In this episode, we go to Hollywood, California to talk to Ron Woodson and Jaime Rummerfield, interior designers and authors of High Style. Then we visit the kitchen of Domenica Marchetti to taste recipes and learn her tips and tricks for throwing a delicious Italian family-style dinner party in Big Night In. We'll also talk to Steve Sando, dedicated farmer and advocate of Heirloom Beans. Listen in for some delicious recipes with unique beans like Scarlet Runners and Christmas Limas.

 

Silly String, Hula Hoop, Frisbee, Slip N' Slide—all of these amazing toys come from one company, Wham-O! In this episode, we talk with Tim Walsh, author of The Wham-O Super Fun Book, about his experience delving into the history of the toy company. We also uncover the Canadian conspiracy to control the United States with the authors of The U.S. of Eh? And last but not least, we talk to Miyoko Chu of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about Birdscapes, a lush new pop-up book of natural landscapes with bird songs on built-in stereo speakers.

In this episode, Mark Edward Harris talks about his beautiful new photography book Inside Iran, which portrays the real, everyday life of the "Axis of Evil" country. Jona Frank goes behind the scenes at Patrick Henry College, the higher education institution of choice among politically far-right young people in her book Right: Portraits from the Evangelical Ivy League. And finally, we chat with Malu Halasa and Rana Salam about The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie, an exposé of this fascinating tradition of outrageous underthings in a society of burkas.

Author and screenwriter Noah Hawley joins us to talk about his latest book of fiction, The Punch. Pulitzer-prize winner Robert Olen Butler imagines the thoughts of a number of famous couples during sex, including Laura and George W. Bush, Bonnie and Clyde, and Adam and Eve in his latest, called Intercourse. And finally Dr. Anish Sheth and Josh Richman follow up their smash hit What's Your Poo Telling You? with a useful bathroom book to keep track of your every movement called, of course, Poo Log.