father

"As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling" by Anne Serling

Joe Donahue — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:10:00 +0000

To Anne Serling, the imposing figure the public saw hosting The Twilight Zone each week, intoning cautionary observations about fate, chance, and humanity, was not the father she knew. Her fun-loving dad, Rod Serling, would play on the floor with the dogs, had nicknames for everyone in the family.

After his unexpected death at 50, Anne, just 20, was left stunned. Gradually, she found solace for her grief by talking to his friends, poring over old correspondence, and recording her childhood memories.

Now she shares personal photos, eloquent, revealing letters, and beautifully rendered scenes of his childhood, war years, and their family's time together. Her new book is: As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling.

Listener Essay - The Altar

Lori Maki — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:35:00 +0000

Lori Maki is an aspiring writer, passionate gardener, personal mentor, and an adoring Nana to four amazing grandkids.

She works as a writer and graphic designer for The Sage Colleges in Troy, New York. She lives in Brunswick New York with her husband Tim and their black lab puppy, Pepper.

Listener Essay - A Man of Letters

Sarah LaDuke — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:50:00 +0000

This Listener Essay by Barbara Redfield is entitled "A Man of Letters."

"Raising Cubby: A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors and High Explosives"

Joe Donahue — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:45:00 +0000

John Elder Robison joins us to talk about his moving memoir of an unconventional dad’s relationship with his equally offbeat son. His new book is: Raising Cubby: A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives.

"After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story" by Michael Hainey

Joe Donahue — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:35:00 +0000

Michael Hainey was 6 years old in 1970 when his Uncle came to their home one morning, to tell Michael and his brother that their father was dead. Bob Hainey was just 35. He was the night editor at the Chicago Sun-Times. Bob Hainey had died of a heart attack on a North Side street - as one of the obits put it - while visiting friends.

Over the years, Michael Hainey grew up to be a journalist himself - he's now the deputy editor of GQ - and began to wonder about some of the small differences in the obits between newspapers, and about some of the obliqueness in the accounts of his father's death that he grew up hearing from his uncle and mother.

So, he set out to find the story himself. His new book is After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story.

Mark Shriver - "A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver "

Joe Donahue — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:12:12 +0000

We speak with Mark Shriver about his book, A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver.

Joel Stein - "Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity"

Joe Donahue — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:35:38 +0000

Joel Stein (Time journalist) speaks with us about his book, Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity.

Buzz Bissinger - "Father's Day"

Joe Donahue — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:12:00 +0000

We speak with Buzz Bissinger (Friday Night Lights) about his new book, Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son