Today on the show:
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian spent over a year in an Iranian prison. He joins Jim and Margery to talk about his incarceration. It’s the subject of his latest book his latest book, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison--Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out
Susan Orlean joins Jim and Margery to talk about how her fascination with a fire that ravaged The Los Angeles Central Public Library turned into her latest publication, The Library Book, which will soon be turned into a TV miniseries.
Jack Bishop, from America’s Test Kitchen, discusses his latest cookbook, Tasting Italy: A Culinary Journey
Investor Roger McNamee helped to build Facebook. In his latest book he writes about how he’s come to regret it. He joins Jim and Margery to discuss it, it’s called Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
Julian Zelizer joins Jim and Margery to talk about his latest book, Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974. Julian Zelizer is an analyst for CNN and a professor of history and Public Affairs at Princeton University
Poet Richard Blanco discusses the work of poet Ada Limón
Richard Blanco is the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, His new book—HOW TO LOVE A COUNTRY—deals with various socio-political issues that shadow America.
