Biographers International Organization
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Podcast 200 – Max Boot
This historian, best-selling author and foreign-policy analyst talks about his latest book, Reagan: His Life and Legend. Published by Liveright in September 2024, this biography was recognized as one
Podcast #199 – Kai Bird
This journalists co-authored and Pulitzer Prize winning biography,American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, served as the inspiration for the Oscar winning film,Oppenhe
Podcast #198 – Pamela D. Toler
Historian and author Pamela D. Tolers latest book,The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany,was published in August 2024 by Beacon Press. In addition
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
Podcast #196 – Carl Rollyson
Veteran biographer and emeritus Baruch College journalism professorCarl Rollyson talks about his latest book,Sylvia Plath Day by Day, Volume 2, published by the University Press of Mississippi in Au
Podcast #195 – Heath Hardage Lee
Award-winning historian, curator and biographer, Heath Hardage Lee, talks about her latest book,The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon:The Life and Times of Washingtons Most Private First Lady. It was publish
Podcast #194 – Ken Burns
Celebrated documentary filmmaker and Television Hall of Fame inductee Ken Burns, talks about his latestfilm,Leonardo da Vinci.It will air nationwide on PBS network stationsonNovember 18 and 19, 2
Podcast #193 – Susan Blumberg-Kason
AuthorSusan Blumberg-Kason talks about her latest book,Bernardines Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China, published by Post Hill Press in November 2023. Blumberg-Kason has also auth
Podcast #192 – Benjamin Taylor
This week we interview Benjamin Taylor, author ofChasing Bright Medusas: The Life of Willa Cather.This biography of Cather, a celebrated American novelist, was published in November 2023 by Viking.
Podcast #191 – Patti Hartigan
This week we interview Patti Hartigan, award-winning journalist and author ofAugust Wilson: A Life. This biography, Hartigans first, about the legendary, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who powerf