Episode 61: The Aviator and the Showman - Amelia Earhart and Pan Am with Laurie Gwen Shapiro

About this episode

This episode features an interview with Laurie Gwen Shapiro discussing Amelia Earhart and her connection to Pan Am.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are joined by Laurie Gwen Shapiro, a bestselling author, journalist, and adjunct professor at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. A member of the Explorers Club, her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New York Times. She is the author of The Stowaway, the true story of a teenager who stowed away on a ship bound for Antarctica during the Jazz Age, and The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and t...

People in this episode

Guest: Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Topics covered

• Amelia Earhart
• Pan Am
• aviation history
• journalism
• exploration
• biography

Keywords

• Amelia Earhart
• Pan Am
• Laurie Gwen Shapiro
• aviation
• journalism
• biography
• exploration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times

Books & works: The Stowaway, The Aviator and the Showman

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