Anne Balaban is a human potential trainer with a highly developed capacity to inspire and inform. She delivers an unusual New Year’s Message for 2012, “Don’t bother making resolutions.” We explore the Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions people make this time a year and explain why some are futile and others are just plain dumb.
Jane Leavy is a failed Little League pitcher turned sports writer. She’s written definitive biographies of two of baseball’s most enigmatic players. We discuss her latest biography of Mickey Mantle, The Last Boy.
Guests include Jane Leavy discussing Mickey Mantle, Anne Balaban explaining why New Year’s Resolutions are futile and Dr. Kimberly Alyn helping us overcome gender stereotypes.
Tom Brown is a veteran of the music industry—most recently with Rhino Records. He lived a different reality in 1967 than most people remember about the “Summer of Love,” and that reality shaped him forever. We discuss his memoir of that part of his life from his book Summer of Love, My Ass.
Martin Olson is a mass of contradictions. He’s been nominated for 3 Emmys for writing and song writing and an Ace Award for his work on children’s shows. At the same time, he’s recently written a dark, satiric book for adults. We discuss his adult writing from his book The Encyclopaedia of Hell.
David Wilkens is a political science professor who specializes in Constitutional issues. We challenge some of the perceptions and misconceptions about the US Constitution from his book The Legal Universe.