nonfiction

Episode 772: Daniel Dockery

Episode 772: Daniel Dockery

Author Daniel Dockery chats with Daniel Ford about his book I Am the Night: The Ultimate Unauthorized History of Batman: The Animated Series.

Episode 771: Jamie Fisher

Episode 771: Jamie Fisher

Author Jamie Fisher joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut book Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith.

Episode 768: Manifesting a Zinn-aissance With Dave Zirin

Episode 768: Manifesting a Zinn-aissance With Dave Zirin

Author and sportswriter Dave Zirin sits down with Daniel Ford to discuss his book The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.

Episode 764: Tim Brown

Episode 764: Tim Brown

Author and journalist Tim Brown joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original. 

Episode 758: Kate Crane

Episode 758: Kate Crane

Author and journalist Kate Crane joins Daniel Ford for a powerful conversation about her book What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane?

Episode 755: Radiating Moon Joy With Jeffrey Kluger

Episode 755: Radiating Moon Joy With Jeffrey Kluger

Author and journalist Jeffrey Kluger returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his book Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story.

Episode 752: Molly Knight

Episode 752: Molly Knight

Author and journalist Molly Knight joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about the start of the 2026 Major League Baseball season, her substack The Long Game, and building a non-toxic community for baseball fans.

Episode 750: A.M. Gittlitz

Episode 750: A.M. Gittlitz

Author and podcaster A.M. Gittlitz joins us to discuss his book Metropolitans.

Episode 749: Keith O'Brien

Episode 749: Keith O'Brien

Author and journalist Keith O'Brien returns to the show to discuss his latest book Heartland: A Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird.

Episode 745: Jazmine Ulloa

Episode 745: Jazmine Ulloa

Journalist Jazmine Ulloa joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book El Paso.

Episode 738: Howard Bryant

Episode 738: Howard Bryant

Author and journalist Howard Bryant joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America.

Episode 737: Julian Brave NoiseCat

Episode 737: Julian Brave NoiseCat

Author and Academy Award-nominee Julian Brave NoiseCat joins Daniel Ford on the final show of 2025 to discuss his book We Survived the Night and his documentary film "Sugarcane."

Episode 730: Ambassador Michael McFaul

Episode 730: Ambassador Michael McFaul

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.

Episode 729: Jeff Pearlman

Episode 729: Jeff Pearlman

Author and journalist Jeff Pearlman returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.

Episode 725: Peter Ames Carlin

Episode 725: Peter Ames Carlin

Author and journalist Peter Ames Carlin joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run.

Episode 722: C.M. Kushins

Episode 722: C.M. Kushins

Author C.M. Kushins joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Cooler Than Cool: The Life and Work of Elmore Leonard.

Episode 717: Greg Grandin

Episode 717: Greg Grandin

Author and historian Greg Grandin joins Daniel Ford to discuss his latest book America, América.

Episode 716: Being About It With Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Episode 716: Being About It With Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Best-selling author Honorée Fanonne Jeffers joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her latest book Misbehaving at the Crossroads.

Episode 712: Suzanne Cope

Episode 712: Suzanne Cope

Author and journalist Suzanne Cope joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis.

Episode 707: Karmically Whipped With Amanda Rotondo

Episode 707: Karmically Whipped With Amanda Rotondo

Local Reading, Mass., author Amanda Rotondo sits down with Daniel Ford at the Writers' Collaborative Learning Center to chat about her book Place Names in Boston & Beyond.