Crime novelist and former private investigator Steven Gore joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss the often questionable work skills of famous detectives such as Philip Marlowe, in noir fiction. #FilmNoir

Author of "Naked Money," Charles Wheelan, joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss the complicated world of currency, including the Eurozone and China's careful manipulation of the external value of the yuan. #SteveFastShow #yuan #NakedMoney

Actress and comedian Lauren Weedman joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss how she handles turning the sometimes painful personal details of her life into performance and the life of a Hollywood guest star.

Historian and author Fergus Bordewich joins The Steve Fast Show to talk about the work of the first Federal Congress. Bordewich says that much of the American political system depended on the work of legislators who were unsure if the "Great Experiment" of U.S. democracy would even work.

New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss the path the story of Jesus took from the crucifixion to the first written accounts in the Gospel of Mark.

Journalist Adam Cohen joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss the 1927 U.S. Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, which upheld a state statute that forced a young woman to be sterilized against her will.

Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss the history of voting suppression in the U.S. and the current laws that keep people away from the polls.

Student athletes or unpayed employees? Sportswriter Ben Strauss joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss the big business of collegiate athletics and the problematic nature of the amateur status of players.

Science writer Maria Konnikova joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss the history and psychology of con men.

Wharton Business School researcher Adam Grant joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss misconceptions we have about the trailblazers who buck the system.