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Thecuriousmanspodcast

Aug 27, 2020

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Darin Strauss about his new book The Queen of Tuesday. Part biography, part novel this book is an absolute pleasure to read. While I grew up watching I Love Lucy, I never knew all the amazing things the real Lucy accomplished. The first interracial marriage on T.V, the...


Aug 25, 2020

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks to author Sherry L. Smith about her book Bohemians West. This book is a gem of a find and a true love story. Wrapped in the pivotal events of the late 19th and early 20th century the backdrop of this story is immense, temperance, abolition, suffrage are just some of the...


Aug 18, 2020

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Tony Williams about his book Hamilton: An American Biography. This is a fast paced, intimate and utterly immersing biography of one of our nations most fascinating and influential founding fathers. For anyone who has yet to dip their toe into the Hamilton waters, I cant...


Aug 13, 2020

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with Dr. Tom Cooper about his book Doing the Right Thing. A great case study of twelve amazing people and a defining moment in each of their lives that shaped not only themselves but in many cases the world writ large. This book highlights the study of ethics and how it...


Aug 11, 2020

In this interview Matt Crawford speaks with James Campbell about his book, The Ghost Mountain Boys. This is the unbelievable and largely forgotten story of the 32nd Division's herculean march across the mountains of New Guinea. Very little jungle training and equipment were just some of the obstacles these amazing men...