An interview with the organizers of the festival that celebrates the Coen brothers film, “The Big Lebowski” filled with stories of The Dude, Donnie and the other unique characters that make up one of the funniest movies ever made. Original Air Date: 2/13/08 [audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/CWDL-Lebowski_Fest.mp3]
Kurt Andersen has been a Time Magazine writer, the co-founder of Spy, the editor of New York, a writer at The New Yorker and the host of “Studio 360”. He’s also a successful novelist. In this interview he talks about his novel, HeyDay. Original Air Date: 2/5/08 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/CWDL-Kurt_Andersen_HeyDay_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/CWDL-Kurt_Andersen_HeyDay_Part_2.mp3]
Carolyn Jessop is a former member of a radical polygamist cult and author of the newly published book, Escape. At the age of 18 she was married (by consequence of a divine proclamation) to a man 32 years her senior. In the fifteen years of her marriage, she had eight children. She was one of […]
David Michaelis has written an exhaustively researched portrait of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz. Michaelis discusses the personal connection between Schulz’s own harrowing youth and his famous comic strip. Original Air Date: 1/10/08 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Corey Seymour was a young Rolling Stone editor when he first was sent by Jan Wenner to be Hunter Thompson’s “helper.” In his book Gonzo — written with Jann Wenner — Seymour tells hilarious stories of his adventures and gets funny and brutally honest stories from other pals of Thompson, including Johnny Depp, Jimmy Carter, […]
David Lewis welcomes Emory psychology professor Drew Westen, who became suddenly very well-known when his book, The Political Brain, revealed how humans rationalize their political decisions. Original Air Date: 11/20/07 Part 1 Part 2
Author Anne Kreamer went on a mission: to find out what color her hair really was. The result was a book that explores the issues of women and self-image in a society that worships the young. The book is revealing, hilarious and filled with improbable adventures and investigative hijinks. Original Air Date: 11/6/07 Part 1 […]
Steven Merkel should be dead. Merkel is the General Counsel of Cantor, Fitzgerald, the finance firm based on the top floors of the World Trade Center that lost over 500 employees on September 11th, 2001. That morning Merkel made a series of out-of-character stops on his way to work that delayed him. If he’d gotten […]
Andy Martin is the author of Stealing the Wave, the story of how surfers Mark Foo and Ken Bradshaw battled for supremacy in some of the biggest waves in the world at Waimea Bay, on the North Shore of Hawaii. Original Air Date: 8/11/07 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Andy_Martin_Stealing_the_Wave_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Andy_Martin_Stealing_the_Wave_Part_2.mp3]
Tom Wright was a photographer of rock and roll through the most fun and crazy periods of the 60’s and 70’s. He tells stories of his encounters with The Who and many others, and talks about his book of photographs, Road Work. Original Air Date: 8/7/2007 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/CWDL-Tom_Wright_Road_Work_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/CWDL-Tom_Wright_Road_Work_Part_2.mp3] Part 3[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/CWDL-Tom_Wright_Road_Work_Part_3.mp3]