Jun 30, 2023
Matt Crawford speaks with author James M. Zimmerman about his book, The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China. In May 1923 publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express. Along with the other 300 passengers he...
Jun 27, 2023
Matt Crawford speaks with journalist and author Brett Forrest about his new book, Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars. Forrest uncovers what brought an altruistic Billy Reilly to Russia in 2015, what happened to him there, and what the FBI's role was in this small-town Midwestern...
Jun 26, 2023
Matt Crawford speaks with author Winnie M. Li about her book, Complicit: A Novel. While lecturing at an obscure college, Hollywood has-been, Sarah Lai is visited by a journalist asking about her past work with celebrated film producer Hugo North. As Sarah recounts the dark and sordid details of her past life and...
Jun 20, 2023
Matt Crawford speaks with author and Political Historian about his book, Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of The American Revolution. As always, Eli takes what we think we know about history and turns it on its head. The United States as we know it was not a fait accompli, in fact far from it....
Jun 14, 2023
Matt Crawford speaks with author Neil King Jr. about his book, American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal. A desire to walk from Washington D.C, to New York City began as a whim and then quickly formed into an obsession for King. By the spring of 2021 amongst the backdrop of one of the most pivotal years in...