James Grady, “Last Days Of The Condor”

James Grady, “Last Days Of The Condor”

Forty years ago, James Grady wrote “Six Days Of The Condor,” which was turned into a hit movie starring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway called “Three Days Of The Condor.” Redford played a CIA researcher who came back from lunch to find everyone else at his office dead and then had to figure out who […]

Dave Barry, “Live Right and Find Happiness”

Dave Barry, “Live Right and Find Happiness”

Dave Barry, one of my money-in-the-bank guests, returned to my radio show to talk about his new book, “Live Right and Find Happiness.” It includes a chapter on his trip to Russia last year with Ridley Pearson — so we discussed that at length — along with his visit to Google’s offices, and what it’s […]

Philip K. Howard, “The Rule Of Nobody”

Philip K. Howard, “The Rule Of Nobody”

Several years ago, attorney Philip K. Howard wrote a fascinating book, “The Death Of Common Sense,” in which he described how law is suffocating America. He’s written several since then, and was back on my show to discuss his latest, “The Rule Of Nobody: Saving America From Dead Laws and Broken Government,” which is about […]

Rick Newman, “Liberty For All”

Rick Newman, “Liberty For All”

Yahoo Finance columnist Rick Newman has a new book, “Liberty For All,” so I invited him back to my show to talk about it. We started with the spread of measles thanks to parents who refuse to have their kids vaccinated, then moved on to the job market, the middle class, and how Americans need […]

Creating Superathletes

Creating Superathletes

“Faster, Higher, Stronger” isn’t just the Olympics motto (“Citius, Altius, Fortius”). It’s also the title of a fascinating new book by Mark McClusky, subtitled “How Sports Science Is Creating A New Generation Of Superathletes,” When Mark joined me on KTRS, the topics we covered included: Is there such a thing as a modern athlete who […]

Continuing Tom Clancy’s Series

Continuing Tom Clancy’s Series

When Tom Clancy died in October, 2013, his series of Jack Ryan novels didn’t die with him. Mark Greaney, who co-wrote Clancy’s last three novels, picked up where they left off — and the result is “Full Force and Effect.” I invited Mark onto my show to discuss how difficult it was to write in […]