David speaks with former Ralph Reed spokesperson Lisa Baron about her tell-all book Life of the Party: A Political Press Tart Bares All. Former Ralph Reed spokesperson Lisa Baron joins David to talk about her book Life of the Party: A Political Press Tart Bares All. This books reveals how she and an entire army of fresh-faced college graduates entering the world of politics acted away from the offices of the politicians they worked for as new breed of Washington insiders. As a Republican political spokesperson, the pro-choice, pro-gay Baron learned to become the face and voice behind a score of Conservative politicians while being anything but off the clock.

Original Air Date: 08-9-2011

Esquire Magazine editor AJ Jacobs has made a career out of what he euphemistically calls self-improvement experiments. In the past, Jacobs has subjected himself to reading the entirety of the Encyclopedia Britannica, living for one year according to the explicit letter of biblical law, and also outsourcing the entirety of his life to sub-contractors India. His most recent book is called The Guinea Pig Diaries.

Original Air Date: 08-4-2011

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, and a Devil’s Deal. This best seller was and still is the most complete chronicle of how Bulger was helped and even admired by certain members of the FBI and how this helped him further his stronghold on the Winter Hill Gang in Boston from 1979 until 1994.

Original Air Date: 07-8-2011

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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 cede his power and goes on to torture and torment the residents of Zimbabwe as he has in his many years in command.

Original Air Date: 07-5-2011

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 in Massachusetts.

Original Air Date: 06-29-2011