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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong returns to discuss her new book, Parks and Rec: The Underdog TV Show That Lit'rally Inspired a Vision for a Better America.

This week’s guests are Mark Malkoff, author of Love Johnny Carson, Todd Diamond, author of Pass The Trauma Please, and Alisoon van Diggelen, author of The LOVE Project.

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall discusses her new book, A Protest History of The United Sates.

Historian Michael Kimmel discusses his new book, Playmakers:The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created The Toy Industry In America.

Victoria Hetherington discusses her new book The Friend Machine: On The Trail Of AI Companionship. Robynn Smith talks Print Day In May.

Alice Gerrard discusses her career and her new book, Custom Made Woman: A Life In Traditional Music

Carla Kaplan discusses her acclaimed new biography, Trouble Maker: The Fierce, Unruly Life Of Jessica Mitford.

David Margolick discusses his new book, When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy

Susanne Paola Antonetta discusses her book The Devil’s Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry’s Troubled History Reverberates Today. Julie Farnam, author of Domestic Darkness, returns with her perspectives on our current political situ

Paul Burch tells the story of country music pioneer Jimmy Rodgers in Meridian Rising: A Novel. Scott Brogan discusses his new book, Judy Garland: The Voice Of MGM.