Popular culture historian Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley discusses her book, Jack Benny and The Golden Age of Radio Comedy.

Film historian Tom Santopietro discusses his new book Why To Kill A Mockingbird Matters: What Harper Lee’s Book and the Iconic American Film Mean To Us Today

Orly Lobel discusses her fascinating book You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment exposed Barbie’s Dark Side. It’s swell!

Patricia Bosworth reflects on her years as an actress and model, and on her childhood in Aptos, California. Her latest book is The Men In My Life: A Memoir Of Love And Art In 1950s Manhattan.

At age 14, Dianne Lake became a member of the Manson Family. She tells her story in Member Of The Family: My Story Of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, And The Darkness That Ended The Sixties.

Mark Harris returns to discuss his essay on Midnight Cowboy for the Criterion restoration Blu-Ray.

Radio personality and author Geoffrey Mark discusses his new book, Ella: A Biography Of The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald. Plus a vintage interview with the late big band singer Monica Lewis.

Richard Lloyd, guitarist for the band Television has written a very unusual and terrific memoir, Everything Is Combustable: Television, CBGB’s and Five Decades of Rock and Roll. Listen to our interview here!

The guests this week are J. Randy Taraborelli, discussing his latest book, Jackie, Janet & Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill, and artist Claire Rosen, discussing her work and her book, Imaginarium: The Process Behind the Pictures.

Laura Thompson discusses her brilliant biography, Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life.