History Author Show

  July 4, 2026 – In this episode, we’re joined by a familiar face, an attorney and author of great wisdom and insight. He’s David O. Stewart, here to talk about his latest book, “The Democracy We Must Keep: Seven Founders, Nine Documents, and the Ideas that Framed America.”  Two hundred fifty years ago, men…  Read More » David O. Stewart – The Democracy We Must Kee...

  March 15, 2026 – We welcome a treasure from the City of Brotherly Love, Irene Levy Baker, back into the Wayback Machine. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, she’s here to discuss “Cheers to McGillin’s: Philly’s Oldest Tavern.” She previously joined us to talk about her book, “100 Things To Do In Philadelphia.”…  Read More » Irene Levy Baker — Cheers to McGillin’s: Phil...

  Feb 13, 2026 – We welcome award-winning author Jim Logan — a fourth-generation Oklahoman — aboard our time machine to discuss his debut novel, “Of Saints and Rivers.” The author, at 81, is as inspiring as his sweeping story that encompasses all the highs and lows of the period from the Gilded Age, Dustbowl,…  Read More » Jim Logan – Of Saints and Rivers

  The New York Sun Review: ‘The Roosevelts in New York City’ Is an Exhilarating Climb in a Towering Family Tree – Dean Karayanis November 30, 2025 – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and lifelong Long Islander, Bill Bleyer, joins us in the time machine to walk the streets of Gotham past with his book, “The Roosevelts…  Read More » Bill Bleyer — The Roosevelts in Ne...

  July 4, 2025 – With the 249th birthday of America on July 4, 2025, and the 250th anniversary of Independence Day looming in 2025, the nation’s eyes are cast back to the place where America was born. Paul Kahan returns to tells us how that ground was sown and how the city has grown…  Read More » Paul Kahan – Philadelphia: A Narrative History

  May 11, 2024 – What happens when a celebrated author — Muhammad Ali’s official biographer, no less — turns his talents to putting his mother’s century-long life down on paper? In this episode, our time machine welcomes aboard Thomas Hauser, author of “My Mother and Me: A Memoir.” Eleanor Nordlinger Hauser, who passed away…  Read More » Thomas Hauser — My Mother a...

  April 1, 2024 – Where would an enslaved man who escaped the South find the courage to return to the Confederacy as a Union Spy? In this episode, we meet such a man thanks to Robert Hilliard, author of “In Freedom’s Shadow.” The novel is based on the heroic true story of John Scobell,…  Read More » Rob Hilliard — In Freedom’s Shadow

  October 11, 2023 – In this episode, our time machine welcomes aboard Brent Butt, who those of you in the Great White North know as the creator and star of the sitcom “Corner Gas,” so beloved by Canadians that it has spawned an animated version and a movie. He’s also host of the Butt…  Read More » Brent Butt – Huge: A Novel

  September 4, 2023 – How did airship R101 — embodying the British Empire’s global ambitions — die in fireball of dreams, romance, and hubris and turn to ashes in the pages of history? S.C. Gwynne brings us this story of reaching for the sky in “His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of…  Read More » S.C. Gwynne – His Majesty’s Airship: The Li...

  July 30, 2023 – What did service in the World Wars mean to women who found new opportunities to enter the workforce and join the fight as never before? We’ll go on a fictional ride with one of those service members with today’s novelist, Jenni Walsh. Her novel is “The Call of the Wrens,”…  Read More » Jenni L. Walsh – The Call of the Wrens

  The New York Sun – ‘Baseball, Nazis & Nedick’s Hot Dogs’ Is a Story of Fathers, Sons, and a Lost America – Dean Karayanis June 17, 2023 – Reading about history is one thing, but what happens when a legendary sportswriter looks back nearly a century to recall his upbringing in Newark, New Jersey,…  Read More » Jerry Izenberg — Baseball, Nazis & Nedi...

  The New York Sun – ‘It Ain’t Over’ Documents Yogi Berra’s Amazing American Life – Dean Karayanis May 11, 2023 – Who was the greatest Major League Baseball catcher of all time? If the name Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra doesn’t spring to mind, have I got the movie for you. It’s the story of…  Read More » Lindsay Berra – “It Ain’t Over,” the Yogi Ber...

  The New York Sun – ‘Mourning the Presidents’ Considers How the Republic Eulogizes its Leaders – Dean Karayanis May 1, 2023 – When a president of the United States dies, what does how we memorialize his life and service say about the republic? Our time machine welcomes back Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky to give…  Read More » Lindsay M. Chervinsky – Mournin...

  The New York Sun – Stephen F. Knott – Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy – Dean Karayanis March 21, 2023 – How did a man who worked at the JFK Presidential Library grapple with the 35th president’s legacy over his own lifetime to deliver portrait of the real man behind the myths…  Read More » Stephen F. Knott – Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy

    January 23, 2023 – How did the relationships of two pairs of U.S. presidents — Theodore Roosevelt with William Howard Taft and Franklin Delano Roosevelt with freshman Congressman Lyndon Baines Johnson — change the course of history, and the world we live in today? In this episode, presidential historian Mike Purdy brings us…  Read More » Mike Purdy – Presidenti...