Podcasts

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

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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 […]

Podcast #230 – Marcus J. Moore

High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul, published by Dey Street Books in November 2024, is the latest offering by this critically acclaimed author and university professor. Moore’s work explores […]

Podcast #204 – Cheryl Janifer LaRoche

This award-winning archaeologist, author and scholar talks about her latest book, Apostle of Liberation: AME Bishop Paul Quinn and the Underground Railroad. Published by Rowman and Littlefield this month, this biography […]

Podcast #197 – David Greenberg

This veteran author and Rutgers University journalism professor speaks with BIO member Kevin McGruder about his latest book, John Lewis: A Life. It was published by Simon and Schuster in October 2024 […]