Conversations with David Lewis Archive

Dave Hall & Tym Burkey – Into the Devil’s Den

Original Air Date: 05-5-2008

Dave Hall and Tym Burkey, authors of Into the Devil’s Den, discuss their FBI infiltration of the Aryan Nations, one of America’s most dangerous racist groups. Hall and Burkey explain the beliefs and practices of the Aryan Nations and their religion, as well as relay the experiences of an undercover agent in the middle of a domestic terrorist organization

Michael Kodas – High Crimes

Original Air Date: 04-21-2008

David speaks with Author/Photojournalist Michael Kodas about his non-fiction work “High Crimes.” It is a riveting tale of the deceit, larceny, and sheer criminality surrounding the huge business of climbing Mount Everest.

Jimmy Breslin — The Good Rat

Original Air Date: 04-8-2008

New York columnist Jimmy Breslin talks about The Good Rat, his book on one of the most unique mobsters of all time, Burton Kaplan. Breslin describes the surprising demeanor of Kaplan, and his uncanny resemblance to another legendary criminal: Raskolnikov

Anthony Lewis – Freedom for the Thought We Hate

Original Air Date: 04-2-2008

An interview with legendary journalist, Anthony Lewis. Lewis has been a champion of the First Amendment and has written about it many times, both in books as well as his New York Times column, Abroad at Home. Lewis — a two-time Pulitzer winner — and the first American reporter to seriously cover apartheid and the story of Nelson Mandela also covered Watergate, the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam, Soviet Refuseniks and many other issues.

Lebowski Fest

Original Air Date: 02-13-2008

An interview with the organizers of the festival that celebrates the Coen brothers film, “The Big Lebowski” filled with stories of The Dude, Donnie and the other unique characters that make up one of the funniest movies ever made.

Kurt Andersen – HeyDay

Original Air Date: 02-5-2008

Kurt Andersen has been a Time Magazine writer, the co-founder of Spy, the editor of New York, a writer at The New Yorker and the host of “Studio 360”. He’s also a successful novelist. In this interview he talks about his novel, HeyDay.