Lisa Genova did the impossible: self-published her book and saw it become a best-seller. Her book, Still Alice, is the story of a middle-aged Harvard professor with early onset Alzheimer’s. Genova’s novel deals with how one maintains their identity through the terrible disease, and sheds light on the perspective of a woman dealing with an […]
A feisty interview with the man who’s turned the qualities his childhood teachers abhorred into a remarkable career. In his most autobiographical book he talks about his evolution into a conservative icon, from childhood through Vietnam and into the world of journalism.. Original Air Date: 1/21/09
Nadine de Koenigswarter is the granddaughter of the legendary “Baroness” of jazz, Nica de Koenigswarter. “Nica” was an aristocrat member of the Rothschild family from Europe who moved to the US in the 1950’s and befriended the greats of jazz, including the likes of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey. She got into many […]
In honor of NASA’s launch of a shuttle to go up and fix the Hubble Telescope, this Conversation With David Lewis is about living in space – sort of. David sits down with author, aerospace engineer, and Mars advocate Robert Zubrin to chat about Zubrin’s new book How to Live on Mars: A Trusty Guidebook […]
Co-author of And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl: The Jewish Past as Told by the Records We Have Loved and Lost Roger Bennett talks to host David Lewis about four generations of Jewish culture and the records that provide a soundtrack to a people’s history. Original Air Date: 12/8/08 Part […]
A conversation in words and song about the past, present and future of gospel music with members of the Atlanta chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop. The segment explores the roots of gospel music in the West African slave trade to its evolution from plantation songs. It also discusses some of the founders of gospel […]
Director Morgan Neville talks about his new documentary about Johnny Cash, “Johnny Cash’s America.” Neville’s film looks at the life of Johnny Cash through the lens of what his music, his popularity and his significance say about America. Original Air Date: 11/13/08 [audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/CWDL-Morgan_Neville_Johnny_Cashs_America.mp3]
Bob Baer is a CIA Middle-East veteran. His book, See No Evil, was the basis for the film, “Syriana”, where George Clooney played a CIA Middle-East veteran named… “Bob”! Baer is now a writer who also works on documentaries on such happy subjects as the origins of suicide bombers. In this interview he talks about […]
Carlin’s book was the basis for the Clint Eastwood/Morgan Freeman/Matt Damon film “Invictus”. Damon plays the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Freeman plays Nelson Mandela and Eastwood directs the film. The book deals with the new South Africa’s founding political leader, Nelson Mandela, and his singular ability to seduce, beguile, convince, and out-maneuver the […]
David speaks with Silverstein about his book Turkmeniscam: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship, which details the rapacious world of Washington lobbyists and their willingness to represent anyone… for a price. Ken Silverstein is an American editor covering the Washington bureau for Harper’s Magazine. In addition to contributing to the print […]