Tell Your Friends! History's Greatest Podcast!

David Itzkoff is a reporter on the culture beat for the New York Times who has written a stellar biography of the late great comedian Robin Williams, titled Robin, and available in paperback today through Amazon or your local indie bookstore. Liam talks to Dave about his career, rising from the lad mags of the turn of the millennium and how his first memoir got him noticed by and, eventually, hired at the Times. They discuss Robin Williams, and Dave talks about going comic book shopping with the man. Also, we get to hear the almost four year process of writing a book like this, and the toll of being a man in the world with a wife and a newborn baby and a book to finish. About how Dave got so much access to Robin Williams and his world and the people in it. Also, Liam discusses the new Bob Dylan documentary, Rolling Thunder, and discusses the value of honesty and truthfulness in art. That's not as unbearable as it sound. Support the TYF! podcast at patreon.com/radio