Those of us watching the evening news on television expect our reporters to be objective, professional and truthful when it comes to the stories they report.
But few of us stop to consider what goes on inside the head of these reporters we invite into our homes.
Melissa McCarty takes behind the facade that news reporters project on the camera. She brings humanity to the otherwise sterile persona most news people project from her book, News Girls Don’t Cry
Arthur Magida is an award-winning journalist and scholar who brings to life the story of Erik Jan Hanussen, a popular Jewish stage magician and mentalist from Austria who became so popular in Berlin that he rubbed elbows with high ranking Nazis and even advised Hitler. We’ll discuss his book The Nazi Séance.
Gary Rosenzweig is an Internet entrepreneur, video podcast host, Flash/Action Script guru and computer book author—including books on Apple’s Macintosh. We discuss the legacy Steve Jobs leaves behind from his years at the helm of Apple.
George Vecsey is a Sports writer for the New York Times. We discuss what he’s written about one of the least known Hall-of-Fame Baseball players Stan Musial in his book Stan Musial: An American Life.
Jesse Eisinger is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for Pro-Publica who investigated Wall Street and the financial collapse. We’ll debate the causes of the collapse from his book The Wall Street Money Machine.