Host Diana Korte speaks with Mo Rocca, co-author with English professor Jonathan Greenberg, of ROCTOGENERIANS.

They introduce us to the people past and present who peaked when they could have been puttering—breaking out as writers, selling out concert halls, and attempting to set land-speed records.

Enjoy dozens of profiles of late-in-life achievers in this book from activists, artists, actors, old soldiers, comedians, and of course, Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, all who declined to go into decline just because they were eligible for Social Security.

PR Operative Phil Elwood is a man who used to pull the strings, but who is now pulling back the curtain in his DC tell-all book, ALL THE WORST HUMANS.

After nearly two decades in the Washington PR business, Elwood wants to come clean, by exposing the dark underbelly of the very industry that’s made him so successful. The first step is revealing exactly what he’s been up to for the past twenty years—and it isn’t pretty.

Elwood has worked for a murderer’s row of questionable clients, including Gaddafi, Assad, and the government of Qatar. In All the Worst Humans, Elwood unveils how the PR business works, and how the truth gets made, spun, and sold to the public—not shying away from the gritty details of his unlikely career.

Host Diana Korte speaks with James Lee Burke who is the author of about 40 books written over more than 50 years.

He’s best known for two series. One is about the Holland family that’s featured in this program about “The House of the Rising Sun.” We chatted about this book several years ago.

The other series that he is best known for features former New Orleans police officer Dave Robicheaux. His continuing story has been told in two dozen books. #24 is “Clete,” published this year.

Another 2024 title is “Harbor Lights,” a book of 8 short stories that move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado.