This week we interviewJ. C. Hallman,author ofSay Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Womens Health, published by Henry Holt and Company in June

This week we interview author and theater arts professorRachel Shteir, whose latest book,Betty Friedan: MagnificentDisruptor, was published by Yale University Press in September 2023. Friedan was t

This week we interview author Doug Melville, whose first biography, Invisible Generals:Rediscovering Family Legacy and a Quest to Honor Americas First Black Generals, was published by Atria/Black Pr

This week we interviewRachel Jamison Webster, professor of creative writing at Northwestern University and the author of four books of poetry and cross-genre writing. Her latest book,Benjamin Bannek

This week we interviewDavid Waldstreicher, ahistory professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and author of his latest book,The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: a Poets Journeys Thr

This week we interview Tanisha C. Ford, a cultural critic, educator, and author. Her latest book, Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon, and the Glamour, Money and Power Behind the Civil

This week we interviewDean King whose latest book,Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship that Saved Yosemite, was published by Scribner in March 2023. King is an award-winning

This week we interviewBrad Snyder, author ofDemocratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment,published byW. W. Norton & Company in 2022. As

This week we interviewYunte Huang, a Guggenheim Fellow and author ofDaughter of theDragon:Anna May Wongs Rendezvous with American History,published by Liveright in August 2023.Huanghas taught

Happy New Year! This special episode features a fascinating presentation by the 2023 National Humanities Awardee, Tulane University history professor, television and podcast host, and celebrated biogr