Mighty Books Podcast

Steven Joseph is a first-generation American, the son of a Holocaust survivor, a masterful attorney, seasoned negotiator, engaging speaker, award-winning author, and a long-distance runner who has completed 57 marathons, including five Boston and 19 New York City Marathons. With a sharp sense of humor that has kept him schuckling back and forth at countless synagogues, he's also spent many years sitting in stillness at the Village Zendo, trying desperately to empty his mind while staring at a blank white wall. Despite his extensive life experience, he remains wise enough to acknowledge that he hasn't figured everything out - except, perhaps, for the art of effective crankiness.

David Weill is the former Director of the Center for Advanced Lung Disease and Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program at Stanford University Medical Center. He is currently the Principal of the Weill Consulting Group which focuses on improving the delivery of pulmonary, ICU, and transplant care.

David's writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, The Hill, and the Los Angeles Times. He also has appeared on Fox, CNN, the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Wall Street Journal. David's memoir Exhale: Hope, Healing, and A Life in Transplant was published in May of 2021. All That Really Matters is his debut novel.

Named Best US Author of the Year by N.N. Lights Book Heaven, award-winning cozy mystery author Susie Black was born in the Big Apple but now calls sunny Southern California home. Like the protagonist in her Holly Swimsuit Mystery Series, Susie is a successful apparel sales executive. Susie began telling stories as soon as she learned to talk. Now she's telling all the stories fro her garment industry experiences in humorous mysteries.

My 8-year-old son, Jackson, is a creative boy who loves to draw and write his own comic books. I was happy to interview him about those projects. This interview was to encourage him to keep working on what he loves to do.

Charlie Rott is an American author whose novels blend elements of reality with fictional narratives. Through various combinations of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy she explores themes ranging from mental health and addiction to prejudice and despotism. Rott aims to provide her readers with compelling stories and memorable characters while also taking them iside the struggles faced by real people.

Marla White is an award-winning novelist who prefers killing people who annoy her on paper rather than in real life. Her first full-length myster novel, "Cause for Elimination," placed in several contests including Killer Nashville, The RONE Awards, The Reader's Favorite, and finishing second in the Orange County Romance Writers for Romantic Suspense. Originally from Oklahoma, she lived in a lot of other states before settling down in Los Angeles to work i the television industry. She currently teaches at UCLA Extension and gives seminars about the art of script coverage. When she's not working on the next book, she's hiking, cheering on the LA Kings, or discovering new craft cocktails (to, you know, drown her sorrows over the Kings).

Connie Connally returns to discuss her new release, "Fire Music".

Ryan gets a chance to sit and talk with mystery novelist, Mark Love. Mark discusses his time as an investigative reporter in Michigan, and his books that are baed off various experiences.

Join Ryan and children's book author, Ashley Irvin, as they chat about her new kids book. building her publishing team, and creating interactive lessons within her books.

Ryan talks with author, David Meuel, a film history author of five books! They chat about classical films, film noir, and go in depth about the great Joan Crawford herself.