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Brad Bogner hosts “The Brad Bogner Show�, a variety, guest based program aimed at giving listeners access to a range of figures and points-of-view. The podcast introduces listeners to an array of topics where experts in their field stop by to talk history, entertainment, politics, and sports. Among other things… Brad is also a recovering bag boy.
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Chris Field and Katharine Mach from the Carnegie Institution for Science - Department of Global Ecology at Stanford join the show. We discuss how the recent Paris talks have shaped the climate change discussion and what needs to happen moving forward to ensure a sustainable planet.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Jonathan Kirshner (Cornell University, "Urban Flight") joins the show. We welcome Jonathan back to the program to discuss his novel about New York's past. 1975 was a year when the sprawling city felt completely helpless and residents felt trapped with no end in sight. People in authority felt the need to commit questionable acts in order to try and…
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Antony Loewenstein (Independent Journalist, "Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe") joins the show. We discuss how disaster capitalism has spread across the globe completely unchecked, and threatens every citizen on the planet.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Helen Phillips (Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Brooklyn College, "The Beautiful Bureaucrat") joins the show. We discuss her novel that is an honest look at the disappointing but ultimate pleasure that can be felt when dealing with monotonous forces.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Matt Lewis ("Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas") joins the show. We discuss how Matt landed his dream job straight out of college, but ended up fighting for his life to survive the brutal and unforgiving Antarctic Seas.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Adam Lazarus ("Hail to the Redskins: Gibbs, the Diesel, the Hogs, and the Glory Days of D.C.'s Football Dynasty") returns to the show. The Redskins haven't had much success in recent years, however, we discuss a period when the club set the gold standard for NFL organizations.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Joe Posnanski (NBC Sports, "The Secret of Golf: The Story of Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus") joins the show. Despite reminding people of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Watson was the rare golfer who never feared Jack Nicklaus. The two went on to have an intense rivalry that ultimately resulted in a close friendship.…
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Filip Bondy ("The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees, and Baseball's Most Absurd and Entertaining Controversy") joins the show. We discuss how the intense playoff rivals in New York and Kansas City managed to stage a bizarre event in an otherwise forgettable season for both clubs.…
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John Ferling ("Whirlwind: the American Revolution and the War that Won It") returns to the show. While many people still think the American Revolution is ongoing, we explore the early days of the movement and war that lead to the country becoming independent.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Charles Leerhsen ("Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty") joins the show. First player inducted into the Hall of Fame. Craziest baserunner of all time. Racist. Murderer. We discuss the facts and myths about Ty Cobb that have grown since the superstar's passing.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Alex Kershaw ("Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris") returns to the show. We discuss how some ordinary people did extraordinary things to defy Hitler and the Nazi occupation of France during World War II.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Molly Knight ("The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers' Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse") joins the show. We discuss how the Dodgers went from a laughingstock to the most envied team in baseball with enormous expectations to win immediately.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Brin-Jonathan Butler ("The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway's Ghost in the Last Days of Castro's Cuba") joins the show. We discuss his time in Cuba and his exploration of what makes some prominent athletes spurn unforgettable opportunities to remain in their home country.…
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Dean Jobb (Journalism Professor, "Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation") joins the show. We discuss how Leo Koretz pulled off one of the largest and most expensive scams that's still baffling today.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Hampton Sides ("In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette") joins the show. We discuss the world's fascination with the North Pole in the 19th century as well as the people obsessed with discovering the contents found in the Arctic.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Richard Fox ("Lincoln's Body: A Cultural History", Professor of History University of Southern California) joins the show. We discuss how a completely unassuming man not only embodied the American spirit, but is still remembered as one of the truly iconic politicians in history.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Bart Elmore ("Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism", Environmental historian at University of Alabama) joins the show. We discuss the rich, fascinating, complex, and controversial history of Coca-Cola...which remains one of the most powerful brands in the world.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Dave Revsine (Lead Studio Host for the Big Ten Network, "The Opening Kickoff: The Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation") joins the show. We discuss how despite popular belief, the sport of football for better or worse has generally been the same since its inception.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Liv Corfixen (MY LIFE DIRECTED BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN) and Nicolas Winding Refn (ONLY GOD FORGIVES) join the show. We discuss Liv's fascinating and intimate new documentary that explores the making of her husband's most recent film.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Mark McClusky (Wired editor, "Faster, Higher, Stronger: How Sports Science Is Creating a New Generation of Superathletes—and What We Can Learn from Them") joins the show. We discuss the fascinating and comprehensive breakthroughs that are changing our understanding of what athletes are capable of achieving.…
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Neil Sagebiel ("Draw in the Dunes: The 1969 Ryder Cup and the Finish That Shocked the World") joins the show. Coming into the 1969 Ryder Cup, the British were losers of fourteen of the first seventeen outings. Some American golfers like Arnold Palmer didn't even take European golf all that seriously. We go back to the Ryder Cup that changed percept…
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Alexandra Popoff ("Tolstoy's False Disciple: The Untold Story of Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Chertkov") joins the show. We discuss the fascinating and strange relationship of Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Chertkov that has been clouded in mystery for over a century.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Kevin Kelly (co-founder of Wired, "Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities") joins the show. We discuss what exactly a cool tool is and how it can be beneficial to everyday life. We also examine Kevin's background with technology and what the future may hold in store.Από τον Brad Bogner
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Margaret Goodman ("Death in Vegas", President/Chairperson VADA) joins the show. We discuss the neurologist's background as a ringside doctor and what can be done to protect fighters. We also cover her new book that's been described as part Million Dollar Baby, part Rocky, and a bit Erin Brockovich.Από τον Brad Bogner
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