Gloria Minott Presents...

Author & Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Frankel talks about his latest book "High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic" More information about Glenn Frankel and his book are available at https://www.glennfrankel.com/.

Armit Narang, Regulatory Policy Advocate at Public Citizen, talks about Donald Trump's deregulation of standards and safeguards that protect American workers and families. More information about the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards http://sensiblesafeguards.org/

Christopher Arndt talks about his new book "The Right’s Road to Serfdom: The Danger of Conservatism Unbound From Hayek to Trump" More information about Christopher Arndt is available at http://christopherarndt.com/.

Private Investigator Karsten Von Hoesslin talks about "Lawless Oceans", a six episode National Geographic Channel series following him as he investigates multiple murders recorded in a viral video that took place on the high seas. For more information on Karsten & the "Lawless Oceans" tv series: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/lawless-oceans/

Journalist Michael Ware discusses his new National Geographic series "Uncensored with Michael Ware" which investigates fascinating people, places, and cultures around the planet. More information on "Uncensored with Michael Ware" is available at http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/uncensored-with-michael-ware/ http://www.mickware.info/

Leonard David discusses "Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet", the companion book to the six-part National Geographic Channel television series "Mars" executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. More information on Leonard David can be found on his website http://www.leonarddavid.com/.

Recorded on 11/19/16, I pay tribute to fellow journalist Gwen Ifill. Gwen Ifill's Washington Week Profile http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/gwen-ifill Gwen Ifill, who overcame barriers as a black female journalist, dies at 61 (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/gwen-ifill-journalist-who-became-staple-of-public-affairs-tv-shows-dies-at-61/2016/11/14/2ae4c106-aa91-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.84ee20fcc56e

Steve Pincus talks about the electoral college and his latest book "The Heart of the Declaration: The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government". More information about Steve Pincus is available at http://history.yale.edu/people/steven-pincus

Whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld talks about his book "Lucifer's Banker: The Untold Story On How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy" Bradley Birkenfeld is a retired investment professional and the most significant financial whistleblower in history. For more on Bradley Birkenfeld and his book "Lucifer's Banker": http://lucifersbanker.com/

Kelly Ripken, founder of the Kelly G. Ripken Program & National Co-Chair of A Woman's Journey talks about the award-winning annual Johns Hopkins women’s health conference- "A Woman's Journey." For more information about A Woman's Journey go to http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney/ For more information about Kelly Ripken: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney/about/national_chairs.html http://thyroid-ripken.med.jhu.edu/index.html

Recorded originally on 3/29/2010, Mark Jaster talks about The Seven Ages of Mime-- a history of mime via the stage-- which was produced by Happenstance Theatre. For more information about Mark Jaster: http://www.markjaster.com/

Writer/Director Rod Lurie talks about "Killing Reagan" a National Geographic Channel movie based on the New York Times best selling book written by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard. Rod Lurie wrote and directed the political thriller "The Contender" and created the tv series "Commander In Chief". More information about "Killing Reagan" http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/killing-reagan/ More information about Rod Lurie can be found at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0527109/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Twitter: @RodLurie

Eddie Slaughter gives an update on the plight of black farmers who demand justice for what they call unfair treatment by Department of Agriculture . Information about the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association is available at https://www.facebook.com/BFAA.org/about/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item https://www.facebook.com/BFAA.org/about/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item More information on the black farmers fight for justice can be found at http://www.blackenterprise.com/small-business/black-farmers-take-discrimination-protest-us-supreme-court/

A conversation with Jean Kwok about her book "Girl In Translation" and her early life as a Chinese immigrant living in NYC. Jean Kwok is a New York Times and international bestselling author of the award-winning novels Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. Jean immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood while living in an unheated, roach-infested apartment. In between her undergraduate degree at Harvard and MFA in fiction at Columbia, she worked for three years as a professional ballroom dancer. A television documentary was filmed about Jean and her work. More information can be found at www.jeankwok.com www.facebook.com/JeanKwokAuthor www.twitter.com/JeanKwok

John Franklin, Director of Partnerships and International Programs at the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE talks to us about the museum, a book about his ancestor Buck Colbert Franklin called My Life & Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin, and father- John Hope Franklin. More info about the National Museum of African American History & Culture can be found at https://nmaahc.si.edu/ More info about the book is available at https://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Era-Autobiography-Franklin/dp/0807125997

Contemporary African-American soul singer and former Death Row artist Danny Boy (DB) talks to us about the National Geographic documentary "Facing Suge Knight". Danny Boy was signed to Death Row Records when he was just 15. He will soon be releasing his upcoming book, "Stranded on Deathrow." More information about Danny Boy is available at https://www.reverbnation.com/IAmDannyBoy More information about "Facing Suge Knight" can be found at http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/

Dr. Dennis Carroll talks about Zika & other emerging viruses and the fight to detect, contain, & prevent outbreaks. Dr. Dennis Carroll currently serves as Director of the USAID Global Health Security & Development Unit. He is one of the featured scientists in the PBS documentary "Spillover- Zika, Ebola, & Beyond." Information about the PBS documentary "Spillover- Zika, Ebola, & Beyond." can be found at http://www.pbs.org/spillover-zika-ebola-beyond/about/featured-scientists/.

Retired Drug Enforcement Agent Javier Pena talks about his participation in the manhunt for one of world's most widely known drug kingpins Pablo Escobar. More information about Javier Pena can be found at http://www.biography.com/people/javier-pena-111615#!

National Park Foundation President & CEO Wil Shafroth discusses the National Park Foundation efforts to reach minority groups and millennials, as well as 100th Anniversary Of The National Park Service Commemorative Coins being offered currently. The National Park Service turns 100 on August 25, 2016. More information are available at http://www.nationalparks.org/.

Ben King talks about the Amish PAC's support for Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump. Ben King is the Outreach Director and a Co-Founder of Amish PAC. King is a former Amishman who is CEO of an Amish barn-building business. He was born and raised in Lancaster, PA. More information about the Amish PAC is available at http://www.amishpac.com/.