Her newest novel, In the Garden of Monsters , blends Greek and Roman mythology, the history of postwar Italy, and surrealism into a page-turning gothic romance. In our interview we talked about the unique setting of her book, the mythological elements she drew upon, and Salvador Dali.
Podcast: Play in new window Download. Subscribe: RSS. Bill joined us to talk about WWII in Asia through the eyes of journalist Melville Jacoby, his own connection with Jacoby, and what he learned from going through an archive of images that included Macau, the Philippines, Vietnam, and beyond. By all reasonable metrics Shek Yeung, who raided the South China Sea in the early s, is one of the most successful pirates of all time. William Shakespeare seems to have hated hedgehogs.
Lupercalia was a popular holiday that featured blood, goat sacrifice, and getting whipped by naked guys. During the Dust Bowl city officials in Los Angeles, fueled by anti-communist paranoia and xenophobia, were determined to keep migrants out of California. Author Bill Lascher spoke with us about his new book The Golden Fortress , which outlines how in LA law enforcement went to the far reaches of the Golden State to keep California closed.
Archaeology has changed considerably over the past century. In this episode, we spoke with Ann R. Williams of National Geographic about the new book Lost Cities Ancient Tombs, significant discoveries from the past century, and what it means to dig up the past.
Eventually the body was stolen by neofascists, hidden away for over a decade, and used as a political bargaining chip in postwar Italy. The Marvel Universe is massive. Marvel comics go back well over half a century, and span thousands upon thousands of pages. Reading all of them would be a Herculean undertaking. And one man, Douglas Wolk, did exactly that, and wrote a book about it. We talked his new release All of the Marvels , and about how one of the most well-known fictional universes in the world has dealt with real-world history, like war, civil rights, crime, AIDS, Watergate, and more.
