Podcasts

Welcome! Each week, we post fascinating discussions with biographers from around the country and the world.

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Podcast #252 – “Four Paths, One Impossible Dream,” Part III: The Business of Biography

The third episode of our six-part miniseries goes behind the scenes of biography’s business realities — the contracts, proposals, and market pressures authors navigate to get their books published. “Four […]

Podcast #251 – “Four Paths, One Impossible Dream,” Part II: The Work

In the second episode of our special six-part miniseries, the authors share updates on their research and writing. “Four Paths, One Impossible Dream” follows four authors navigating the challenges of […]

Podcast #250 – “Four Paths, One Impossible Dream,” Part I

This time, we present the first episode in a special six-part miniseries that follows four authors on their biographical path. We spent the last eight months of 2025 with comedian […]

Carla Hayden to Receive 2026 Biblio Award from BIO

Carla Hayden, a senior fellow at the Mellon Foundation and former Librarian of Congress, will receive Biographers International Organization’s 2026 Biblio Award, honoring a notable archivist. Since 2012, (BIO) has […]

Podcast #249 – David Margolick

When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy is the latest book by veteran journalist and author David Margolick. Published by Schocken in November 2025, this book examines the […]

Podcast #248 – Peter Cozzens

Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West (Knopf, 2025) is the latest book by this award-winning author and editor of nineteen books on the American Civil War and […]

Podcast #247 – Ethelene Whitmire

This author’s The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love was published by Viking/Penguin Random House this month. Whitmire is […]

Podcast #246 – Andrew Maraniss

Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South (Vanderbilt University, March 2024) is the tenth anniversary edition of this author’s award-winning, New York Times bestselling […]