.