March 10th, 2023
This week we interview writer, editor, and former journalist in the Washington, D.C. area, Diana P. Parsell. Her biography,
Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees, was published this month by Oxford University Press. It’s been praised by advance reviewers for its many revelations about a pioneering American woman who brought the world alive for readers a century ago. In support of the book, Parsell’s first biography, she received a Mayborn Fellowship…
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February 17th, 2023
This week we interview co-authors Marilyn S. Greenwald and Yun Li about their book,
Eunice Hunton Carter: A Lifelong Fight for Social Justice, published by Empire State Editions, in April 2021. Greenwald is Professor Emerita of Journalism at Ohio University and a former Ohio-based newspaper reporter. She has authored five biographies including:
A Woman of the Times: Journalism, Feminism and the Career of Charlotte Curtis (designated a “Notable Book” by
The New York Times…
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November 11th, 2022
This week we interview E. Stanly Godbold, author of
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: Power and Human Rights, 1975–2020. This dual biography of President Carter and his wife Rosalynn was published by Oxford University Press in September 2022. The first volume of Godbold’s extensive examination of the Carters,
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: The Georgia Years, 1924–1974, was also published by Oxford University Press. Godbold is Professor Emeritus of History at Mississippi State University, and…
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October 28th, 2022
This week we interview Li Shan Chan, a Singaporean writer, mental health advocate, and doctoral student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, who was awarded the Biography Prize by Honolulu’s Center for Biographical Research. Her latest book,
Searching for Lee Wen: A Life in 135 Parts, about a unique Singaporean Chinese artist, was published by Epigram Books in May 2022. Her previous books include
Yellow Man and her memoir,
A Philosopher’s Madness.…
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April 8th, 2022
This week we interview John Markoff, a Pulitzer Prize winning, veteran science and technology journalist for
The New York Times, the Pacific News Service,
InfoWorld,
Byte Magazine, and
The San Jose Mercury. Markoff also has shared his journalistic skills as a lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley School of Journalism, and as an adjunct faculty member of the Stanford Graduate Program on Journalism. His latest biography about a man…
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July 10th, 2020
In this week’s episode, we interview Lisa Napoli, author of her third book,
Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN and the Birth of 24 Hour News (Abrams Press, 2020). This interview was recorded via an online Zoom session in May 2020.
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