Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf
Interviews
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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
Location:
Santa Cruz, CA
Description:
This website does not work with Google Chrome! Please use a different browser! Listen On Your iPhone! 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
Twitter:
@KUSP
Language:
English
Contact:
c/o KUSP 203 8th Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95062 831-476-2800
Website:
http://fromthebookshelf.com
Email:
gary@rattlebrain.com
Episodes
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
The Zombies’ Colin Blunstone Bremond & Lisa’s Quite Literally Books
5/28/2025
Colin Blunstone and director Robert Schartman discuss the new film, Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary. Then Lisa Cooper and Brremond MacDougall launch their new publishing company Quite Literally Books. Plus Lissa Warren!
Duration:00:59:02
Anne Soon Choi
5/21/2025
Anne Soon Choi discusses her new book, L.A.Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood.
Duration:00:55:11
Jill Sobule
5/6/2025
The uniquely talented singer Songwriter Jill Sobule died on May 1 at the age of 66. From The Bookshelf remembers her with this 2017 interview.
Duration:00:57:42