Steve Bertrand on Books from WGN Plus Podcast
1) Steve Bertrand’s 2015 visit with new Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro
British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has been named the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2015, he spoke with WGN Radio’s Steve Bertrand about his novel The Buried Giant: Kazuo Ishiguro,...Show More
2) Bertrand On Books | Alan Furst, A HERO OF FRANCE
The New York Times has called Alan Furst “America’s preeminent spy novelist.” His new book, A HERO OF FRANCE about the French Resistance, is the first in a long time set during the war years, rather t...Show More
3) Amy Guth and Steve Bertrand Full Show 05-30-16
Steve and Amy talk Memorial Day, summer plans, the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla story, the idea of ‘being busy’, and more.
4) Bertrand On Books | Stephen Coss “The Fever of 1721”
Let’s go back to Boston in 1721. Historian Stephen Coss says it was one of the most influential years in U.S. history. And why not: We meet a young Ben Franklin, a chastised Cotton Mather and the begi...Show More
5) Bertrand on Books | Anna Quindlen “Miller’s Valley”
Anna Quindlen has been telling us what we’re thinking, or maybe how we’re thinking, for decades. First as a columnist for Newsweek and the New York Times and now as a novelist. She talks with Steve B...Show More
6) Bertrand On Books | Adam Grant “Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World”
How many bad ideas have you had today? Wharton School of Business professor Adam Grant says the more the merrier, or original anyway. In his book Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World, Grant l...Show More
Bertrand On Books | Adam Grant “Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World”
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7) Bertrand On Books | Chris Pavone “The Travelers”
Chris Pavone is not your run of the mill espionage writer. Think of it this this way: Pavone writes and about real and compelling people, who happen to be spies. His latest novel, “The Travelers...Show More
8) Bertrand On Books | Todd Rose “The End of Average”
Did you know the idea of an average person was unheard of until the 19th century? Today, we measure ourselves against the average: the average ACT score, the average income, it goes on and on. Harva...Show More
9) Novelist Melanie Benjamin
Let’s do lunch with the 1960s socialites of New York City. Truman Capote will be there, so will Baby Paley. Novelist Melanie Benjamin writes about the rise and fall of Capote as seen through his rela...Show More
10) Eric Weiner | The Geography of Genius
Author Eric Weiner is chasing genius, trying figure out what made Athens or Renaissance Florence tick. For that matter, what does today’s Silicon Valley have in common with Vienna during Mozart&...Show More