Biographers International Organization Podcast
1) Podcast #245 – Ashley D. Farmer
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audrey Moore, published by Pantheon in November 2025, is this latest book by this internationally known and award-winning writer, ...Show More
2) Podcast #244 – Andrew S. Curran
This author and scholar’s latest book, Biography of a Dangerous Idea: A New History of Race from Louis XIV to Thomas Jefferson, will be published in February 2026 by Other Press. Curran, […]
3) Podcast #243 – Carla Kaplan & Amanda Vaill
Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford and Pride (Harper, November 2025) and Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, October 20...Show More
4) Podcast #242 – Ron Chernow, Part II
Mark Twain, published in May 2025 by Penguin Press, is this celebrated, multiple award-winning biographer’s latest book. Chernow is the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal, and his first b...Show More
5) Podcast #241 – Ron Chernow, Part I
Mark Twain, published in May 2025 by Penguin Press, is this celebrated, multiple award-winning biographer’s latest book. Chernow is the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal, and his first b...Show More
6) Podcast #240 – Todd Goddard
Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, A Writer’s Life, is the latest book by this scholar and author, published in November 2025 by Blackstone Publishing. Goddard is an associate professor of literary […...Show More
7) Podcast #239 – Daniel Brook
The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfield, Visionary of Weimar Berlin, is this journalist and author’s latest book. It was published by W. W. Norton & Company in May 2025. […]
8) Podcast #238 – Cindy Schweich Handler
This journalist’s biography, A German Jew’s Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer and the Denazification of Germany, was published by McFarland in April 2025. Handler’s work has appeared in The New York Times, T...Show More
9) Podcast #237 – Marion Orr
House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs Jr., is the latest book by this political scientist and the inaugural Frederick Lippitt Professor ...Show More
10) Podcast #236 – Tim Grieving
John Williams: A Composer’s Life, published by Oxford University Press in September 2025, is the first biography by this arts journalist. Grieving, a longtime fan of Williams’ celebrated film scores, ...Show More