Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf

Interviews

From the Bookshelf is heard on radio station KSQD in Santa Cruz California. Host Gary Shapiro brings you interviews with best selling authors of fiction and non-fiction, graphic novelists, actors, photographers, and singer-songwriters discussing their...

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From the Bookshelf is heard on radio station KSQD in Santa Cruz California. Host Gary Shapiro brings you interviews with best selling authors of fiction and non-fiction, graphic novelists, actors, photographers, and singer-songwriters discussing their works. Visit us on Facebook! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! Your comments are welcome! Email us at gary@rattlebrain.com Listen and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform: Lin and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube TuneIn RSS

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@KUSP

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English

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c/o KUSP 203 8th Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95062 831-476-2800

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http://fromthebookshelf.com

Email:

gary@rattlebrain.com

Episodes

Victoria Hetherington - Robynn Smith

3/11/2026

Victoria Hetherington discusses her new book The Friend Machine: On The Trail Of AI Companionship. Robynn Smith talks Print Day In May.

Duration:00:58:23

The Legendary Alice Gerrard

2/25/2026

Alice Gerrard discusses her career and her new book, Custom Made Woman: A Life In Traditional Music

Duration:00:58:00

Carla Kaplan

2/11/2026

Carla Kaplan discusses her acclaimed new biography, Trouble Maker: The Fierce, Unruly Life Of Jessica Mitford.

Duration:00:57:23

David Margolick

1/28/2026

David Margolick discusses his new book, When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy

Duration:00:58:25

Susanne Paola Antonetta Julie Farnam

1/14/2026

Susanne Paola Antonetta discusses her book The Devil’s Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry’s Troubled History Reverberates Today. Julie Farnam, author of Domestic Darkness, returns with her perspectives on our current political situation.

Duration:00:58:05

Paul Burtch - Scott Brogan

12/17/2025

Paul Burch tells the story of country music pioneer Jimmy Rodgers in Meridian Rising: A Novel. Scott Brogan discusses his new book, Judy Garland: The Voice Of MGM.

Duration:00:57:59

Scott Eyman on Joan Crawford

12/10/2025

Film historian Scott Eyman returns to discuss his new biography, Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face.

Duration:00:58:07

Musician Sam Milton & Artist Claire Rosen

11/19/2025

Singer-songwriter Sam Milton previews his new album, Nausea and visual artist Claire Rosen discusses her extraordinary new book, Birds Of A Feather. Plus Lissa Warren talks books.

Duration:00:57:12

William Cooper and Bremond MacDougall & Lisa Cooper

10/29/2025

William Cooper discusses his new novel, The Trail of Donald H. Rumsfeld. Then Bremond and Lisa from Quite Literally Books tell us about their newest releases!

Duration:00:57:47

Jonathan Mahler

10/22/2025

Johnathan Mahler discusses his new book The Gods Of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth Of The Modern City 1986=1990

Duration:00:58:30

Peter Guralnick

10/15/2025

Rock historian and Elvis Presley scholar Peter Guralnick discusses his new book, The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked The World.

Duration:00:58:35

Bobby Hart - Mary Beth Norton

9/17/2025

The late Bobby Hart, creator of the sound of The Monkees is remembered in 2015 interview. Historian Mary Beth Norton on her new book, I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer:Letter On Love And Marriage From The World’s First Personal Advice Column.

Duration:00:57:00

Howard Yaruss

9/3/2025

Economist, professor, lawyer and activist Howard Yaruss discusses his book, Understandable Economics: Beacause Understanding Economics Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know.

Duration:00:57:21

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

8/27/2025

Popular culture historian Jennifer Keishin Armstrong reflects on the end of And Just Like That..., the Sex and the City sequel.

Duration:00:57:58

Dean Butler

8/20/2025

Actor Dean Butler discusses his new memoir Prairie Man: My Little House Life and Beyond.

Duration:00:57:51

Jim Newton on Jerry Garcia

8/13/2025

Historian and journalist Jim Newton discusses his new book, Here Beside The Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, And An American Awakening.

Duration:00:57:31

Tribute to Tom Lehrer

7/30/2025

On this tribute to Tom Lehrer we listen back to a program recorded in 2006, as well as memories from jazz singer Judy Wexler, actor Josiah Polhemus and songwriter Michael Gould.

Duration:00:59:31

J. Randy Taraborrelli

7/23/2025

J. Randy Tarraborelli returns to discuss his latest book, JFK Public Private Secret

Duration:00:58:07

Julie Farnam Returns

6/25/2025

Political expert Julie Farnam, author of Domestic Darkness: An Insiders Account of the January 6th Insurrection and the Future of Right-Wing Extremism is the guest. Plus book publicist Lissa Warren.

Duration:00:57:56

Loretta Swit - Murray Carpenter

6/4/2025

From The Bookshelf remembers Loretta Swit with this 2017 interview. Then Murray Carpenter discusses his book, Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick.

Duration:00:59:04