Now I've Heard Everything

Behind the scenes you will typically find an experienced and skilled negotiator. Someone like Bob Woolf, one of the pioneers of snagging big contracts for sports stars. Woolf represented stars like Carl Yastrzemski, Larry Bird, and Julius Erving. But he also negotiated deals for Larry King and New Kids On The Block. Along the way Woolf developed a reputation that may run counter to your notion of...

Working mothers often worry that their work may negatively affect their kids. But Kathy Wyse Goldman wrote a book caelled My Mother Worked and I Turned Out OK. This 1993 interview features Kathy Wyse Goldman and her mom, noted advertising executive Lois Wyse. Get My Mother Worked and I Turned Out OK by Kathy Wyse Goldman & Lois Wyse As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qual...

Barry Farber launched his on-air radio career in 1960, And over the next six decades became one of America’s most popular and best known talk show hosts and interviewers. A world traveler who spoke several languages Farber seemed to know almost everyone who was anyone. In this 2012 interview Farber tells some of his true but unbelievable stories. Get Cocktails with Molotov by Barry Farber As an Am...

What are you afraid of? Beyond the common fears of spiders or tall bridges or public speaking, many people suffer from self-inflicted fears about their appearance, their relationships, or their parenting skills. And those fears are all but universal, according to author, columnist, and Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington. In this 2006 interview Huffington reveals her own fears and how sh...

In its infancy the Internet was the exclusive domain ofDynamics and government offices. Commercialization of the web began in the 1990s, with a small company called Network Solutions. In this 2013 interview, Miachael Daniels, the former chairman of the company talks about those early days of the commercial Internet Get Names, Numbers, and Network Solutions by Michael Daniels As an Amazon Associate...

Does the liberal media hate Christianity? In this 2010 interview commentator and columnist SE Cupp malkes the case for a liberal bias against Christianity, in her book Losing Our Religion. Get Losing Our Religion by S E Cupp As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my interviews with Robert Schuller and Jim Bakker For more vintage interv...

Do you have a favorite conspiracy theory? Sometimes it takes someone with the analytical mind of a great fiction writer to unravel them. And so it was in 2013 that bestselling author Brad Meltzer published a book called History Decoded, In which he set out to find the truth behind the ten greatest conspiracy theories of all time. In this 2013 interview Meltzer delves into several popular theories....

About 20 years ago, the New York public library assembled a list of books on the seven deadly sins, one of which, of course, is sloth. But if you've always been a little fuzzy about exactly what sloth is playwright essayist and satirist Wendy wasserstein to the rescue. In this 2005 interview Wasserstein explains -- with tongue in cheek -- how to achieve your inner sloth. Get Sloth by Wendy wassers...

Dick Williams guided the Boston Red Sox to the pennant in 1967, the Oakland A's to three championships in the '70s and the San Diego Padres to the National League title in 1984. Along the way, Williams earned a reputation as a hard driving manager who expected nothing but the highest performances from his teams. In this 1990 interview Williams talks about his memoir No More Mr. Nice Guy. Get No Mo...

The political turbulence of the 1960s has been well documented. and one name that appears prominently in that story is Tom Hayden. One of the founders of the Students For a Democratic Society, Hayden was also a Freedom Rider in the south, fighting for civil rights, but also became one of the leading young voices against the Vietnam War. In the historically tumultuous 1968, Hayden was among several...

Rose Resnick was a talented and successful concert pianist. She also played at clubs, and performed on the radio in the 1930s. She was also a music teacher. She was also blind. Resnick, who was born in 1906, lost her sight from glaucoma as a child. Over the rest of her life Resnick became a powerful advocate for the blind. She established the California League of the Handicapped, as well as other...

The modern zoo bears little resemblance to those you, or your parents, may remember. The cramped dirty cages that characterized the zoos of a prior era have now been replaced by more open settings that may mimic an animal's natural habitat. One of the principal architects of that transformation was longtime Columbus Zoo director Jack Hanna. He took over an aging and decrepit facility and turned it...

Throughout the 1970s and 80s, the most prominent face of the Palestine Liberation Organization, or PLO, was its leader, Yasser Arafat. His was an image that many associated with terrorism and violence In the early 1990s, the PLO put forth a new spokesperson, A well dressed and articulate woman in her 40s named Hanan Ashrawi. She became well known to American television viewers as a sharp contrast...

Hot air balloons, or lighter-than-air craft, have been around for centuries. But it wasn't until March 1999 that humans were able to circumnavigate the entire world in a single hot air balloon flight. The two men who did it were British balloonist Brian Jones and Bertrand Piccard, a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist. They co-piloted a massive balloon called Breitling Orbiter 3, which launched Marc...

No matter where you work, no matter what you do, no matter how long you've done it, there's a good chance you'll be fired someday. Especially in today's economy as employers don't seem to have any loyalty to employees anymore. Sometimes the situation is so comical, the only way you can get through it is to laugh at it. Actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch has been fired. And she knows lots and lo...

Most authors would be very, very happy if their books sold half a million copies. Most would be thrilled if their books sold one or two million. Dean Koontz has sold 500 million books since his first one was published in 1968. A master of suspense thrillers, with some horror thrown in, Koontz never fails to satisfy readers. His books routinely appear on major bestseller lists. In this 2004 intervi...

From the age of 12, when she joined the cast of TV’s “General Hospital,” Amber Tamblyn's talent has made her a popular and award-winning actress. But she is also well known for her writing, especially her poetry. She has actually published seven books, including the 2009 collection Bang Ditto. It was while she was on tour promoting that book that i had a chance to meet her – and to hear what reall...

As a top ranking career diplomat, Matlock was at the very center of the U.S.-Soviet relationship. He was there for everything from the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 to the Breakup of the Soviet Union almost 30 years later. In this 2004 interview Matlock discusses his book Reagan And Gorbachev, and reveals the special role played by the keaders' wives. Get Reagan and Gorbachev by Jack Matlock As an...

Greg Mathis was a juvenile delinquent Growing up in rough Detroit neighborhoods Mathis fell in with the wrong crowd and was arrested several times before he was even 17. But when he reached a critical turning point, Mathis was able to turn his life around. He got his GED, went on to get a bachelor's degree, and graduated from law school. And passed the bar. He faced still more obstacles on his way...

There are many reasons someone might be an atheist. For famed magician Penn Jillette, one half of the Penn & Teller magic duo, his atheism results from what he frames as a vigorous intellectual exercise. As a youth, Jillette read his Bible, but rejected it as illogical and flawed.. In this 2011 interview about his book God, No! Jillette explains his atheism as one aspect of a multi-faceted persona...

For 22 years he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the Harlem Globetrotters. But for basketball Hall of Famer Meadowlark Lemon, there was a larger, much larger, purpose for his life. In 1986 Lemon was ordained a Christian minister. And proud as he was of his on-court accomplishments, Meadowlark Lemon had much bigger things on his mind in this 1987 interview about his autobiography Meadowlark. Get...

Hundreds of cookbooks are published every year, thousands have been published since the early 1980s. But few had the impact that 1982's Silver Palate Cookbook had. Authors Sheila Lukins and Julie Rosso helped introduce Americans to Mediterranean and European cuisines never before seen in this country. In this 2007 interview Lukins and Rosso talk about the 25th anniversary edition of their bookbook...

Some inspirational words from Lionel Richie, and a chance encounter with a group of ladies with red hats, led to the first novel by actor, comedian, and writer Damon Wayans. In this 2010 iinterview the former SNL and "In Living Color"cast member talks about his novel Red Hats. Get Red Hats by Damon Wayans As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may al...

Happy Valentine's Day! It's a day of romance, relationships, maybe even marriage, but most especially it's a day of love. All kinds of love. In fact, All Kinds of Love was the title of actor writer Carl Reiner's 1993 novel. It was a delightful cast of characters deals with a variety of romantic situations, with a good deal of comedy thrown in, as we would expect no less from the man who created TV...

For decades, Australian-born Dr. Helen Caldicott has been lobbying hard against nuclear power. And nuclear weapons, as well. She founded Physicians for Social Responsibility. And she has been a strong advocate for environmental issues generally, and for women's rights. In this 2006 interview Dr. Caldicott talks about her book Nuclear Power is Not The Answer. Get Nuclear Power is Not the Answer by...