Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf

Broadcast legend Davia Nelson of The Kitchen Sisters discusses her career.

Kirthiana Ramisetti, author of Advika and the Hollwood Wives, and Christopher Reich, author of Matterhorn are the guests.

Burt Kearns discusses his new book Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel. This month marks the 100th anniversary of Brando’s birth.

James Kaplan returns to discuss his new book, 3 Shades Of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool.

George Schlatter, creator of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, discusses new memoir, Still Laughing: A Life In Comedy.

This week’s guest is Julie Farnam, author of Domestic Darkness: An Insider's Account of the January 6th Insurrection, and the Future of Right-Wing Extremism. Julie Farnam served as the Assistant Director of Intelligence for the United States Capitol Police during one of the most tumultuous periods in this country's history.

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong returns to the show to discuss her new book, So Fetch: The Making Of Mean Girls (And Why We’re Still Obsessed With It).

Culture historian Peter Biskind discusses his new book, Pandora’s Box: How Guts, Guile, And Greed Upended TV.

Beatles biographer Philip Norman returns do discuss his new book, George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle.

Paula Broussard & Lisa Royére discuss their new biography of the great dancer of Hollywood’s golden age, Eleanor Powell. Also Andrew Gulli of The Strand Magazine talks about a new discovery of an unpublished Truman Capote story.