On the October 1st episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed Michael Hirsh. His new book is a first hand account of the Holocaust as seen by the soldiers that liberated the camps.
On the September 29th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed novelist and screenwriter James Ellroy. His newest book is non-fiction, his memoir of his own troubled youth, the murder of his mother and how that affected the rest of his difficult life.
On the September 28 episode of Charlie Rose, Tavis interviewed former President Jimmy Carter. Since leaving office in 1981, he is more known for his humanitarian work such as founding Habitat for Humanity. His new book is an annotated and edited version of the diaries he kept while he was President of the United States.
On the September 28th episode of Tavis Smiley Tavis interviewed founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone Geoffrey Canada. His first book has recently been released in ebook format and contains both history of Canada’s exposure to violence during his childhood and also series of recommendations on how to alleviate violence in inner cities.
On the September 27th episode of Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed professional surfer Laird Hamilton and journalist Susan Casey. Laird Hamilton’s most recent book is a detailing of his life and philosophy, and how that has allowed him to be at the very top of the surfing world for decades. Susan Casey’s most recent book is an examination of the ocean, and the phenomenon of “rogue waves” of 70 to 100 feet tall. Her subjects include scientists but also those who attempt to surf these waves, including Hamilton.
On the September 27th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed former Congressman from Tennessee and professor Harold Ford Jr.. His new book is an examination from what he has learned from a life spent campaigning and serving in public office.
On the September 24 episode of Tavis Smiley, a guest was Rebecca Traister. Her new book examines the role of women in politics and how the election season of 2008 changed the those roles and perceptions .
On the September 16 episode of Charlie Rose, a guest was New York Times columnist and commentator David Brooks. His newest book is a social commentary about the new information-age upper class that Brooks refers to as ‘Bobos.’
On the September 15th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis spoke with tennis great, entrepreneur and author Venus Williams. Her new book is an examination of how the aspects that lead to success in sports, such as drive and determination and discipline, lead to success in all areas of life.
On the September 15th episode of Charlie Rose, political analyst and author Mark Halperin appeared to discuss the results of the primary elections that occurred around the country. Halperin’s most recent book is a look at the 2008 presidential election and the ways that election cycle changed how campaigns are and will be handled in the future.
On the September 15 episode of Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed historian and biographer Annie Cohen-Solal. Her newest book is a biography of influential art dealer Leo Castelli.
On the September 13th episode of Charlie Rose, one of the guests was six-term Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. He is one of the co-authors of a new book about the conservative movement and the leadership of it which is intended as a call to action for those in the movement.
On the September 13 episode of Charlie Rose, one of the interview guests was The New York Times‘s chief mergers and acquisitions reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin. His most recent book is an examination of the recent meltdown of the banking system and the regulatory environment that allowed the systemic problems to occur.
On the September 13th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed the head coach of the New Orleans Saints Sean Payton. His new book is a memoir of his time coaching the Saints, including leading them to their first Super Bowl victory in franchise history.
Here is another show that I’ve been watching for a while but this is the first time a new show has had ebook authors appearing. Welcome to the blog, Ideas in Action!
On the September 9th episode of Ideas in Action With Jim Glassman, the show was about the globalization of education. Two of the guests have fairly current ebook editions out and both of their books are about globalization and education: Provost of George Mason University Peter N. Stearns
and Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation Ben Wildavsky.
On the September 9th episode of Charlie Rose, Charlie interviewed Professor of Islamic Studies at Oxford University Tariq Ramadan. He has two recently published books available electronically, both are broadly on the topics of the role of religion in modern life and why it is important to be tolerant of a wide diversity of religious outlooks.
The video is not embeddable but you can watch it here.
On the September 8th episode of Tavis Smiley, one of the interviews was with tennis great Andre Agassi. His newest book is a frank memoir of his time at peak of his dominance of men’s tennis and the destructive lifestyle he led in secret.
On the September 7th episode of Tavis Smiley, Tavis interviewed The New York Times’s chief mergers and acquisitions reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin about whether he sees more financial crisis in our near future. His most recent book is an examination of the recent meltdown of the banking system and the regulatory environment that allowed the systemic problems to occur.
On the September 3rd episode of PBS’ Need to Know their author segment was with Charlaine Harris with whom Alison Stewart discussed the current popuatiry of vampires. Ms. Harris is most well known as the author of the Sookie Stackhouse books which are being adapted as the television show True Blood on HBO.
On the August 27 episode of Need to Know, public health reporter for the New York TimesGardiner Harris appeared on their “Newsmaker Interview” segment discussing the egg recall. Harris’ newest book is his first novel, a story of coal miners faced with a disaster.