David speaks with author Janny Scott about her new biography, A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother. During the 2008 campaign while writing a series of articles on Barack Obama for the New York Times, Scott was presented with a small bevy of information on Barack’s mother, Stanley Ann Dunham. After her cover story in the Times became a great success, Janny Scott continued her exploration into this somewhat mysterious woman.

Wayne Pacelle, the President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, joins David to chat about the challenges facing the nation’s largest animal advocacy group. Since taking the position of President and CEO in 2004, Pacelle has aimed to broaden the scope and influence of the humane society even to the point of befriending and working with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. Despite his notable run-in with the law on animal cruelty charges, Pacelle believes Vick truly loves and cares for animals and has worked closely with him to teach the dangers of dog fighting. In addition, Pacelle has recently penned his first book, The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Right to Defend. This book takes an in-depth look at mankind’s bond with animals and how it evolves and changes through a lifetime.

David speaks with comedy writer Rob Kutner about his latest book, an e-book called “The Future According to Me.” A native Atlantan, Kutner attended The Westminster school with Ed Helms and Brian Bumgartner, both future cast members of The Office. After attending Princeton University, Kutner has gone on to write for Dennis Miller Live, The Daily Show and currently Conan. As a follow up to his first book “Apocalypse How,” Kutner’s latest Kindle single is a short writing on 35 possible scenarios for life in the future.

David speaks with journalist Michael Hastings about his new book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan. This book serves as a longer explanation of a Rolling Stone article he wrote in 2010 profiling the day-to-day business of General Stanley McChrystal that led to General McChrystal’s dismissal.

David speaks with Isabel Wilkerson, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and one-time Emory professor, about her new book 15 years in the making: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. The book chronicles the migration of African Americans from the South to new homes and opportunities across the United States.

David speaks with Andrew Skerrit about his latest work Ashamed to Die: Silence, Denial, and the AIDS Epidemic in the South. The book examines the AIDS epidemic in the rural Southern areas of the United States. Although AIDS cases in general are on the decline, AIDS cases in the rural and often poverty-stricken areas of the South are on a sharp incline.