Gloria Minott Presents...

Sebastian Junger talks about his latest book "Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging" Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WAR and TRIBE. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker whose debut film "Restrepo", a feature-length documentary (co-directed with Tim Hetherington), was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Website: http://www.sebastianjunger.com/

David Dailey talks about his new book "Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy" - an explosive book on The explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged our American democracy through redistricting. David Daley is the editor in chief of Salon and the Digital Media Fellow for the Wilson Center for Humanities and the Arts and the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Follow David Dailey on Twitter @davedaley3

Patricia Gucci, daughter of Aldo Gucci - the man responsible for fashion brand Gucci - talks about her new book "In the Name of Gucci: A Memoir".

Author, #1 New York Times Best Selling Author, & "Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark talks about her new thriller "As Time Goes By" More information about Mary Higgins Clark is available at http://maryhigginsclark.com/.

Dr. Christina Vella talks about her book "George Washington Carver: A Life." More information on Dr. Christina Vella is available at: http://christinavella.com/bio_contact.html

An interview with the former US Senator/actor Fred Thompson who recently passed on November 1, 2015. USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/06/fred-thompson-remembered-natural-actor-politician/75326200/ ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/fred-thompson-dead-34908399 Daily Herald http://columbiadailyherald.com/news/local-news/family-schedules-hometown-service-former-sen-fred-thompson

Boone Smith talks about his career in wildlife capture and touch on the recent killing of Cecil the Lion. Boone Smith has provided safe and efficent wildlife capture across a variety of species. Internationally recognized for his skill and expertise, Smith has captured more than 650 cougars, collaring over 225 of them for research in the Western United States and South America. He has worked Jaguar captures in Brazil and the first Snow Leopard capture and collaring in Afganistan. Additionally, he has traveled to Africa, India, Russia and Australia on various wildlife-related projects. For more information about Boone Smith Boone Smith Wildlife Capture http://www.boonesmithwildlifecapture.com/ Secret Life Of Predators (National Geographic Channel) http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/secret-life-of-predators/articles/about-boone-smith/

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton talks about John Oliver's 17 minute segment which aired on HBO's Last Week Tonight Show with John Oliver Show on DC statehood, the voting rights act, and the first Republican debate. Information on Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton: http://norton.house.gov/ John Oliver goes for the jugular on critics of D.C. statehood (Washington Post): http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/08/03/john-oliver-goes-big-on-d-c-statehood/

Former Nobel Peace Prize nominee and former head of the (geographically) largest diocese in Sudan, Bishop Macram Max Gassis talks about the problems in Sudan and touches briefly on President Barack Obama's recent visit to Africa. Sometimes called the "bishop of the rebels", Bishop Gassis helped establish what is now known as the Sudan Relief Fund, a Virginia-based non-profit that has worked to support Catholic hospitals, a Catholic radio station, schools, water projects, food provisions and refugee kits. The organization also supports Catholic evangelization. The fund recently changed its name from the Bishop Gassis Sudan Relief Fund in order to express an “expanded mission” to partner with other bishops, religious orders, and Catholic organizations throughout South Sudan. For more infomation: http://www.sudanreliefund.com/

Abraham Bolden, the first African American to serve on the White House detail guarding a president has a secret to share: Gross security lapses enabled President's John F Kennedy's murder in 1963. More information about Abraham Bolden can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/abraham.bolden http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKbolden.htm http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thom-hartmann/after-45-years-a-civil-ri_b_213834.html

I talked to Preston Lauterbach about his book "Beale Street Dynasty". Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street thrived as a cauldron of sex and song, greed and race hatred--a strip with unique soul that inspired folk legends, scandalized Faulkner, and reshaped American politics. Lauterbach gives readers a street-level view of these historic events, telling the simultaneous stories of popular music, civil rights, and a community's commitment to and pride in their conflict-ridden city. Brilliantly researched and swiftly plotted, Beale Street Dynasty evokes a lost world of swaggering musicians, glamorous madams, and ruthless politicians on the fabled Memphis strip. Preston Lauterbach is author of The Chitlin Circuit (W.W. Norton, 2011), a Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and NPR book of the year, and Beale Street Dynasty (W.W. Norton), a story of sex, song, and the struggle for the soul of Memphis, out in April of 2015. More information about Preston Lauterbach and his book "Beale Street Dynast

Tavis Smiley talks about his personal friendship with Maya Angelou and his new book "My Journey with Maya." http://www.tavistalks.com/

A conversation with Ron Nixon of the NY Times and few of the women firefighters who filed a complaint with the Department of Agriculture alleging that they suffered job discrimination, harassment and sexual abuse at the hands of male co-workers and that top agency officials failed to stop it. Originally recorded Sept 2014. Read the original Ron Nixon article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/us/Women-Allege-Harassment-and-Abuse-on-Forest-Service-Firefighting-Crews.html?_r=0

I spoke with Christopher J Farley (Recorded Feb 2015) about his book for children "Game World." Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Brockport, New York, Christopher John Farley is a former music critic and senior editor for Time magazine, and a graduate of Harvard University, where he worked as an editor on the staff of the Harvard Lampoon. He’s currently a senior editor at the Wall Street Journal. For more info on Christopher J. Farley: http://cjfarley.com Follow him on Twitter @cjfarley

I talk with Jason Mott whose poetry and fiction have appeared in various literary journals. He was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize award and Entertainment Weekly listed him as one of their 10 “New Hollywood: Next Wave” people to watch. He is the author of two poetry collections: We Call This Thing Between Us Love and “…hide behind me…” The Returned is Jason’s debut novel and has been adapted by Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B, in association with Brillstein Entertainment and ABC. It airs on the ABC network under the title “Resurrection.” The Wonder of All Things is Jason’s second novel. It will was published in October 2014. More info on Jason can be found here: http://jasonmottauthor.com/

Derek Cheung (co-author) discusses his book called "Conquering the Electron: The Geniuses, Visionaries, Egomaniacs, and Scoundrels Who Built Our Electronic Age" which gives readers a true and engaging history of the world of electronics. For more information on the book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21483160-conquering-the-electron

Mid Atlantic AAA spokesperson John Townsend gives us some holiday traveling tips. This was originally recorded on August 25, 2014.

On this episode, I chat with lawyer, international diplomat, and former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations & the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Sir Shridath Ramphal (Sonny) about the release of his memoirs entitled, "Glimpse of a Global Life." " More information about Sir Shridath Ramphal can be found: http://www.ramphalinstitute.org/sir-shridath-ramphal.html Here is also a recent article taken from the Jamaica Observer about "Sonny's" memoirs. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Sir-Shridath-Ramphal-launches-memoirs_17967426

I talk with Kris "Tanto" Paronto, who was part of the CIA annex security team that responded to the terrorist attack on the US Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya, September 11, 2012, helping to save over 20 lives while fighting off terrorists from the CIA Annex for over 13 Hours. His story is told in the book "13 Hours" written by Mitchell Zukoff and his five fellow surviving annex security team members. For more information about the book "13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi" by Mitchell Zukoff with the Annex Security Team, go to http://twelvebooks.com/catalog/13hours/. Kris "Tanto" Paronto has been involved in security operations in hostile environment for over ten years. He is a former Army Ranger from the 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment and private security contractor who has deployed throughout South America, Central America, the Middle East, and North Africa. He also worked with the U.S. Government's Global Response Staff conducting low profile security in high threat e

I have a conversation with Tavis Smiley on his current book "Death of a King" about the last few months Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and on some show called "Dancing with the Stars." Tavis Smiley — broadcaster, author, publisher, advocate, and philanthropist — has emerged as an outstanding voice for change. Smiley is currently the host of the late-night television talk show Tavis Smiley on PBS, as well as The Tavis Smiley Show from Public Radio International (PRI). More information on Tavis Smiley: http://www.tavistalks.com/ More information on Death of A King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Years can be found here: http://www.littlebrown.com/deathofaking.html