Temple University Press Podcast

In this episode, podcaster Sam Cohn chats with sportswriter David Steele about his new book, It Was Always a Choice. Steele, who coauthored Silent Gesture, Tommie Smith’s memoir about his protest at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, continues to examine athlete activism for racial and social justice on the field and off.

In this episode, podcaster Sam Cohn chats with Billy Brown, a nature writer and urban herper—that’s someone who recreationally seeks out reptiles and amphibians—about his new book, Exploring Philly Nature. Brown has written a guide to Philadelphia’s urban plants, animals, fungi, and yes, even slime molds.

In this episode, podcaster Sam Cohn talks with Jennifer Lin, about her new book, Beethoven in Beijing, about the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 trip to China.

In this episode, Sam Cohn talks with Rachel Schreiber about her book, ELAINE BLACK YONEDA, the first critical biography of the pioneering Jewish activist.

In this episode, Sam Cone talks with Stephen Feldman, author of PACK THE COURT!, about Supreme Court expansion. His book provides a historical and analytical argument for court-packing.

In this episode, podcaster Sam Cohn talks with Jim Murphy, author of Real Philly History, Real Fast: Fascinating Facts and Interesting Oddities about the City's Heroes and Historic Sites, an amusing and informative insider’s guide to the Philadelphia history you don’t know.

Ray Didinger talks with Sam Cohn about his new memoir, Finished Business: My Fifty Years of Headlines, Heroes, and Heartaches, which recounts the sports journalist's career as it evolved from the bleachers to the Hall of Fame.