Now I've Heard Everything

A Bill CLinton Accuser's Story Kathleen Willey was a White House volunteer in the Clinton administration in its first year, 1993. And it was in November of that year that Willey says Bill Clinton sexually assaulted her in the Oval Office. Clinton denied her allegations. And Willey’s detractors, including Linda Tripp, questioned her veracity. But Willey claims, in this 2997 interview, that she was...

The USS Cole Attack: Commander Kirk Lippold's Perspective It didn't start with September 11th. Almost a year before al Qaeda terrorists flew planes into buildings, suicide bombers affiliated with al Qaeda attacked the destroyer USS Cole as it was refueling in Yemen. Seventeen American sailors died in the attack. The commanding officer of the Cole was Kirk Lippold, who tells the story of the attack...

Wilma Mankiller: A Cherokee Chief's Journey and Legacy Wilma Mankiller's journey into leadership in the Cherokee nation was not planned. She started as an advocate for rural development within her community, gradually rising through the ranks of Cherokee leadership. In the 1980s she was the first woman elected to Principal Chief. Her story, as she recountss in this 1993 interview, was not only one...

Derek Taylor: Behind the Beatles' Legacy Derek Taylor was a working journalist when he met the Beatles, literally in te right place at the rright time as the band was on the cusp of fame in England. Manager Brian Epstein brought Taylor aboard as the Beatles' press agent. Taylor's story, as he recounts in this 1987 interview, reminds us that the Beatles were not just a band; they were a cultural ph...

From Jed Clampett to Abraham Lincoln: The Extraordinary Journey of Buddy Ebsen Buddy Ebsen, best known for his iconic role as Jed Clampett in"The Beverly Hillbillies," had a remarkable career in Hollywood. As he told in this 1994 interview, Ebsen worked with some of Hollywood's iconic figures like Shirley Temple and Louis B. Mayer. And even sopeople like Al Capone. He also reveals the three questi...

Help for the caregiver, from a former First Lady Both Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter devoted themselves to volunteer activities after leaving the White House. And Rosalynn took up the cause of supporting America's caregivers, Who devoted their lives to helping the sick or elderly. In this 1994 interview the former First Lady talks about her book Helping Yourself Help Others. Get Helping Yourself Help O...

Richard Nixon's youngest brother When Edward Nixon was born in 1931, his older brother Richard was already 17. And Ed, along with middle son Don, looked up to their studious and serious big brother. After Richard Nixon's death in 1994, his brothers Don and Ed felt an urgency to write the story they felt needed to be told about the family. But with Don Nixon in failing health himself, the task fell...

A conversation with Ronald Reagan;s eldest daughter Born in 1941, Maureen Reagan was the eldest child of Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman. By her late teens, Maureen was becoming active in politics. She later played roles in her father's presidential campaigns, and ran for Congress herself. p>In this 1989 interview, just a few months after Ronald Reagan left office, Maureen dis...

A veteran actor's keys to success Canadian-born actor Hume Cronyn had a decades-long career in the theater, movies, television and radio. Not to mention a 52-year marriage to actress Jessica Tandy In this 1991 interview the then-80-year-old Cronyn talks about his his life, his career, and what made his marriage succeed. Get A Terrible Liar by Hume Cronyn As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Ever...

The Laws of Money Are there laws that rule what happens to our money? In this 2003 interview longtime personal finance expert Suze Orman warns of the consequences of failing to understand -- and obey -- tha nagural laws of money. Get The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life by Suze Orman As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my intervie...

The harrowing eyewitness accounts of the 9/11 attack, In the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attack New York Times reporter Dean Murphy wanted to go beyond just simple eyewitness accounts and to assemble an entire oral history of that day. Murphy painstakingly organized an oral history which was published one year after the attack. In this fall 2002 interview Murphy talks about his resea...

The bestselling author of a popular mystery series Millions of readers around the world have enjoyed a series of novels about a fictional amateur bounty hunter from New Jersey named Stephanie Plum. Author Janet Evanovich launched the series in 1994, and in this interview from that year she tells how Stephanie got her start. Get One For the Money by Janet Evanovich As an Amazon Associate, Now I've...

They called him 'dirty.' And he agreed. During his ten seaons in the NFL, with the Cardinals, Saints, and Bills, offensive guard Conrad Dobler's opponents often referred to him as a "dirty" player for his unsportsmanlike play. So when Dobler wrote his memoir, what do you think he called it? Its title is They Call Me Dirty. In this 1988 interview he tells why. Get They Call Me Dirty by Conrad Doble...

A look back at our future One of the most successful, and influential, futurists of our time was Alvin Toffler. is 1970 book Future Shock, and his 1980 bestseller The Third Wave, set millions of readers on a new path of thinking. As you listen to this 1990 interview try to remember where you were and what you were doing in 1990. Then judge for yourself if Toffler's forecast was accurate. Get Power...

The man dubbed the "Walter Cronkite of Latino Americans" Jorge Ramos has anchored the news on Univision since 1987. But as he explains in this 2002 interview, Ramos never felt completely at home in either the U.S. or his native Mexico. Get No Borders by Jorge Ramos You may also enjoy my interviews with Jim Lehrer and former Mexican president Vicente Fox For more vintage interviews with celebrities...

Can you lie, cheat, and steal and still be a good person? Behavioral economist Dan Ariely says we all do it. Thing is, we almost all do it just a little, not enough to ruin our self-image of being a good, honest person. In this 2012 interview Ariely explains the science behind our misbehaviors. Get The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty by Dan Ariely You may also enjoy my interviews with Neil de Grea...

A star's bumpy road to success. Darlene Love was one of the most popular and most in-demand backup singers of the 1960s, working with some of the biggest stars, but her path to a solo career was littered with obstacles. In this 1998 interview Love recounts her experience and what she had to do to make it all come together./ Get My Name is Love by Darlene Love You may also enjoy my interviews with...

What separates a "good" ecionomy from a "bad" one? There is a reason that even economists call their profession "the dismal science/" But in the hands of satirist and journalist, P.J. O'Rourke, economics takes on a whole new brilliance. In this 1998 interview O'Rourke dissects economics, to expose what really goes on in the ongoing struggle between capitalism and socialism. Get Eat The Rich by P.J...

The movie studio exec who lived up to her name Flashdance,Top Gun, and Fatal Attraction were just a few of those made under the supervision of studio executive Dawn Steel. Her name was appropriate, too, because a woman in the man's world of Hollywood filmmaking had to be made of steel. In this 1993 interview Steel reflects on her successes, failures, and improbable career path. Get They Can Kill Y...

David Frost's Nixon interviews remembered British TV host David Frost may be best remembered for his 1977 series of interviews with former President Richard M. Nixon, who just three years earlier had resigned the presidency in disgrace after the Watergate scandal. In this 2007 inerview Frost offers some behind the scenes glimpses of how the interviews came about, and what happened when the cameras...

A radio host's unique friendship with a fellow broadcast legend For a dozen years the pioneering radio sports broadcaster Red Barber called in every Friday to NPR's Morning Edition show, for an unscripted 4 minute talk with host Bob Edwards. After Barber's death in 1992 Edwards wrote a memoir of those memorable conversations, a book he called Fridays With Red. In this 1993 interview Edwards recapt...

The black family food traditions A decades-long tradition continues this summer, with the 35th annual Black Family Reunion this month. The event was started in 1989 by Dorothy Height, the longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women. And from the reunions grew the Black Family Reunion Cookbook. But as you'll hear in this 1993 interview with Dorothy Height, the cookbook was more than j...

A '60s radical's views on the revolution One of those caught up in this maelstrom of the turbulent '60s was the young Cathy Wilkerson. She joined the radical Weather Underground, and helped them turn her father's New York City townhouse into a bomb factory. An explosion there that killed 3 people also made Wilkerson a fugitive, eluding the FBI for 10 yeas. In this 2997 interview Wilkerson talks ab...

The heavy price of an unpopular book. Author Salman Rushdie's 1988 novelThe Satanic Verses, that earned him not accolades, but I death sentence, pronounced by Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Rushdie spent the next several years essentially in hiding, but gradually re-emerged in public, and by 2002 was again going on author tours. In this 2002 interview Rushdie reflects on his exile, his literat...

Pro tennis great Tracy Austin, in her own words. Tracy Austin won the US Open women's singles title in 1979 at age 16, making her the youngest ever to win that title. But by age 21, her career was all but ended by a series of injuries. That led to speculationand rumor about what was really going on with Tracy Austin. In this 1992 interview she sets out to put those rumors to rest, and tell her sto...