David speaks with author Dick Lehr about the recent capture of Whitey Bulger. In his time with the Boston Globe, Lehr was among the first to break the possibility of FBI corruption when dealing with Irish mobster Whitey Bulger. In 2000, Lehr was the author of the book Black Mass: The Irish Mob, The FBI, […]
David speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Willman about his new book The Mirage Man: Bruce Ivins, the Anthrax Attacks, and America’s Rush to War. This book takes a look at the anthrax attacks that happened shortly after September 11th and would go on to kill five and infect 17. The book focuses on one […]
David speaks with journalist and Peter Godwin about his latest book The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe. In this book, Godwin chronicles his experiences after returning to his homeland of Zimbabwe during the 2008 election. In these elections, longtime leader Robert Mugabe loses the election but after careful consideration decides not to […]
David speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joseph Lelyveld about his new book on Mahatma Gandi. Having spent time in both South Africa and India in his years with the New York Times, Lelyveld became very familiar with the life of Gandhi and how he went from being a semi-enlightened figure to the legendary figure today. […]
David speaks with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick about his new book A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life. In this book, Gov. Patrick explains how he made his way from a poor boy living in a one bedroom apartment in the south side of Chicago to Harvard Law School to the Governor’s Mansion […]
David speaks with CIA husband/wife duo Bob and Dayna Baer about their book The Company We Keep. The book examines the hardships of keeping a family together in a life shrouded in secrecy and how this led to Bob and Dayna’s relationship and ultimate marriage after years working together in the CIA. Original Air Date: […]
David speaks with author Richard North Patterson about his latest book The Devil’s Light. The book is a work of fiction based on real life research into terrorism based in Lebanon. The book centers around the possibility of a nuclear attack from al-Qaeda and how Brooke Chandler, a young CIA agent, must do his best […]
David speaks with Diana Henriques, a senior financial writer for the New York Times and author of the new book Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust. Less than two years after the downfall of Bernie Madoff and his Ponzi scheme, Henriques was the first reporter Madoff agreed to meet with personally. […]
David speaks with Deborah Lipstadt about her book The Eichmann Trial. The book is the first of its kind look at the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Lipstadt is a professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. As a leading expert on the Holocaust, this is Lipstadt’s fourth book […]
David speaks with author Jason Berry about his book Render Unto Rome: The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church. This book chronicles decades of secrecy, scandal and deceit in the Catholic church, but not on the expected subject matter. Instead this book examines how the hundreds of millions of dollars in weekly tithings […]