Marc Hartzman, "one of America's leading connoisseurs of the bizarre" (ABC News), is the author of “The Big Book of Mars,” We Are Not Alone,” and “American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Strangest and Most Wondrous Performers,” and six other books. Marc has written nearly 100 articles on sideshow performers for AOL Weird News, HuffPost, and Bizarre magazine. He lives in New Rochelle, New York. Dan Meyer is known as the world's leading expert on sword swallowing. He is president of the Sword Swallowers Association International and winner of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine for medical research on sword swallowing. As a performer, Meyer is known as the world's top sword swallower for holding 40 world records and performing on over 100 TV shows, including 15 Got Talents, and live in 60 countries around the world. He lives in Mesa, Arizona. We will be talking about their new book, “To the Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword-Swallowing,” a riveting exploration into the mysterious and dangerous world of sword swallowing, charting its history from ancient rituals to modern-day performances.