Sportswriter and commentator Bert Sugar looks into the complicated world of horse racing. Plus Michael Lydon, first editor of Rollingstone, looks back on his career and the history of rock and roll, Flashbacks. Jeff Tamarkin goes behind the scenes of the rise of Jefferson Airplane, Got a Revolution!. And Kevin Mulvaney talks about the efforts to stop commercial whaling, The Whaling Season.
Bert Sugar
Sportswriter and commentator Bert Sugar looks into the complicated world of horse racing, Horse Sense: An Inside Look at the Sport of Kings.
Michael Lydon
First editor of Rolling Stone, Michael Lydon, looks back on his career and the history of rock and roll. His new book is Flashbacks: Eyewitness Accounts of the Rock Revolution, 1964-1974.
Jeff Tamarkin
Jeff Tamarkin goes behind the scenes of the rise of Jefferson Airplane, Got a Revolution!: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane.
Kevin Mulvaney
Kevin Mulvaney on efforts to stop commercial whaling, The Whaling Season: An Inside Account of the Struggle To Stop Commercial Whaling.
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