Videos

Co-authors Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather talked about their book, He Had It Coming, about the female murderers in the 1920s who inspired the musical Chicago. This event was part of the Pri…

Carl Smith, professor of history emeritus at Northwestern University, talked about the 1871 fire that destroyed over three square miles of the city of Chicago. This event was part of Chicago…

Authors Mary Ann Cain and Colin Asher talked about two Chicago icons - artist and activist Margaret Burroughs and author Nelson Algren.

Robert Kurson discussed the Apollo 8 mission to the moon.

Sebastian Junger talked about his book, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging. He spoke at Jones College Prep High School at the 2016 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest.

Erik Larson talked about his book, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. He spoke with Chicago Tribune reporter Rick Kogan and responded to questions from members of the audience. T…

Bill and Willie Geist talked about their book, Good Talk, Dad: The Birds and the Bees...and Other Conversations We Forgot to Have. They spoke with Chicago Tribune correspondent and radio hos…

Walter Jacobson, author of Walter’s Perspective: A Memoir of Fifty Years in Chicago TV News, and Keith Koeneman, author of First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley, talked about their bo…

Rich Cohen talked about his book, The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King. It is a biography of Samuel Zemurray, who rose from poverty to become head of the …

Karen Abbott was interviewed by Mr. Kogan about her book Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul. She described the history of Chicago’s Everle…

Jonathan Eig talked about his book Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster (Simon & Schuster, 2008) in conversation with Rick Kogan. Mr. Eig responded to que…

Barbara Ehrenreich talked with Rick Kogan about her book Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America (Metropolitan Books, 2009). In her book the fo…

Paul Buhle and Harvey Pekar talked about their book Studs Terkel’s Working: A Graphic Adaptation (New Press; May 1, 2009). They produced a selection from Stud Terkel’s collection of intervie…

Authors talked about their books in conversation with Rick Kogan. Topics included why John Dillinger was remembered in history while the more famous Maxwell brothers were not. Issues include…

Professor Gates spoke about how personal stories relate to history and showed pictures while talking about tracing his family history. Topics included his African-American heritage, his gene…

Rick Kogan talked with two authors about their books about criminals. Then they responded to questions from members of the audience. Jeff Coen is the author of Family Secrets: The Case Th…

James McManus was interviewed about his book "Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion’s World Series of Poker". The author was hired by Harper’s magazine to cover the World…

Participants talked about the life and career of columnist Mike Royko and about the book One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko, which was a collection of his columns.