Sep 30, 2020
In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Edward Wilson Lee about his book The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books. This is the story of Hernando Colon, Christopher Columbus' son who like his father was an explorer. Columbus explored the not so known world Hernando explored the world of knowledge and set out to map...
Sep 29, 2020
In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Catherine Grace Katz about her book The Daughters of Yalta. This book is the Yalta Conference through the eyes of Churchill, FDR and Harriman's daughters who attended as their father's assistants. While the backdrop of this book is one of the most momentous occasions...
Sep 28, 2020
In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Todd Snyder about his book Bundini. "Float Like A Butterfly Sting Like A Bee" while Muhammad Ali said these famous words it was his "Hype Man" Drew "Bundini" Brown that actually wrote them. A book that may be set in the boxing world this is not a boxing book. This is a...
Sep 22, 2020
In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author David Gessner about his book Leave It As It Is. This is the story of David's journey through our land, national monuments and parks that belong to us all. While doing so David reflects on Teddy Roosevelt's many contributions to this system, his life and his flaws....
Sep 17, 2020
In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Michael Hiltzik about his book Iron Empires. This is the story of how the railroad industry shaped America as we know it and the men that built those rails to their wishes. Immediately after the Civil War this country was still very much a nation divided and the railroads...