Articles tagged with: American
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The noted satrist and author Christopher Buckley discusses the memoir he’s written about his parents, William F. Buckley Jr. and the Vancouver-born Patricia Taylor Buckley, Losing Mum and Pup (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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Jane Ganahl, journalist and author, discusses the collection of essays she’s edited, Single Woman of a Certain Age: Romantic Escapades, Shifting Shapes, and Serene Independence (New World Library, 2009).
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Author and journalist Marty Beckerman discusses his new book Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left and the Rabid Right (Disinformation, 2008) and the current state of American politics, the election there and more with Joseph Planta.
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Bestselling author Mark Kurlansky discusses his new book, The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town (Ballantine, 2008) with Joseph Planta.
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A couple of years ago, NBC News and Today Show correspondent Mike Leonard decided to take his elderly parents and his children on a RV trip across the United States. He talked with Joseph Planta about the journey, its foibles, hilarity, bonding, and more, which are recounted in his new book, The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American Family (Ballantine, 2006), soon to be a major motion picture.
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Dr. Kenneth Haller, a pediatrican at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, talked with Joseph Planta about the Harry Potter phenomenon, and how it’s a good tool in broaching developmental issues with children. Also discussed was how to address such tragedies, such as last week’s bombings in Britain and other violence that’s in the news.
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Television producer Michael Levitt talked with Joseph Planta about trends in television, namely the proliferation of reality television, and whether it’s here to stay. Having produced the Dallas, Happy Days, and currently producing the Knots Landing reunion shows, as well as award shows such as the Billboard Music Awards, the TV Land Awards, and the Teen Choice Awards, Levitt offered his advice to award shows like the Oscars and Emmys, who’ve seen ratings decline in the last number of years.
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The danger of electing Hillary Clinton president in 2008 is discussed and argued in Hillary: America’s First Dictator (Trafford, 2005). Its author, Chuck Slate talked to Joseph Planta about why Clinton is perhaps ill-suited for higher office, as well as decried the culture of apathy and complacency in the United States.
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Denis D. Metin, an American teen who has written a vitrolic but thought-provoking book, This Great Nation of Ours: Fighting American Ignorance (Trafford, 2005), talked with Joseph Planta about ignorance in America and its government’s ignorance in its foriegn policy.
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Marty Beckerman, journalist and the spokesman for his doomed generation, as well as the author of Generation S.L.U.T.: A Brutal Feel-Up Session with Today’s Sex-Crazed Adolescent Populace talked with Joseph Planta about his provocative and ingenious book, as well as discussed writing, politics, the culture wars.
