Jim Foster: Conversations On The Coast

Steve Levine, Author of "Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia," talks about how former KGB and defector Alexander Litvinenko differed from investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya even though both were harsh critics of Vladimir Putin.  The full interview from this 2008 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your...

Peter Lerangis, Author of "The Sword Thief (The 39 Clues, Book 3)," talks about the challenges of writing a book in a series where the previous book was written by a different author.  The full interview from this 2009 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .  Photo: Jim Foster.

Andrea Lee, Author of "Lost Hearts in Italy," talks about how the main character, Mira, finds herself split between two powerful types of love after she relocates to Rome with her husband and meets another man who she has an affair with.  The full interview from this 2006 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here . Photo .

Nam Le, Author of "The Boat," talks about one of the short stories in which a father is looking forward to seeing his daughter that he hasn't seen in almost 20 years.  The full interview from this 2008 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .  Photo .

William Landay, Author of "Defending Jacob," talks about one of the surprising parts of the novel in which a senior-level prosecutor ends up working on an investigation that implicates his own teenage son as a murder suspect of a fellow student.  The full interview from this 2012 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .  Ph...

Robert Kurson, Author of "Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship," talks about how diving crews searching for the ship of an infamous pirate named Joseph Bannister didn't always find what they were expecting.  The full interview from this 2015 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here ....

Jonathan Kozol, Educator & Author of "Letters to a Young Teacher," talks about teaching in urban schools and the problem he has with vouchers.  The full interview from this 2007 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .   Photo .

Ken Korach, author of "Holy Toledo: Lessons From Bill King, Renaissance Man of the Mic," talks about what former NBA Referee Ed Rush said to him about an infamous Bill King Warriors basketball game broadcast in 1968, and how that day illustrated King's authenticity that made listeners gravitate to him.  The full interview from this 2013 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can b...

Leslie S. Klinger, editor of "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes," talks why he thinks the Sherlockian game is a good way to approach the stories and that it's not a bad thing to imagine that Holmes and Watson really lived.  The full interview from this 2004 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .  Photo .

Jessie Klein, author of "The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America's Schools," talks about microaggressions and masculinity challenges in schools and their role in leading to violence.  The full interview from this 2012 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .  Photo .

David L. Kirp, author of "The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics," talks about good politics vs good care for kids, and why preschool has to be more than babysitting.  The full interview from this 2007 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .

Bridget Kinsella, author of "Visiting Life: Women Doing Time on the Outside," talks about the 'Get On The Bus' program in Chowchilla, California, and the impact seeing a mother in prison visiting her young daughter had on her as both a writer and as somebody who never had the chance to become a mother herself.  The full interview from this 2007 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foste...

Denise Kiernan, author of "The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II," reads an excerpt from the book about World War 2 veteran Dorothy "Dottie" Jones" and why being part of the war supporting operations was so important to her.  The full interview from this 2013 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your...

Tracy Kidder, co-author of "Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction," reads an excerpt illustrating how things work between him and his editor, and co-author of the book, Richard Todd.  The full interview from this 2013 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .

P.B. Kerr, author of "Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure," talks about the first time the main characters in the book, twins from New York, perform their first magic trick while on a plane which resulted in two of their fellow passengers to disappear.  The full interview from this 2004 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcast...

Barbara Kerley, author of "What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!," talks about the obstacles that the daughter of President Roosevelt had to overcome early in life, and how she viewed The White House as her personal playground.  The book is illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham.  The full interview from this 2008 episode of "...

Kim Wong Keltner, author of "Tiger Babies Strike Back: How I Was Raised by a Tiger Mom but Could Not Be Turned to the Dark Side," talks about how her pop quiz contained in the book could lead to being a happier person.  The full interview from this 2013 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .

Tim Keller, Paulist Center Manager of the Old Saint Mary's Bookstore in San Francisco, talks about some of his favorite religious books.  The full interview from this 2005 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .  Photo .

Alex Kava, author of "Damaged: A Maggie O'Dell Novel," talks about how a character in the novel and member of the coast guard named Liz Bailey helps Special Agent Maggie O'Dell investigate a murder that happened during a Florida hurricane.  The full interview from this 2010 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .  Photo: R...

Alan Katz, author of "Oops!," reads several of the comical poems from the book relevant for kids everywhere.  The full interview from this 2008 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here.   Photo .

Joseph Kanon, author of "Alibi," talks about how one of the main characters, a Jewish woman named Claudia, grappled with emotions and the recovery process from living through World War 2 in Venice, Italy.  The full interview from this 2006 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here .  Photo .

Stefan Kanfer, author of "Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando," reads an excerpt from his biography on Marlon Brando that sheds light on how Brando helped to make somebodies out of performers who might not have worked in the industry at all in previous times.  The full interview from this 2008 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now w...

Diane Johnson, author of "Flyover Lives: A Memoir," talks about how genealogy is becoming more widely accepted and how enlightening it was for her in writing this memoir.  The full interview from a 2014 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts.

Terry Jastrow, author of "The Trial of Prisoner 043," and Anne Archer, wife, actress, and human rights advocate, talk about the importance of keeping the events of the Iraq war at the forefront of the minds of Americans and the world in order to make things better in the future and avoid mistakes of the past.  The full interview from a 2017 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" c...

Alan Jacobson, author of "The 7th Victim," talks about the research he did for the novel and discusses how FBI profilers aren't always well-received by the law enforcement community.  The full interview from a 2008 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts.  Photo: https://alanjacobson.com/.