by Mike Carlon | Jun 22, 2021 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Mary Dixie is the daughter of Designing Women star Dixie Carter and step-daughter of Hal Holbrook. Her writing has appeared in Time, The Economist, San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and more. She worked at The Observer for five...
by Mike Carlon | Jun 8, 2021 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Anne Basting, Ph.D. is an artist, scholar, and educator committed to the power of the arts and culture to transform our lives as individuals and communities. She is Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and founder and President of the...
by Mike Carlon | Jun 7, 2021 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Marilyn Peterson Haus’ story begins when she was born in 1941 on a farm on the Minnesota Plains. Twins, mental illness, sexism/favoritism, religion, farm life in the 40s and 50s, forgiveness and reconciliation are all topics she meticulously weaves together in this...
by Mike Carlon | May 24, 2021 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
David Yoon grew up in Orange County, California, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Nicola Yoon, and their daughter. He drew the illustrations for Nicola’s #1 New York Times bestseller Everything, Everything. He is the author of the New York...
by Mike Carlon | May 18, 2021 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
This is the one where I talk to author, musician, and comic Aug Stone about his newly released memoir, Nick Cave’s Bar. Don’’t feel bad if you don’t know who Nick Cave is because I wasn’t cool enough to know of him either. The important thing here is that Aug and his...
by Mike Carlon | May 7, 2021 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Alta Ifland was born in Transylvania (Romania), took part in the overthrow of Romania’s communist dictatorship, and experienced two years of post-communism before emigrating to the United States in 1991. After a PhD in French language and literature, and...
by Mike Carlon | May 4, 2021 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Laura Hankin is the author of Happy & You Know It and A Special Place for Women. Her musical comedy has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. She splits her time between NYC, where she has performed off-Broadway, and Washington, D.C.,...
by Mike Carlon | Apr 23, 2021 | Podcast, The Longs
Christina Sweeney-Baird lives in London where she works full-time as a corporate litigation lawyer. Listen in as we discuss her debut novel, The End of Men, which will be available wherever books are sold on April 27. Listen in as we discuss her journey from litigator...
by Mike Carlon | Apr 8, 2021 | Podcast, The Longs
Joshua M. Greene Joshua M Greene is a popular lecturer on Holocaust History and an author whose biographies have sold more than half a million copies worldwide. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his books and films. He sits on the board of Yale University...
by Mike Carlon | Mar 24, 2021 | Podcast, The Shorts
Listen Here or Read Below New Release Follow FollowFollowFollowFollow Listen on Apple Podcasts Back in 2017, U2 toured the world performing The Joshua Tree in its entirety to commemorate the 30th anniversary of that iconic album. Really, there’s not a bad song on it...
by Mike Carlon | Mar 7, 2021 | Open Mike, Podcast, The Longs, The Shorts
About this Episode While interviewing author Christina Sweeney-Baird about her debut novel The End of Men, I started thinking about how most authors, and other creators in the arts including comics and actors, have to work additional jobs long before they can earn a...
by Mike Carlon | Feb 27, 2021 | Open Mike, The Shorts
In April of 2019, I was in Florida with my kids for their spring break. We stayed where we always stay, with my parents, and that year a special visitor came along—my twin brother Jimmy. I hadn’t really seen much of Jim in the years prior, for a variety of reasons,...
