This charming scholar and senior editor at Norton has written a fascinating book about Lou Andreas Salome, celebrated muse to Nietzsche, and Freud among others. What makes some women so alluring? Find out on this show.

Kenneth Whyte who is the editor and publisher of McCleans Magazine in Canada, has written a magnificent biography covering three important years in the life of William Randolph Hearst. It is called “The Uncrowned King.” Along with Ron Chernow, and Debbie Applegate, Kenneth writes biography that keeps you stuck to your chair.

There are people who are hired by politicos to destroy the opposition through a variety of dirty tricks, slanderous information, and vicious attacks. They are known as political hit men and they are very effective. Stephen Marks is one of them, and he confesses to me on air.