A revealing interview with Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires, Inheritance, and nine other books.

Dani Shapiro -- author of ”Inheritance” and other best sellers -- reveals the very different challenges of writing fiction versus memoir.

TSTB interviews noted film and TV editor Yaffa Lerea, whose credits range from Ken Burns’ ”Baseball” to ”Project Runway.”

An excerpt from our upcoming interview with noted documentary and film editor Yaffa Lerea, whose work has ranged from early episodes of MTV’s ”The Real World” to Ken Burns’ seminal ”Baseball” documentaries.

TSTB shares its full interview with acclaimed science writer, editor, and film producer Timothy Ferris. He discusses his friendship with Stephen Hawking, his guiding role in producing Voyager’s ”golden disc,” and more.

In this preview of our forthcoming full interview, award-winning science writer Timothy Ferris talks about the struggle to find just the right words to inspire himself and his readers.

Legendary rock photographer Gered Mankowitz recalls his collaborations with rock icons like the Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, and others.

In the 1960s and '70s, British photographer Gered Mankowitz worked with some of rock's greatest stars at the peak of their creative powers. In the mid-1960s, he served as the Rolling Stones' "official" photographer, and he took now-classic shots of Jimi Hendrix, Kate Bush, Free, Traffic, The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, and dozens of other artists. In this excerpt from our forthcoming full interview, Mankowitz tells how his own collaborative approach evolved, and how he learned to help sometimes-shy musicians project the "stories" they wanted their audiences to see. #photography #rockphotography thesixties #rollingstones #theseventies #hendrix #jimihendrix #traffic #jeffbeck #jimmypage #yardbirds #katebush #lionheart #thekickinside

TSTB shares a rich and candid discussion with Garrett Hongo -- celebrated poet, memoirist, and audio writer.

In this excerpt from our forthcoming full interview with Garrett Hongo -- a leading light of Asian American literature -- he speaks candidly about his experiences as a student and professor in academic environments that remained (and usually remain) predominantly white and sometimes openly suspicious of ”other” traditions.

A tribute to the author of ”Grendel” and ”The Art of Fiction,” featuring excerpts from his last interview and new conversations with his friends and family.

Pulitzer Prize-winning critics remembers his friend and collaborator Glenn Gould -- a legendary pianist and master storyteller. From the legends surrounding his own eccentricities to his use of multilayered voices in radio documentaries, Gould showed a profound understanding of story. This program marks the 40th anniversary of Gould’s death on October 4th, 1982, at age 50.

A preview of our forthcoming interview of Tim Page talking about legendary pianist Glenn Gould.

A preview of our forthcoming tribute to acclaimed and controversial novelist, critic, and teacher John Gardner, who died 40 years ago.

TSTB returns for a second conversation with Dean Sluyter -- award-winning author, meditation teacher, and super-entertaining conversationalist.

TSTB returns for a second interview with Dean Sluyter, an irresistible teacher, writer, and storyteller. In ”The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature,” Sluyter draws on over four decades of teaching -- and even more years of dharma studies -- to surface enlightenment lessons in everything from ”Huckleberry Finn” to ”The Cat in the Hat.”

In this session, TSTB talks to legendary infant and child psychiatrist Dr. Bertrand Cramer.

One of the world’s most respected child and adolescent psychiatrists talks about the inherent connect between psychiatric practice and stories -- a link that can be traced all the way back to Freud.

TSTB talks to artist filmmaker Toby Amies -- director of the widely praised King Crimson documentary ”In the Court of the Crimson King,” as well as the 2012 film ”The Man Whose Mind Exploded.”

Celebrated filmmaker Toby Amies describes his moment-by-moment approach to documentary storytelling.