Nov 26, 2019
In this episode Matt Crawford speaks to journalist and author Julie Satow about her book The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel. In this thoroughly enjoying read Satow brings The Plaza leaping of the page and into your heart. This book reads like a fiction at times with some unbelievable tales....
Nov 12, 2019
In this episode Matt Crawford speaks to author and educator Kevin Levin about his book Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth. I don't think this book could have come at a more opportune time. This book debunks the myth that African Americans slaves served in the Confederate Army and...
Nov 5, 2019
In this episode Matt Crawford speaks to Author Claudia Rowe about her book The Spider and the Fly. This is an amazing book about a reporters relationship with a serial killer that sparks her own introspection. Rowe is painfully open and honest in this book and while I came for the story of a serial killer I stayed for...
Oct 29, 2019
In this episode Matt Crawford speak with New York Times best selling author Sam Kean about his book The Bastard Brigade. This is the unbelievable true story of efforts the U.S went to in trying to prevent the Nazi's from acquiring an atomic bomb. Kean uses his background in science and his prose as a writer to...
Oct 22, 2019
In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Jeremy Zallen about his book American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light; 1750-1865. This book connects the sources of light from the early 19th century to the industries it illuminated and to the lives it shaped. Zallen weaves the story of whalers to crime in...