New York Times Bestselling Author Lord Jeffrey Archer talks with Michael about his collection of short stories, "Tell Tale: Stories." Listen for a great conversation and learn about the insight into the people he has met, the stories he has come across and the countries he has visited. Original air date 10 November 2017. The book was published on 24 October ... Show More
Nov 21
Chris Matthews: "Lessons From Bobby"
On Robert F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday, Chris Matthews joins Michael for an in-depth conversation on why RFK’s legacy still matters today. With rare moments and firsthand historical insight, they revisit RFK’s most powerful speeches, his moral courage after MLK’s assassination, hi ... Show More
41m 37s
Nov 19
Codie Sanchez: "Main Street Millionaire"
Michael sits down with Codie Sanchez—entrepreneur, investor, and author of "Main Street Millionaire"—to unpack the surprising wealth hidden in “boring” businesses like laundromats, car washes, HVAC companies, and vending routes. Sanchez explains why these recession-resistant, AI- ... Show More
20m 27s
Nov 17
Andrew Ross Sorkin: "1929"
Michael sits down with NYT's Journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss his riveting new book, "1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation," a narrative dive into the personalities, excess, and miscalculations that fueled the most infamous ... Show More
21m 43s
Mar 2016
EXTRA - Introducing The Author’s Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker
<p>Beginning March 21, you’ll be able to hear the stories that appear in <em>The New Yorker</em>, read by their authors, on our new podcast, The Author’s Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker. For this special, one-time preview episode of the podcast, we’ve put together an antho ... Show More
1h 22m
Sep 2023
Talking to Stephen King and September Books to Check Out
<p>Stephen King’s new novel, “Holly,” is his sixth book to feature the private investigator Holly Gibney, who made her debut as a mousy side character in the 2014 novel “Mr. Mercedes” and has become more complicated and interesting with each subsequent appearance. King appears on ... Show More
38m 48s
Feb 2021
Chang-rae Lee on His New Novel: ‘It’s Kind of a Crazy Book.’
<p>Chang-rae Lee’s new novel, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/books/review/chang-rae-lee-my-year-abroad.html" target="_blank">“My Year Abroad,”</a> is his sixth. On this week’s podcast, Lee says that his readers might be surprised by it.</p><p>“It’s kind of a crazy bo ... Show More
1h 7m
Oct 2022
Introducing Story of the Week
Every week host Joel Stein picks a long magazine article that fascinates him – and then actually reads the whole thing, all by himself. Then he calls his fellow, but greatly superior journalist friend who wrote it, and gets them to tell him all about it. He does the work and you ... Show More
2m 24s
Jan 2024
Joy Williams Reads “The Beach House”
<p>Joy Williams reads her story “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/15/the-beach-house-fiction-joy-williams">The Beach House</a>,” from the January 15, 2024, issue of the magazine. Williams, a winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, is the a ... Show More
28m 22s
Feb 2023
Episode 144 - HOW TO WRITE A BESTSELLER, WITH JEFFREY ARCHER
A colourful and at times controversial public figure, Jeffrey Archer wrote his first novel in 1976, and now aged 82, has sold a mammoth 320 million books worldwide. How did he become one of the world’s bestselling authors? And what does the future hold for books and reading? Jeff ... Show More
21m 58s