Lots of former baseball players write books about their glory days as a player. And many of those books are as much about their off-field careers as what happened between the foul lines. Womanizing, incessant drinking, shooting steroids, pranks, grudges—that’s Jim Bouton/Jose Canseco territory. If that’s your idea of a baseball book, steer clear... Continue Reading →
Jonathan Alter delivers The Promise; does President Obama? PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jonathan Alter, The Promise: President Obama, Year One Here’s the opening of a conversation that would get me divorced: “Honey, I’m going to spend the next 17 months researching and reporting about President Obama’s first year in office. Oh, and I’m going to keep my full-time job at the magazine and keep... Continue Reading →
544 Former E! news anchor Steve Kmetko pimps LGBT MyQMUNITY.com! PODCAST INTERVIEW
We all want to be part of a community. A place where we belong, a place where people are like us—and like us. In the online world, of course, nobody can see what color you are, what sex you are, how old you are, or smell whether you’ve taken a bath in the last week.... Continue Reading →
Did the Roof Cave In on CNBC’s David Faber? PODCAST INTERVIEW
CNBC anchor and reporter David Faber is my guest today. He’s the author of a new book, And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees. I’m very excited for David and his new book, but first we have some old business to cover. He won’t... Continue Reading →
Ted Turner’s favorite TV host, Bill Tush, takes a swing! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Bill Tush, long-time WTBS Superstation TV personality You kids today think you’ve got it made, what with hundreds of cable TV channels, each one focused on a narrow genre like death and destruction, Herpes, and funny things you can do with string. But back when I was in college there were only... Continue Reading →
Former CNN anchor Miles O’Brien takes flight with Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Miles O'Brien, TV journalist Miles O’Brien was a great guy with whom to start your day. Flip on CNN at breakfast and for years, there he was, a calm and reassuring presence on the news channel’s “American Mornings” program, alongside Soledad O’Brien, giving the headlines, keeping us centered and calm no matter... Continue Reading →
For a college tailgate tour to remember, call Kent Walls! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Kent Wall, TV sports host The Florida Gators. The Oklahoma Sooners. It’s time for the 2009 BCS national championship game and so we’re talkin’ football today on Mr. Media with Kent Walls, co-host of Fox Sports and Fox College Sports channel’s “Tailgate Tour.” For the last five months, Kent and his... Continue Reading →
John Darnton leaves NYT, turns Black, White, Dead All Over! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: John Darnton, ex-New York Times reporter, novelist, Black and White and Dead All Over The great pleasure of being a novelist is that you can praise your friends and carve up your enemies by changing a few names and details to protect the innocent and fend off the guilty and, at the... Continue Reading →
Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibargüen on journalism, stuff! PODCAST INTERVIEW
With $2.6 billion in assets, the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is the 22nd largest foundation in the United States. Its mission is the betterment of the 26 communities in which it works and the promotion of journalism as a career and industry nationwide. The latter part of Knight’s mission is... Continue Reading →
85 MSNBC’s Chris Matthews plays Hardball nightly! INTERVIEW
Originally published June 30, 1997 As a political aide to a pantheon of Democratic stars from the last 25 years, including the late Senator Edmund S. Muskie and former House Speaker Tip O'Neill -- as well as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter -- Chris Matthews knows power when he sees it. And as Washington... Continue Reading →