Show Summary: Journalist, musician, self-proclaimed Life Coach, and novelist Rick Moody explores today’s ‘reviewer’ culture with a quirky, unreliable protagonist in latest novel, Hotels of North America.

Show Summary: Author Lillian Faderman documents the history of LGBT Community efforts to build positive public opinion in The Gay Revolution: They Story of the Struggle.

Show Summary: Author Steven Hill dissects today’s capitalism using Uber, AirBNB, and TaskRabbit, among others, in his new book Raw Deal: How the Uber Economy and Runaway Capitalism are Screwing American Workers.

Show Summary: Author and futurist Hal Niedzviecki discusses today’s obsession with getting to the future first and challenges it presents today’s culture and society.

Show Summary: Hummingbird rehabber, teacher, and writer Terry Masear shares her passion for the magical, mythical hummingbird and her efforts to rescue over 1000 a year in discussing her book, Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood.

Show Summary: Angie interviews author and professor Joshua Gamson on his latest book, Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys Through Kinship.

Show Summary: A synthesis of performance, music, and spooky things: Ghost Quartet.

Show Summary: Amidst the Vietnam War’s destruction of life, land, and property a handful attempted to stop the mayhem through people to people peace talks. Their efforts were chronicled in The People Make the Peace: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement.

Show Summary: The 2015 United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) is made up of documentary films dealing with key global issues. This year’s theme RUNNING OUT OF TIME continues the ongoing celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and focuses on time-sensitive aspects of the Millennium Development Goals. Angie interviews four filmmakers:

Show Summary: Angie explores ad blockers, ad technology, privacy, and the overall ad industry with a diverse panel of experts.