Podcasts

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

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Podcast #255 – “Four Paths, One Impossible Dream,” Part VI: Still Writing

In this final episode of our six-part miniseries, we’re in January 2026. Kate’s already researching her next book, and it turns out it connects everything she’s ever written. Kevin has […]

Podcast #254 – “Four Paths, One Impossible Dream,” Part V: Community and Solitude

Sara offers her advice to anyone writing their first book: get a therapist and take a walk. Kate cut a story she loved — about two sisters fighting over politics […]

Podcast #253 – “Four Paths, One Impossible Dream,” Part IV: Challenging the Canon

In this fourth episode of our six-part miniseries, Sara finds out that President Lincoln presided over the largest mass execution on American soil, and she wants to know why nobody […]

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 […]