Join Michael in his conversation with Mark Whitaker to discuss his new book Saying It Loud: 1966-The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement which tells the story of how the Black Power movement spearheaded by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) challenged the Martin Luther King Jr. lead traditional civil rights movement in the turbulent year of 1966.

Join Michael in his conversation with Alexander Rose about his new The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy which tells a fascinating story of a Liverpool-based spy v. spy struggle between two Americans to build and defeat the building of a Confederate Navy which, if successful, surely could have changed the outcome of the Civil War.

Sammi Katz and her co-author Olivia McGiff have created a vibrant mixology book for both seasoned and newbie drinkmakers. It celebrates the craft of cocktail design, from raw ingredients to finished, delightful refreshments. Each page is fully illustrated with rich, inspiring gouache paintings, making it a visual delight that stands out from other bartender books. This book encourages readers to explore a palette of ingredients for their developing palate.

Join me as I talk with Sammi about the history of cocktails, plus, we’ll get the answer to the age-old question about why James Bond liked his martini shaken, not stirred.

Join Michael in his discussion with Patrick Bringley about his new book All the Beauty in the World, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me. Patrick was a museum guard at the Met for ten years. His book offers and intimate perspective of one of the greatest art museums in the world as seen through the eyes of a young man who was dealing with a tragic loss.

Joining Michael as a special guest to help facilitate this conversation is Dr. Philip Eliasoph, Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

On today’s show we continue our two-part conversation with Karoun Demirjian and Rachel Bade about their book, Unchecked, The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump. The book provides a fascinating, behind-the-scenes detailed analysis of how, according to their reporting, House Democrats hesitated for too long to stand up to President Trump and then pulled punches in both impeachments in favor of protecting their political interests.

Join Michael in his conversation with Karoun Demirjian and Rachel Bade about their book Unchecked, The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump which provides a fascinating, behind-the-scenes detailed analysis of how, according to their reporting, House Democrats hesitated for too long to stand up to President Trump and then pulled punches in both impeachments in favor of protecting their political interests.

Join Michael in his conversation with Ann Hagedorn as they discuss her critically acclaimed book, Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away, which is the chilling, little-known story of a successful American-born, Soviet-trained spy in the U.S. atomic bomb project during World War Two.

On today’s show we continue our two-part conversation with Carl Bernstein about his new memoir, Chasing History, A Kid in the Newsroom. which traces his family history, self-education, and the origins of his storied career in journalism.  It is a tour de force of a young man with a passion for journalism and determined commitment to the tru

Join Michael Zeldin in conversation with Carl Bernstein about his new memoir, Chasing History, A Kid in the Newsroom which traces his family history, self-education, and the origins of his storied career in journalism.  It is a tour de force of a young man with a passion for journalism and determined commitment to the truth. 

Join Michael in his conversation with Nina Totenberg about her new memoir, Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships, which describes her nearly fifty-year relationship with Ruth Bader Ginsberg. It also traces her trail-blazing career in journalism including the obstacles she faced, the “Old Girls Network” of friends she made, and the importance of meaningful friendships in all of our lives.

Nina Totenberg is NPR’s award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR’s critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.

Totenberg’s coverage of the Supreme Court and legal affairs has won her widespread recognition. She is often featured in documentaries — most recently RBG — that deal with issues before the court. As Newsweek put it, “The mainstays [of NPR] are Morning Edition and All Things Considered. But the creme de la creme is Nina Totenberg.”

In 1991, her ground-breaking report about University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill’s allegations of sexual harassment by Judge Clarence Thomas led the Senate Judiciary Committee to re-open Thomas’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings to consider Hill’s charges. NPR received the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for its gavel-to-gavel coverage — anchored by Totenberg — of both the original hearings and the inquiry into Anita Hill’s allegations, and for Totenberg’s reports and exclusive interview with Hill.

That same coverage earned Totenberg additional awards, including the Long Island University George Polk Award for excellence in journalism; the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting; the Carr Van Anda Award from the Scripps School of Journalism; and the prestigious Joan S. Barone Award for excellence in Washington-based national affairs/public policy reporting, which also acknowledged her coverage of Justice Thurgood Marshall’s retirement.

Totenberg was named Broadcaster of the Year and honored with the 1998 Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcasting from the National Press Foundation. She is the first radio journalist to receive the award. She is also the recipient of the American Judicature Society’s first-ever award honoring a career body of work in the field of journalism and the law. In 1988, Totenberg won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton for her coverage of Supreme Court nominations. The jurors of the award stated, “Ms. Totenberg broke the story of Judge (Douglas) Ginsburg’s use of marijuana, raising issues of changing social values and credibility with careful perspective under deadline pressure.”

Totenberg has been honored seven times by the American Bar Association for continued excellence in legal reporting and has received more than two dozen honorary degrees. On a lighter note, Esquire magazine twice named her one of the “Women We Love.”

A frequent contributor on TV shows, she has also written for major newspapers and periodicals — among them, The New York Times Magazine, The Harvard Law Review, The Christian Science Monitor, and New York Magazine, and others.

Michael Zeldin is a well-known and highly-regarded TV and radio analyst/commentator.

He has covered many high-profile matters, including the Clinton impeachment proceedings, the Gore v. Bush court challenges, Special Counsel Robert Muller’s investigation of interference in the 2016 presidential election, and the Trump impeachment proceedings.

In 2019, Michael was a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught a study group on Independent Investigations of Presidents.

Previously, Michael was a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as Deputy Independent/ Independent Counsel, investigating allegations of tampering with presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s passport files, and as Deputy Chief Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Foreign Affairs Committee, October Surprise Task Force, investigating the handling of the American hostage situation in Iran.

Michael is a prolific writer and has published Op-ed pieces for CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Hill, The Washington Times, and The Washington Post.

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