In this episode Fred Schruers and Tom Teicholz discuss the redesigned New York Times, the Amazon offered subscription to the Washington Post, the latest by our Minister of Disinformation Kellyanne Conway, the new Ferguson-related video, some admired travel writing and a conversation with Daphne Merking regarding her magazine journalism.

We discuss regime change at Los Angeles Magazine and set it in context of the rise and fall of City Magazines as a publishing strategy.

A bit on the Oscars and the pundits coverage.

and a conversation with Lisa Napoli author of "Ray and Joan" about Ray and Joan Kroc -- and Joan's post Ray life of philanthropy - we discuss the book and the art of biography

Fred Schruers and Tom Teicholz discuss Farhad Manjoo's atttempt to ignore Trump, the Claremont Review of Books' "The Flight 93 Election," as well as the rise and fall of Milo, the fall and rise of Magic Johnson and some books into film for Oscar week. Our guest is Jeff Pollack, CEO and Chairman of Pollack Media Group with whom we discuss the ongoing vitality of radio, the decreasing importance of DJs, the resurgence of the music industry and other media topics.

Journalists Fred Schruers and Tom Teicholz discuss this week's journalism,with their passions, enthusiasms and critiques of the week's stories; conversation with magazine journalist and narrative non-fiction master Steve Oney

This week's Guest in-studio Roger Director, Sportwriter, Novelist, TV show runner, author of "I Dream in Blue: Life, Death and The New York Giants" -- we discuss the unheralded stories of the week (Trump/Kellyanne/Russian Intelligence arrests) and the SuperBowl.

In this episode Fred and Tom discuss Press Coverage of protests of the Trump administration. We talk about the late Wayne Barrett and advocacy Journalism.

This week's Guest: Anne Thompson of IndieWire on Sundance.

Fred Schruers and Tom Teicholz discuss the weeks events, most notable among them the inauguration with guest Ian Brown of Canada's The Globe & Mail who took a road trip through the Red States to the inauguration.