Speaking of Writers

Dec 10 2024 486 ep. 13 mins
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Welcome to Speaking of Writers. Veteran broadcaster Steve Richards interviews local, regional and best selling authors. For more info email steve @ [email protected]. Cover art photo provided by Janko Ferlič on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@thepootphotographer

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Susan Mulcahy and Frank DiGiacomo- Paper of Wreckage

Dec 10 2024 15 mins  
A jaw-dropping and unputdownable oral history of the New York Post and the legendary tabloid’s cultural impact from the 1970s to today as recounted by the men and women who witnessed it firsthand.By the 1970s, the country’s oldest continuously published newspaper had fallen on hard times, just like its nearly bankrupt hometown. When the New York Post was sold to a largely unkno

Katie Holt- Not in My Book

Dec 07 2024 11 mins  
Popular romance Bookstagrammer @ReadinRomance makes her authorial debut with NOT IN MY BOOK (Alcove Press). This hotly anticipated romance is The Hating Game meets Beach Read. In this sexy and hilarious enemies-to-lovers writers’ romance, Rosie, an idealistic and passionate Peruvian American, leaves her Tennessee hometown to pursue her dream of making it in New York as a writer.

Jane Calvert- Penman of The Founding. A Biography of John Dickinson

Dec 02 2024 15 mins  
In PENMAN OF THE FOUNDING: A Biography of John Dickinson, historian Jane E. Calvert sheds light on the Founding Father that history forgot. In addition to his numerous contributions to the fight for American independence, Dickinson championed a number of important causes; including the abolition of slavery, the rights of women, and better conditions for the poor. Comprehensive, tho

Max Boot- REAGAN -His Life and Legend

Nov 30 2024 14 mins  
From best-selling biographer Max Boot comes this revelatory portrait, a decade in the making, of the actor-turned-politician whose telegenic leadership ushered in a transformative conservative era in American politics. Despite his fame as a Hollywood star and television host, Reagan remained a man of profound contradictions, even to those closest to him. Never resorting to either h

Joshua Hood- Burn Out

Nov 25 2024 17 mins  
Joshua Hood joined the army after graduating with an English degree from the University of Memphis and served as a squad leader with the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Afghanistan, where he was decorated for valor in Operation Furious Pursuit. A former SWAT team member with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department in Memphis, Tennessee, he is a USA Today bestselling author

Heath Hardage Lee- The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon

Nov 24 2024 19 mins  
In America’s collective consciousness, Pat Nixon has long been perceived as enigmatic. She was voted “Most Admired Woman in the World” in 1972 and made Gallup Poll’s top ten list of most admired women fourteen times. She survived the turmoil of the Watergate scandal with her popularity and dignity intact. And yet, the media often portrayed Mrs. Nixon as elusive and mysterio

Will Dean- The Chamber

Nov 22 2024 19 mins  
From Will Dean, acclaimed author of the “breathless” (New York Times) The Last One, which also went viral as Marc Sebastian’s book club pick aboard the 9-month world cruise, comes his next nightmarish read: THE CHAMBER (Atria/Emily Bestler Books). And Then There Were None meets The Last Breath in this tense and claustrophobic locked-room thriller following a team of divers wo

William Cooper- How America Works…and Why It Doesn’t: A Brief Guide to the US Political System

Nov 20 2024 13 mins  
How America Works…and Why It Doesn’t: A Brief Guide to the US Political System by William Cooper. Cooper validates something we’ve all been feeling lately: that twenty-first-century America isn’t working the way it’s supposed to. He sets out to provide a non-partisan assessment of the ongoing challenges faced by American democracy, explaining key aspects of US political

Brian Fairbanks- Willie, Waylon, and the Boys How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Forever

Nov 20 2024 22 mins  
The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today’s Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings’ survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell, and the Highwomen. About the Au

Chris Raymond-Men in White: The Gutsy, Against-All-Odds Return of Penn State Football

Nov 17 2024 17 mins  
For decades, Penn State football stood for greatness, on the field and off. Under legendary Coach Joe Paterno, the program was known for doing things the right way – or, as Paterno dubbed it, “success with honor.” But on Saturday, November 5, 2011, everything the team stood for came crashing down. The horrific crimes of former assistant Jerry Sandusky are now well known, but