Wednesday headlines, Jim Stovall on his friendship with Ted Turner and Jim's new book

About this episode

The episode features a review of current headlines and an interview with Jim Stovall about his new book.

A quick review of the headlines and a great chat with Jim Stovall about his new book, "My Travels with Steinbeck"

People in this episode

Host: Mike Opelka

Guest: Jim Stovall

Topics covered

• headlines
• friendship
• new book
• literature
• interview

Keywords

• headlines
• Jim Stovall
• Ted Turner
• My Travels with Steinbeck
• book interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: My Travels with Steinbeck

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