Laura Hillenbrand is the best selling author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend—the story of racehorse Seabiscuit, his owner and the times. She’s written a new book titled Unbroken, A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption that arose out of the research she did for Seabiscuit. We talk about her latest book.
Oren Katzeff is the “Head Honcho” at Cracked.com—the online version of Cracked magazine. He successfully led his publication from the print world to the online world. Recently, the company returned to the print world with the publication of their latest book, You Might Be a Zombie, And Other Bad News: Shocking, But Utterly True Facts.
Gary W. Moore is an accidental musicologist. He was not a fan of rock music or what he believed it represented in our culture. We discuss my his personal journey to discover more about Buddy Holly, his music, his influence, and the times in which he lived.
Gary’s latest book is titled, Hey Buddy: In Pursuit of Buddy Holly, My New Buddy John, and My Lost Decade of Music.
Pat Duggins is news director at Alabama Public Radio. He’s covered more than 100 space shuttle missions for NPR—including the 1986 Challenger accident and the loss of Columbia. We discuss NASA’s future and the reasons to go to Mars.
David Hirsch gives us a new way to look at our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. He’s done research to prove the Euclidean Geometry is the reason why a self-educated man could produce such inspiring words.
Gary Ryan Blair is known as The Goals Guy. He helps us set goals for 2011 and keep them with his 100-Day Challenge.