Ebony and Jet Magazine Music Writer Margena Christian talks about the woman who wrote some of Motown's biggest hits, and saved the career of Stevie Wonder, but whose name is all but unknown, Sylvia Moy.

Brian Raftery is a journalist and podcaster specializing in pop culture, film history, and entertainment. He joins Ira to talk about his new book Hannibal Lecter: A Life which traces the history of America's favorite fictional villain and his creator, the enigmatic and rarely-seen novelist Thomas Harris.

Part memoir, part natural history, David Gessner's Return of the Osprey recounts the hilarious story of one young nature writer's obsessive quest to document the reemergence of one of America's most majestic birds of prey to the shores of Cape Cod.

NY Times bestselling author Jennifer Wallace talks to Ira about her new book, Mattering, which exposes the ways in which a many Americans, feeling unseen and unappreciated throughout their lives, go on to do harm to themselves and others. Their discussion offers a roadmap and actionable takeaways to remedy the problem.

Ira talks with bestselling author Daniella Mestyanek Young, cult survivor, US Army veteran, and Harvard-trained organizational psychologist about the proliferation of cults in American society today.