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Two men sit facing each other in a plain, dimly lit room. The man on the left wears a light blue shirt and smiles, while the man on the right wears a black jacket, ripped jeans, and a baseball cap.

305: Shaka Senghor | Writing My Wrongs

Podcast Episodes

Jan 27, 2020

Shaka Senghor (@ShakaSenghor) is a leading voice in criminal justice reform, the director of innovation and strategy at #Cut50, and the consulting producer for the OWN docuseries Released. He is also the author of Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison. What We Discuss with Shaka Senghor: How Shaka’s childhood neighborhood […]

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Two smiling men stand indoors. The man on the left holds the book Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston. The man on the right holds a package of Castronovo chocolate. Both look at the camera.

299: Steve Elkins | Finding the Lost City of the Monkey God

Podcast Episodes

Jan 13, 2020

Steve Elkins is a cinematographer and explorer whose discovery of and expedition to a legendary settlement in the rainforest of Honduras is chronicled in The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston. [All featured photos by Ryan Hartford of Ecliptic Media] What We Discuss with Steve Elkins: How did Steve […]

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A smiling older man with gray hair holds up the book They Call Me Supermensch by Shep Gordon. He is seated in a cozy room with wooden walls and various posters and photos behind him.

295: Shep Gordon | Interview with the Supermensch

Podcast Episodes

Dec 30, 2019

Shep Gordon (@SupermenschShep) is a talent manager, Hollywood film agent, producer, and author of They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock’n’Roll. He is also the subject of Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon — a documentary by Mike Myers that chronicles his life and times. What […]

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An older man with short light hair and a serious expression wears a light-colored collared shirt. The image is black and white with soft lighting and a plain background.

286: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover with a KGB Spy in America Part Two

Podcast Episodes

Dec 4, 2019

Jack Barsky (@DeepCoverBarsky) joins us to discuss his book Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America. This is part two of a two-part episode; part one can be found here! What We Discuss with Jack Barsky: We continue Jack Barsky’s story that began in episode 285. Make sure […]

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285: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover with a KGB Spy in America Part One

Podcast Episodes

Dec 2, 2019

Jack Barsky (@DeepCoverBarsky) joins us to discuss his book Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America. This is part one of a two-part episode; part two can be found here! What We Discuss with Jack Barsky: What Jack Barsky’s childhood was like in postwar East Germany. The stickiness […]

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A man in glasses and a white shirt sits indoors, looking at the camera. Behind him are two ornate, gold-framed paintings—one featuring a classical landscape, echoing the dramatic tension often found in True Crime settings.

282: Ken Perenyi | The Secret Life of an American Art Forger

Podcast Episodes

Nov 25, 2019

Ken Perenyi is a former art forger who spent 34 years creating fake paintings that passed muster among the experts in the world’s major auction houses and galleries. He comes clean to tell us how he got away with it in his book Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger. What We […]

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