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Speaking of Writers
Welcome to Speaking of Writers. Veteran broadcaster Steve Richards interviews local, regional and best selling authors. For more info email steve @ sval622@sbcglobal.net. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/speakingofwriters/subscribe Cover art photo provided by Janko Ferlič on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@thepootphotographer
Episodes
- Speaking of Writers
John U. Bacon - Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football
OVERTIME: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football offers a powerful look into a legendary program—and the sport…
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Sean Parnell-All Out War
ALL OUT WAR delivers an authentic thrill-ride that parachutes readers right into the action of an international crisis that could threaten the safety and…
Speaking of WritersAdrienne Brodeur- WILD GAME: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
When Adrienne was fourteen, her mother, Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words: Ben Souther just kissed me. Adrienne instantly became her…
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William Rawlings- The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes
John Wesley O'Toole is a disbarred Savannah attorney who is trying to get his life back together after his release from prison following a vehicular homicide…
Speaking of WritersTEXAS FLOOD The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan by Alan Paul and Andy Aledort
The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and afterword by Double Trouble’s Chris…
Speaking of WritersPeter Seth- When I Got Out
PETER SETH’s When I Got Out: Larry Ingber fell deeply in love once...and it cost him forty years of his life. Branded “The Ivy League Killer” by the media that…
Speaking of WritersRobert Crais- A Dangerous Man
Joe Pike didn't expect to rescue a woman that day. He went to the bank same as anyone goes to the bank, and returned to his Jeep. So when Isabel Roland, the…
Speaking of WritersKarin Slaughter - The Last Widow
About THE LAST WIDOW: THE LAST WIDOW begins with an abduction. The routine of a family shopping trip is shattered when Michelle Spivey is snatched as she…
Speaking of WritersRichard Russo- Chances Are
ABOUT CHANCES ARE . . . From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls comes a new revelation: a riveting story about the abiding yet complex power of…
Speaking of WritersMaureen Callahan- American Predator
A New Kind of Monster A predator who struck at random, Israel Keyes had no M.O. or victim type—which helped him go undetected by law enforcement for over a…
Speaking of WritersThe Flight Girls- Noelle Salazar
It's a little-known chapter in history - the era of the Women Airforce Service Pilots - whose courage during World War II turned ordinary women into…
Speaking of WritersThe New Girl- Daniel Silva
#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva is “quite simply the best” (Kansas City Star) writer of foreign intrigue and suspense at work today—and his…
Speaking of WritersThe Orphan’s Song By Lauren Kate
The historical adult debut novel by # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate, The Orphan’s Song is a sweeping love story about family and music–and…
Speaking of WritersK: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches By Tyler Kepner
From the New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of…
Speaking of WritersThe Big Fella Babe Ruth and the World He Created by Jane Leavy
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive…
Speaking of WritersBryan Hoch- Mission 27
A comprehensive history of the 2009 squad's rise to the championship Boasting a mix of homegrown talent and All-Star signings, the 2009 Yankees were composed…
Speaking of WritersRon Swoboda- Here's The Catch
In time for the 50th anniversary of the Mets' miraculous 1969 World Series win, right fielder Ron Swoboda tells the story of that amazing season, the people he…
Speaking of WritersMike Maden- Tom Clancy Enemy Contact
In ENEMY CONTACT, Jack Ryan, Jr. finds himself at odds with an international criminal conspiracy. An inside leak has allowed the CIA’s deepest secrets to be…
Speaking of WritersSenator Tom Cotton - Sacred Duty
An extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton’s Sacred Duty offers an intimate and inspiring portrait of “The…
Speaking of WritersDan Abrams-Theodore Roosevelt for The Defense
In their New York Times bestseller, Lincoln’s Last Trial, ABC News chief legal affairs anchor Dan Abrams and bestselling author David Fisher unearthed a…
Speaking of WritersGeorge F Will- The Conservative Sensibility
The Conservative Sensibility takes readers back to the Founders' vision, articulated first in the Declaration of Independence and carried out in the…
Speaking of WritersJohn Urschel-MIND AND MATTER: A Life in Math and Football
John Urschel is a respected mathematician pursuing his PhD at MIT. He is also a former offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens. He may seem like a walking…
Speaking of WritersStewart O'Nan- Henry, Himself
In his 2002 novel Wish You Were Here Stewart O’Nan introduced readers to the Maxwells, as Emily Maxwell gathered together her extended family after the death…
Speaking of WritersScott Pelley- Truth Worth Telling
An inspiring memoir from the frontlines of history by the award-winning 60 Minutes correspondent. Don’t ask the meaning of life. Life is asking, what’s the…
Speaking of WritersCharles Lane- Freedom's Detective
In the years following the Civil War, a new battle began. Newly freed African American men had gained their voting rights and would soon have a chance to…
Speaking of WritersHarlan Coben- Run Away
A perfect family is shattered in RUN AWAY, the new thriller from the master of domestic suspense, Harlan Coben. You’ve lost your daughter. She’s addicted to…
Speaking of WritersDavid Baldacci- Redemption
Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison are visiting his hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when he's approached by an unfamiliar man as he pays his respects…
Speaking of WritersMark Obmascik-The Storm on Our Shores One Island, Two Soldiers, and the Forgotten Battle of World War II
The heart-wrenching but ultimately redemptive story of two World War II soldiers—a Japanese surgeon and an American sergeant—during a brutal Alaskan battle in…
Speaking of WritersMALLORY O’MEARA- THE LADY FROM THE BLACK LAGOON Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
Milicent Patrick should be a recognizable name and a role model for several generations of young girls with filmmaking dreams. As the only woman ever to design…
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Art Shamsky and Erik Sherman- AFTER THE MIRACLE The Lasting Brotherhood of the ’69 Mets
The 1962 New York Mets set a record for futility in baseball, losing 120 games, a record that stands to this day. Seven years later, after languishing in the…
Speaking of WritersGina Marie Guadagnino- The Parting Glass
In the vein of Disobedience by Naomi Alderman—but sexy, unique, and Irish—comes The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino , an evocative historical fiction…
Speaking of WritersDwight Douglas- Gold, God, Guns & Goofballs: A Collection of Essays on America
This book is not an antidote for the left or right. It’s an accelerant to move the middle off their collective asses to do something positive for America…
Speaking of WritersDon Winslow - The Border
The Border is the highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Force. What do you do when there…
Speaking of WritersGreg Iles- Cemetery Road
“Iles sits alongside the icons at the top of today's crime-fiction mountain. He has made Mississippi his own in the same way that James Lee Burke has claimed…
Speaking of WritersFiona Barton- The Suspect
Fiona Barton’s debut novel THE WIDOW was an instant international sensation when it published in 2016. Upon release it drew rave reviews, spent seven weeks on…
Speaking of WritersJane Healey -The Beantown Girls
In this historically accurate and poignant account, set in 1944 against the backdrop of World War II, a young woman is forced to alter the path to the future…
Speaking of WritersJames Lee Burke- The New Iberia Blues
ABOUT THE BOOK:Detective Dave Robicheaux’s world isn’t filled with too many happy stories, but Desmond Cormier’s rags-to-riches tale is certainly one of them…
Speaking of WritersCharles Krauthammer- The Point of It All
About The Point of It All Created and compiled by Charles Krauthammer before his death, The Point of It All is a powerful collection of the influential…
Speaking of WritersJoseph Finder-Judgment
Juliana Brody is a rising star in the judicial world. A judge in the Superior Court of Massachusetts, she is rumored to be in consideration for the federal…
Speaking of WritersRon Barak-The Puppet Master
D.C. homicide detective Frank Lotello returns to find a mysterious vigilante serial killer who is bent on putting an end to political corruption. “Have you…
Speaking of WritersTom Clavin- Valley Forge
The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is return with one of the most inspiring—and underappreciated—chapters in American…
Speaking of WritersLisa Unger- Under My Skin
What if the nightmares are actually memories? It’s been a year since Poppy’s husband, Jack, was brutally murdered during his morning run through Manhattan’s…
Speaking of WritersLinda Gartz- Redlined
At a time when the home ownership gap between whites and African Americans is greater than it was during the Jim Crow era, it seems important to recall some of…
Speaking of WritersPeter Vronsky- Sons of Cain
Investigative historian Peter Vronsky’s new book SONS OF CAIN: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present Peter Vronsky is widely considered…
Speaking of WritersMike Lupica-Robert B. Parker's Blood Feud
Robert B. Parker's iconic and irresistible PI Sunny Randall is back in ROBERT B. PARKER’S BLOOD FEUD, written by the popular sports journalist, New York…
Speaking of WritersBob Lederer- Beyond Broadway Joe
On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the New York Jets' historic achievement, a nostalgic, inside look from the men who composed the team behind Joe…
Speaking of WritersDiarmaid MacCulloch- Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life
Historian and New York Times bestselling author shares the complete biography of Thomas Cromwell, the man behind Henry VIII Since the sixteenth century we have…
Speaking of WritersJohn Feinstein The Prodigy
From award-winning sportswriter John Feinstein, a YA novel about a teen golfer poised to blaze his way into Masters Tournament history—and he’ll face secrecy…
Speaking of WritersDavid Baldacci Long Road to Mercy
About LONG ROAD TO MERCY: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch a tiger by its toe. It’s seared into Atlee Pine’s memory: the kidnapper’s chilling rhyme as he chose…
Speaking of WritersDavid W Blight Frederick Douglass
As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner…
Speaking of WritersH. W. Brands Heirs of The Founders
From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteenth-century America, a new set of political giants battled to…
Speaking of WritersNick Bunker Benjamin Franklin The Birth of Ingenuity
In YOUNG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: THE BIRTH OF INGENUITY, Pulitzer Prize finalist Nick Bunker presents a fresh account of one of the most important figures in…
Speaking of WritersAndrew Roberts Churchill Walking with Destiny
Bestselling, award-winning author shares a landmark biography of WINSTON CHURCHILL, based on extensive new material—from private letters and diaries to…
Speaking of WritersGordon Wood FRIENDS DIVIDED: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Acclaimed historian shares a riveting account of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson: two beloved early Americans who forged a nation despite wildly different…
Speaking of WritersNathaniel Philbrick In The Hurricane's Eye
A conversation with Nathaniel Philbrick about his new book IN THE HURRICANE’S EYE. The book chronicles the remarkable year leading up to the siege of Yorktown…
Speaking of WritersNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Friday Black
A conversation with University of Albany Alum Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah about his debut collection FRIDAY BLACK. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary…
Speaking of WritersKyle Mills Red War
Kyle Mills talks about his new Vince Flynn/Mitch Rapp novel "Red War". In recent years, a number of extremely dangerous world leaders have managed to increase…
Speaking of WritersMitch Albom The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom talks about his new book " The Next Person You Meet in Heaven". In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in…