Episodes

This interview is part of the Writers on Writing Oral History Collection, produced by the Writers Guild of America, and features executive producer Steven Kunes, who talks about his four-decade career in Hollywood, writing an...

Howard Cosell has been called the greatest TV sportscaster of all time by everybody who has ever seen him, whether he was calling a heavyweight boxing championship or during his many years hosting Monday Night Football. In hi...

Mark Twain has arguably been called the greatest American author, and in his first interview since his death in 1910, it’s not hard to see why. Twain wrote such classics as Life on the Mississippi and The Adventures of Huckle...

As a housewife and mother of five, and with a husband whose ass was fused to the sofa, Phyllis Diller took her show on the road, frustrations and all, and at age 37 embarked on a stand-up comedy career that …

Legendary French chef and American TV icon Julia Child returns from a 16-year "hiatus" to share highlights from her amazing life. From humble beginnings in Pasadena to her days as a purported spy with the OSS...then to a lov...

It has been 24 years since famed rapper Tupac Shakur left us for that recording studio in the sky. But he hasn’t missed a beat when it comes to keeping up with news in today’s troubled world. In the first …

Richard Nixon opens up to “Over My Dead Body” in the first interview since his death in 1994 and sheds light on his humble beginnings, his courtship and marriage to Pat, his rise to becoming the 37th President of the …

Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs breaks his silence in the first interview since his death in 2011. Jobs talks to “Over My Dead Body” about his childhood, the creation of the personal computer, the formation of Apple and the iP...

Screen legend Mae West shares with us her humble beginnings in Brooklyn, making it big on Broadway, and her rise to fame in Hollywood as a writer, producer, actress and sex symbol. She’ll also tell our listeners about her man...

Legendary prophet Nostradamus breaks his silence after 500 years and talks about his storied life, corrects some misconceptions concerning his prophecies, discusses his present life including his new career as a stand-up comi...

In his very first interview since his death in 1980, Robert Kardashian talks about his best friend O.J. Simpson, the birth of reality television, his famous daughters and their new "stepmother" Caitlyn Jenner, and what really...