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Episode 615: Saul Austerlitz, Author of Kind of a Big Deal

Episode 615: Saul Austerlitz, Author of Kind of a Big Deal

We welcome back author and journalist Saul Austerlitz, author of Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century.

Episode 571: Mark Whitaker, Author of Saying It Loud

Episode 571: Mark Whitaker, Author of Saying It Loud

Author, journalist, and "CBS Sunday Morning" contributor Mark Whitaker joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his latest book Saying It Loud: 1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement.

Episode 525: Keith Law, Author of The Inside Game

Episode 525: Keith Law, Author of The Inside Game

Author and journalist Keith Law helps Daniel Ford and Mike Nelson celebrate Major League Baseball's upcoming Opening Day by discussing his books The Inside Game and Smart Baseball

Episode 466: Te-Ping Chen, Land of Big Numbers

Episode 466: Te-Ping Chen, Land of Big Numbers

Author Te-Ping Chen joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her debut short story collection Land of Big Numbers.

Episode 447: Anne Helen Petersen, Author of Can't Even

Episode 447: Anne Helen Petersen, Author of Can't Even

Author and journalist Anne Helen Petersen joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation.

Episode 423: David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Journalist

Episode 423: David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Journalist

Pulitzer Prize-Winning author and journalist David Maraniss joins Daniel Ford for a conversation about his career and his book A Good American Family.

Episode 393: Erin Carlson, Author of Queen Meryl

Episode 393: Erin Carlson, Author of Queen Meryl

Author and journalist Erin Carlson drops by the podcast to chat with Daniel Ford about her new book Queen Meryl.

Episode 362: Robert W. Fieseler, Edgar Award-Winning Author of Tinderbox

Episode 362: Robert W. Fieseler, Edgar Award-Winning Author of Tinderbox

Author and journalist Robert W. Fieseler helps us kick off LGBTQ Pride Month!

Episode 310: Trust Me Author Hank Phillippi Ryan

Episode 310: <i>Trust Me</i> Author Hank Phillippi Ryan

Hank Phillippi Ryan, investigative reporter for Boston’s 7News and best-selling author, talks to Daniel and Stephanie Ford about her new book Trust Me.

Episode 253: Dreamland Author Sam Quinones

Episode 253: <i>Dreamland</i> Author Sam Quinones

Author and journalist Sam Quinones talks to Daniel Ford about what led him to journalism, his research and writing process for Dreamland, and his experience testifying in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee about the opioid crisis in the United States.

Episode 187: Janesville Author and Washington Post Reporter Amy Goldstein

Today’s guest is Amy Goldstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post and author of Janesville, An American Story. Goldstein sits down with Gary Almeter to discuss the time she spent in Janesville, Wisconsin, issues middle class communities face when work disappears, and the resilience she witnessed firsthand during her research process.

Resilience is the word that very much applies to the people I know in Janesville.
— Amy Goldstein

Learn more about Amy Goldstein by visiting her official website or following her on Twitter @goldsteinamy.

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Episode 150: Author and Journalist Tom Shroder

Tom Shroder, award-winning journalist, writer, and editor, talks to Daniel Ford about his early desire to be a writer, why he got into journalism, and what inspired him to tell his grandfather’s story in The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived: A True Story of My Family.

To learn more about Tom Shroder, visit his official website or follow him on Twitter @tomshroder.