Steve Fast

Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss the momentous year of 1606, during which the Bard wrote three of his great tragedies. #Shakespeare #JamesShapiro

Bestselling mystery writer Sue Grafton joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss her "Alphabet Series" of novels. #NYTimesBestSeller

Historian Susan Cheever joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss the role that alcohol has played in shaping American History. #alcohol

Author Sarah Vowell joins The Steve Fast show to discuss the history of Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette. #France #RevolutionaryWar

Lt. Col. T. Mark McCurley, a former Predator drone pilot and squadron commander joins the Steve Fast Show. MCCurley led the drone strike mission that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. #drones #Predator

Major Daniel Sjursen joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss his experiences in Iraq, what he calls "the myth of the Surge" and what he tells his students at West Point about recent military history. #Iraq #Baghdad

Rolling Stone contributing editor Steve Knopper discussed the life and music of Michael Jackson on the Steve Fast Show. #MichaelJackson #RollingStone #KingofPop

Roberta Kaplan successfully argued against the Defense of Marriage Act in front of the Supreme Court. She joined The Steve Fast Show to talk about her clients and the history making case that cleared way in Federal law for same sex marriage. #marriage

Psychologist and media scholar Sherry Turkle talks to Steve Fast about the negative effect that smartphone use is having on conversation. Turkle says that the digital age may be connected to a lack in empathy among younger generations. #smartphone #conversation

John Seabrook discusses the modern hit factory of super producers like Max Martin who are responsible for a huge number of hit songs by Rihanna, Katy Perry and others. #songwriters #MaxMartin #superproducers

Journalist Bethany McLean joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss the perilous situation of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. #FannieMae #FreddieMac #homeloans

ABC "Nightline" co-anchor Dan Harris discusses the visit by Pope Francis to the United States and the personal journey that led Harris to become a Buddhist on The Steve Fast Show. #ABC #Nightline #PopeFrancis

Dick Lehr, 9-27-15 9/27/15 Former Boston Globe investigative reporter and author of "Black Mass," Dick Lehr discusses organized crime figure James "Whitey" Bulger on The Steve Fast Show. #BlackMass #WhiteyBulger

Barton Swaim joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss his work as a speechwriter for scandal-ridden South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. #MarkSanford

Cindi Canary, Executive Director of Independent Maps discusses the group's initiative to place a ballot measure that would change the process through which Illinois legislative maps are drawn. #IndependentMaps

Journalist Steve Silberman discusses the forgotten history of autism on the Steve Fast Show. #autism #research

Investigative reporter Gilbert Gaul discusses the big money world of college football on the Steve Fast Show. #College #football #NCAA

Ronald Feinman, author of "Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency," joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss plots to kill chief executives from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama. #assassinations #president #WilliamMcKinley

Historian Irwin F. Gellman discusses the relationship between Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon on The Steve Fast Show. #DwightEisenhower #RichardNixon

Ann Dunwoody, the first woman to hold the rank of four star general in the U.S. Army, talks to Steve Fast about the first women to graduate Army Ranger school and the changes in opportunity for women in the military. #women #Army #Ranger