Now I've Heard Everything

US presidents have been flying around on Air Force One since long before anybody heard of the Qatar controversy. in this 2003 interview longtime White House correspondent Kenneth Walsh gives us the history of the presidential aircraft. Get your copy of Air Force One by Kenneth Walsh As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my interviews...

From the uniquely creative mind of the great actor Sir Peter Ustinov came an unusual fable starring God and the devil. It was Ustinov's satire called The Old Man and Mr. Smith. In this 1991 interview Ustinov delights in exploring his book's deeper meanings. Get your copy of The Old Man and Mr. Smith by Peter Ustinov As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases....

The United States has long tried to encourage and nurture new democracies around the world. But with only mixed success. In this 2003 interview journalist and commentator Fareed Zakaria explains that our notion of what a democracy is may be flawed. Get your copy of The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may als...

Billy Bean was only the second major league baseball player to come out as gay, after his 1995 retirement. He eventually joined MLB's front office to lead the diversity, equity and inclusion effort. In this 2003 interview Bean talks about his memoikr, Going The Other Way.. Get your copy of Going the Other Way by Billy Bean As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying pur...

Perhaps no person in modern times has purposely sought out the world’s most exotic – and dangerous – wildlife quite like Australia’s Steve Irwin, also known as the Crocodile Hunter. In this interview from 2007, his widow Terri Irwin talks about her life with Steve. Get your copy of Steve And Me by Terri Irwin As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You ma...

Jacqueline Stallone Was no ordinary celebrity mom. In this 1989 interview Jackie discusses her life, and how you can use the stars to enhance your personal power. Get your copy of Star Power by Jacqueline Stallone As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my interviews with Betty DeGeneres and Georgia Holt For more vintage interviews with...

How does a successful and popular TV sportscaster juggle career, marriage, and Parenthood? In this 2006 interview, ESPN's Mike Greenberg discusses his first book, Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot. Get your copy of Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot by Mike Greenberg As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my interviews with Roy Firestone an...

For 35 years Theodore Hesburgh headed Notre Dame University, becoming one of America's leading figures in both higher education and Christian faith. In this 1990 interview Hesburgh talks about his autobiography, God, Country, Notre Dame. Get your copy of God, Country, Notre Dame by Theodore Hesburgh As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enj...

Millions of Gen X and Baby Boomer women know something their mothers didn’t – or, at least, wouldn’t acknowledge. And that is that women over 40 do not lose their sexual appetite. In fact, quite the contrary. In this 2006 interview author and journalist Gail Sheehy talks about her book Sex And The Seasoned Woman. Get your copy of Sex and the Seasoned Woman by Gail Sheehy As an Amazon Associate, No...

April 30 is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. It in this 2002 interview the former South Vietnamese vice president, Nguyen Cao Ky, tells his story and his country's. Get your copy of Buddha's Child by Nguyen Cao Ky As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my interviews with Elmo Zumwalt and David Hackworth For more vintage inte...

Two guys who started an ice cream business in Burlington Vermont turned it into one of the world's most popular and most successful brands, Ben & Jerry's. in this 1994 interview former Ben & Jerry's CEO Fred "Chico" lager provides the "inside scoop" on how the company was built. Get your copy of Ben & Jerry's: The Inside Scoop by Fred “Chico” Lager As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything...

In 1954 a young man from Boston took his passion for jazz and turned it into an American tradition. 1954 was the year 29-year-old George Wein organized the first Newport Jazz Festival, an achievement that launched a decades-long career of promoting – and helping shape – American jazz. In this 2003 interview Wein .recounts the highlights of his illustrious career Get your copy of Myself Among Other...

Women and men of all ages and all cultures and all backgrounds in all societies have tried for all time to define love … and to study and deconstruct and analyze love. Great artists, writers, poets, musicians, playwrights, and authors have all had their say. And in 1994, acclaimed author poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman had hers. In this 1994 interview Diane Ackerman talks about her book A Natur...

From the JFK assassination to Vietnam to the Nixon White House and beyond, Bob Schieffer of CBS has covered it all. in this 2004 interview Schieffer tells stories from his rich journalism experience. Get your copy of This Just In by Bob Schieffer As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my interviews with Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson For...

Most of what Christians know about the life of Jesus centers on his birth, his 3-year ministry, or his death. But what about all the years in between? In this 1998 interview, author and former Catholic priest Joseph Girzone imagines how the young Jesus may have been regarded. Get your copy of A Portrait of Jesus by Joseph Girzone As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualify...

His uncle was a powerful Chicago mob boss who may have been responsible for the death of a U.S. president. In this 1992 interview, author Sam Giancana discusses the legacy of his namesake uncle, mobster Sam Giancana, who purportedly helped JFK get elected in 1960, then turned on him. Get your copy of Double Cross by Sam Giancana As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifyi...

Her 1973 novel Fear of Flying rocketed Erica Jong to International fame overnight. in this 2006 interview Jong recalls how that book launched a distinguished literary career Get your copy of Seducing the Demon by Erica Jong As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my interviews with Germaine Greer and Gloria Steinem For more vintage inte...

Mark Felt was the FBI official dubbed "Deep Throat" during Watergate. his true identity had remained a mystery for over 30 years until he outed himself in 2005. In this 2006 interview the co-author of Felt's memoir, John O'Connor, tells how Felt not only helped bring down a president, but change the entire face of the FBI. Get your copy of A G-Man's Life by John O'Connor As an Amazon Associate, No...

Over a career that has spanned nearly 5 decades Reba McEntire has become country music royalty. in this 1994 interview Reba discusses her autobiography. Get your copy of Reba: My Story by Reba McEntire As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my interviews with Dolly Parton and Naomi Judd For more vintage interviews with celebrities, lea...

It's getting harder to distinguish real news from amateur punditry. in this 2009 interview Bill Wasik, editor of the New York Times Magazine, provides context and insight. Get your copy of And Then There’s This by Bill Wasik As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my interviews with Charles Osgoodsa and Andrew Breitbart For more vintage...

Is a talented college athlete nothing more than a commodity? A piece of property? In his 1995 memoir, basketball Hall of Famer Chet Walker talks about the mixed feelings he had about his own college and NBA career, . in this 1995 interview he talks about his life and career. Get your copy of Long Time Coming by Chet Walker As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying pur...

The wealth gap between America’s 1% and all the rest of us is wide and getting wider. But it didn’t start with us. At least, not all of us. In this 1989 interview author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich maps out how the rpofessional middle class is shrinking. Get your copy of Fear of Falling by Barbara Ehrenreich As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purc...

When invited to write her memoir in the late 1990s, Paula Poundstone was hesitant - until she had an idea. and the result was her 2006 book There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say. in this 2007 interview Poundstone talks about how she wrote this, her first book. Get your copy of There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say by Paula Poundstone As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Eve...

On March 30, 1981, gunman John Hinckley Jr fired shots at President Ronald Reagan -- but a split second later he was subdued by veteran Secret Service agent Dennis McCarthy. in this 1985 interview McCarthy recalls that fateful day and his pivotal role in it. Get your copy of Protecting the President by Dennis McCarthy As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchase...

Why has baseball remained America's pastime? In this 1990 interview Pulitzer prize-winning columnist George Will analyzes the extraordinary nature of the game. Get your copy of Men At Work by George will As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases. You may also enjoy my interviews with Cal Ripken and Mickey Mantl For more vintage interviews with celebrities, l...