Here is a look back at a very different era in NFL history, the 1950's-  and one of the most glamorous teams of that era,  the Los Angeles Rams.  Jim Hock's father was an offensive lineman for the team.    Hock's book is titled "Father on the Line: a Memoir."  

Bruce Boise talks about his book "Cold Comfort:  One Man's Struggle to Stop the illegal marketing of powerful opioid drugs and save lives," in which he chronicles his career in the pharmaceutical industry and what prompted him to become a whistle-blower when he began to realize the scope and nature of the illegal activities of the company for which he was working.  

Tom Miller is the author of "How I Learned English:  55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life." This interview was recorded and initially broadcast back in 2007.       

From 2011- A conversation with Mira Grant about her best-selling book "Deadline," the second book in her zombie series called "Newsflesh." As I state in the introduction,  this book was an immense (pleasant) surprise to me.  It's not the kind of book I would typically read- but I gave it a chance and loved it.

From 2009 comes this interview with Phoebe Damrosch, author of "Service Included:  Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waitress."  Damrosch became the first captain at New York City's prestigious 4-star restaurant Per Se.   

We speak with famed British photojournalist Stuart Roy Clarke about his new book "The Game," which is a celebration of the game of soccer as it is played, followed, and loved in Great Britain.    (Clarke's co-author is John Williams.)  

From 2004-  Ellis Cose discusses his book "Bone to Pick:  on Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation and Revenge."   

Dr. Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, pays his monthly visit to the program.  With him will be Mary Burgoon from Rockwell Automation,  which has just established an exciting new partnership with GTC.  

We speak with Tom Cooper, author of "Doing the Right Thing:  12 Portraits in Moral Courage."    Cooper celebrates the ethical integrity and courage of twelve people in history - from Marie Curie to John F. Kennedy - who faced difficult situations and managed somehow to do what was right.  

From 2009:  something special for fans of Tabasco fans..... Jeffrey Rothfeder, author of "McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire."