Allison Hoover Bartlett brings us into the murky world of rare book thefts. Interpol estimates the theft of rare books is more widespread than the theft of fine art. Allison’s book, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession tells the tale of bibliomania.
Edward Meyer is the Vice-President of Exhibits and Archives for Ripley Entertainment—the worldwide franchise of amusements and oddities. He’s the modern-day embodiment of Robert Ripley, founder of Ripley’s.
Dr. Earl Mindell is an icon in the health & fitness field. He’s the undisputed leading authority on vitamins, nutrition and overall health. We discuss a new epidemic rampaging across America—“diabecity.”
Lissa Coffey is a relationship expert who’s turned her attention to the issue of infidelity, relationships and how relationships close.
James Howard Kunstler has strong feelings about energy overuse and brings his thinking to its logical extreme to make a point about society.
He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere, a history of American suburbia and urban development, and the more recent The Long Emergency , where he argues that declining oil production is likely to result in the end of industrialized society as we know it and force Americans to live in smaller-scale, localized, agrarian (or semi-agrarian) communities.
He has written science fiction related to suburbia, urban development, and the challenges of what he calls “the global oil predicament.” His latest fiction book, The Witch of Hebron, is based on his groundbreaking work in The Long Emergency.
Charles Fox influenced many people’s lives—although they may not know it. He is responsible for setting the mood for the 1970s and 1980s. He’s a composer who wrote the music for such famous melodies as The Love Boat theme, Monday Night Football theme, Killing Me Softly with His Song and I Got a Name.