Happy Birthday Ted Conover
What it’s like to be a corrections officer at a maximum-security prison
Happy Birthday, William Kennedy
Novelist William Kennedy on reporting on the tarnished political culture of Albany, New York’s capital. And then turning those stories into novels.
Happy Birthday, Arlie Hochschild
Berkeley sociologist Arlie Hochschild moved to Louisiana to spend time with conservative white rural people to find out why they hated government and supported Donald Trump
Happy Birthday Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley his character Easy Rawlins and South Central Los Angeles
Happy Birthday, Bo Diddley!
The rock and roll pioneer talks about the sounds he made and the life he lived.
Happy Birthday Rinker Buck!
The Oregon Trail is Rinker Buck’s epic account of traveling the 2,000 mile Oregon Trail in a covered wagon with a team of mules. Buck tells the story of the largest land migration in history.
George Saunders: How to talk to a Trump supporter
Novelist George Saunders on how to engage with Trump supporters.