One Nation Under God; Nicholas; The Tender Bar
One Nation Under God
In his new book, One Nation Under God: The History of Prayer in America, James Moore looks at our country's history through the prism of prayer. His contention is that prayer has always been intertwined with America's cultural life and that our social, economic, political, and military history would be very different today if not for prayer. Larry talks with Moore about the history of prayer in America; from Native Americans to the prayers uttered in the wake of September 11.
Nicholas
Imagine a 4th century Turkish bishop bellowing, "Ho, ho, ho." In his new book, Nicholas: The Epic Journey from Saint to Santa Claus, Jeremy Seal traces Santa's history. Larry talks with Seal about Nicholas' journey from Turkey to Lapland to pitchman for Coca-Cola in the 1930s.
The Tender Bar
Pulitzer prize winning journalist JR Moehringer joins Larry to talk about his new memoir, The Tender Bar. This classic American story of self-invention and escape chronicles Moehringer's childhood on Long Island with a single mother and a slew of Long Island bar regulars as surrogate fathers.