In this episode, we celebrate the short story and the recently published The Best American Short Stories 2025 with author and guest editor Celeste Ng and series editor Nicole A. Lamy.
Ambassador Michael McFaul joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his new book Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.
Author and journalist Elon Green returns to the show and talks with Daniel Ford about his latest book The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York.
Activist and author Brea Baker closes out our 2024 with an in-depth conversation about her book Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership.
Author and anthropologist Jason De León joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling and his work with the Undocumented Migration Project.
