How Project 2025 is shaping Trump's second term Journalist David Graham says the aim of the creators of the conservative action plan Project 2025 is to push the federal government "as far to the right as they can." His new book is The Project. Dave Davies
'Of My Own Making' recounts a painful past -- and what it takes to change Memoirist and executive Daria Burke grew up in 1980s Detroit amid addiction and instability. She spent years trying to outrun that past by building a carefully curated, outwardly successful life. Tonya Mosley
Geena Davis discusses her picture book 'The Girl Who Was Too Big For The Page' Sheila has grown so much she no longer fits in the book she lives in! NPR's Lauren Frayer talks with actor Geena Davis about her new picture book, "The Girl Who Was Too Big for the Page." Lauren Frayer
A new book on James Gandolfini takes us behind the Tony Soprano persona NPR's Scott Simon talks to film historian Jason Bailey about his book, "Gandolfini: Jim, Tony and the Life of a Legend." It details how different he was from the gangster he portrayed on "The Sopranos." Ryan Benk
'Notes to John' completes late author Joan Didion's trilogy on grief NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Knopf publisher Jordan Pavlin and Shelley Wanger, Joan Didion's longtime editor and head of the Didion trust about the new book Notes to John. Elena Burnett
Louise Hegarty's 'Fair Play' honors — and subverts — the crime novel Abigail loves staging a good murder mystery for her friends but then her brother dies. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Louise Hegarty about her novel, "Fair Play." Ayesha Rascoe
Rick Atkinson reflects on 250 years since the first battles of the American Revolution NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Rick Atkinson in Lexington, Mass., about the first book of his forthcoming trilogy about the American Revolution, "The British are Coming." Scott Simon
Jo Harkin on 'The Pretender,' her novel set during the time of the Tudors' ascent NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jo Harkin about her book, "The Pretender." Scott Simon
Journalist Joy-Ann Reid revisits the legacy and marriage of Medgar and Myrlie Evers Reid's book, Medgar and Myrlie, tells the stories of the civil rights leader from Mississippi and his wife, who became an activist after Medgar's 1963 assassination. Originally broadcast Feb. 7, 2024. Terry Gross
Katie Kitamura says a solution is not the point in her new novel 'Audition' NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Katie Kitamura on why she wanted to make her new novel Audition a puzzle, but not one to solve. Ari Shapiro