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<b>Pamela Skjolsvik and Tandy Culpepper Talk To Journalist Maggie Downs About Her Memoir <i>Braver Than You Think</i></b>

Pamela Skjolsvik and Tandy Culpepper Talk To Journalist Maggie Downs About Her Memoir Braver Than You Think

BooksApril 8, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Maggie Downs was a thirtysomething newspaper journalist who found herself at an emotional crossroads when a thought struck her: Was she telling other people’s stories…

<b>Review: Tandy Culpepper Offers Insight into Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Nicholas Kristof’s Memoir <i>Chasing Hope</i></b>

Review: Tandy Culpepper Offers Insight into Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Nicholas Kristof’s Memoir Chasing Hope

BooksDecember 11, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Veteran New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof’s memoir Chasing Hope opens in 1997 and in harrowing fashion. He’s a passenger in a small commuter plane…

<b> Tandy Culpepper Reviews <i>Lucky Loser</i>: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created The Illusion of Success</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Reviews Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created The Illusion of Success

BooksNovember 28, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Since Donald Trump picked up the keys to the White House nine years back, he has become the subject of a plethora of books written…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Reviews<i>War</i>: Veteran Journalist Bob Woodward’s Deep Dive Into Biden, Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu</b>

Tandy Culpepper ReviewsWar: Veteran Journalist Bob Woodward’s Deep Dive Into Biden, Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu

BooksNovember 26, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

War, veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s reportorial narrative nonfiction book, takes readers behind the scenes for an insider’s look at conflicts on three fronts: Russia’s invasion…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Environmental Activist Craig Rosebraugh about His Book <i>Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: The FBI vs. The Earth Liberation Front</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Environmental Activist Craig Rosebraugh about His Book Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: The FBI vs. The Earth Liberation Front

BooksAugust 29, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

There are climate and environmental activists. And then there are people like Craig Rosebraugh. At the turn of the century, the Portland, Oregon, native was…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks With Journo William Keck About His Hollywood Memoir, <i>When You Step Upon A Star</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks With Journo William Keck About His Hollywood Memoir, When You Step Upon A Star

Books, TVJuly 17, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

William Keck is a veteran entertainment journalist who has seen it all – not necessarily by invitation – and who has interviewed many of the…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Author Laurence Leamer about His Book <i>Capote’s Women</i> as well as the TV Adaptation <i>Capote vs. the Swans</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Author Laurence Leamer about His Book Capote’s Women as well as the TV Adaptation Capote vs. the Swans

Books, TVJuly 2, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Before Laurence Leamer became a best-selling author of nonfiction books, he wore many hats in widely divergent locales. Journalist in Iowa and at Newsweek. A…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Historian Donald L. Miller About His Book <i>Masters of the Air</i> and the TV Miniseries Adaptation of It</b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Historian Donald L. Miller About His Book Masters of the Air and the TV Miniseries Adaptation of It

Books, TVJune 21, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

To say that Donald L. Miller is a brilliant academic is the under-statement of all understatements. The John Henry McCracken Professor emeritus at Pennsylvania’s Lafayette…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks to Susan Bartz Herrick about Her Gripping Mother-Son Memoir, <i>Slow Dancing with the Devil</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks to Susan Bartz Herrick about Her Gripping Mother-Son Memoir, Slow Dancing with the Devil

BooksMarch 31, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

In 2021 alone, more than 60 thousand of the 80 thousand overdose deaths in the United States were due to opiods. One of those who…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks Volcanoes & Earthquakes with Geologist & Volcanologist Jess Phoenix</b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks Volcanoes & Earthquakes with Geologist & Volcanologist Jess Phoenix

Books, NewsmakersJanuary 8, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

  Jess Phoenix wears many hats. The history undergrad major took a geology class on a lark and found herself instantly hooked. Soon enough, she…

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