Welcome to Better Know a Guest, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ each week.
Hey there Hubsters! I hope everyone’s weekend was great! It seems like we have a lot of relatively new people on the shows this week. I think its going to be a great week. A lot of the guests are authors, which I always like to hear from once in a while. Maybe there’ll be a few books to add to my ever-growing reading list. It makes the BKAGs a bit easier to write, too.
Stephen’s guests this week are all authors, with topics ranging from anxiety research to habits.
Jon’s guests this week are three authors and a news correspondent for PBS Newshour.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Scott Stosse (Author: “My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind”)
Scott Stossel is an American journalist and the editor of The Atlantic magazine, and the former editor of The American Prospect. In his new book My Age of Anxiety, Stossel draws on his own experiences with the affliction as inspiration, shedding more light on the history and perception of anxiety from Hippocrates to the research of neurologists in the present day. He also examines the many ways anxiety manifests, how people have sought to it, and the impact it can have on a life.
Born: 1969
Education: Harvard University
Bibliography: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver | My Anxious, Twitchy, Phobic, (Somehow Successful) Life
Follow: @SStossel
Tuesday, January 21 (2014)
Michael Chabon (Author: “Telegraph Avenue: A Novel”)
Michael Chabon in an American author, frequently praised as one of the best of his generation. His works explore issues ranging from divorce, abandonment, nostalgia, fatherhood, and Jewish identity. Chabon is also notable for creating characters that are gay, bisexual, and Jewish, and is also the author of numerous screenplays, children’s books, comics, newspaper serials, and has published several acclaimed novels. His latest book is Telegraph Avenue, which explores the lives of one black family and one white family in Oakland, California, while experiencing American pop culture of the 1970s.
Born: May 24, 1963 (Washington, D.C., United States)
Education: University of Pittsburgh | University of California, Irvine
Books: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Wonder Boys | The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | The Final Solution | The Yiddish Policemen’s Union | Gentlemen of the Road | Summerland | The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man | A Model World and Other Stories | Werewolves in Their Youth | Maps and Legends | Manhood for Amateurs
Awards: IMPAC Literary Award | O. Henry Award | National Book Critics Circle Award | Pulitzer Prize | California Book Award | PEN/Faulkner Award | Sidewise Award | Salon Book Award | Hugo Award | Nebula Award | Premio Ignotus Award | Northern California Book Award | American Academy of Arts and Letters
Mariel Hemingway (Author: “Running with Nature: Stepping Into the Life You Were Meant to Live”)
Mariel Hemingway is an American author and actress who began acting at 16 in her breakout role, in the film Lipstick. She is best known for her appearances in Manhattan, Star 80, and Superman IV. Hemingway is also passionate about exercise and holistic living, and has co-produced several videos on the subject. Her latest book is Running with Nature, in which she shares her and husband Bobby Williams’s guide to living more holistically and healthily.
Born: November 22, 1963 (Mill Valley, California, United States)
Books: Finding My Balance | Mariel Hemingway’s Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman’s Guide to Real Beauty | Mariel’s Kitchen: Simple Ingredients for a Delicious and Satisfying Life
Filmography: Lipstick | Manhattan | Personal Best | Star 80 | Amerika | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Sunset | Tales from the Crypt | Roseanne | Civil Wars | Becker | Crossing Jordan | Law and Order
Follow: Website | @MarielHemingway | Facebook
Wednesday, January 22 (2014)
Charles Duhigg (Author: “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business”)
Charles Duhigg is an American reporter for The New York Times, who formerly worked for the Los Angeles Times. He is famous for his series “The iEconomy”, which studied Apple’s influence in the US and around the world. He has written the book The Power of Habit in which he explores the science behind the formation of habit.
Born: 1974 (New Mexico, United States)
Education: Yale University | Harvard Business School
Awards: George Polk Award | Heywood Broun Award | HIllman Prize | Gerald Loeb Prize | Scripps Howard National Journalism Award | Investigative Reporters and Editors Medal | United States National Academies Communication Award | John B. Oakes Award | Pulitzer Prize
Follow: Website | @CDuhigg | Facebook
Thursday, January 23 (2014)
Patricia Churchland (Author: “Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain”)
Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher who has made important contributions to the field of neurophilosophy and the philosophy of mind. She is the current UC President’s Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of California, San Diego. Churchland’s work focuses on neuroscience and philosophy, and she believes that understanding the mind requires understanding the brain. Her book Touching a Nerve examines the ethical and practical implications of recent finds in brain science.
Born: July 16, 1943 (Oliver, British Columbia, Canada)
Education: University of British Columbia | University of Pittsburgh | University of Oxford
Works: Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain | Brain-Wise: Studies in Neurophilosophy | Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality | The Computational Brain | Neurophilosophy and Alzheimer’s Disease | The Mind-Brain Continuum | On the Contrary: Critical Essays
Awards: MacArthur Fellowship | Humanist Laureate, International Academy of Humanism
Follow: @PatChurchland
And now, let’s check in with our good friend Jon Stewart over at ‘The Daily Show’!
Monday, January 20 (2014)
Marilynne Roach (Author: “Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials”)
Marilynne Roach is an American scholar, author, and illustrator. Her research focuses on the Salem Witch Trials. Her book Six Women of Salem tells the stories of victims and of the madness that took over the village of Salem in 1692.
Education: Massachusetts College of Art
Books: The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege | In the Days of the Salem Witchcraft Trials
Tuesday, January 21 (2014)
Theresa Payton (Author: “Privacy in the Age of Big Data: Recognizing Threats, Defending Your Rights, and Protecting Your Family”)
Theresa Payton is a technology expert who dedicates her time to educating people about their rights in an age of technology and data collection. After graduation, she spent her time working in banking, where she first realized that people needed convenience as well as ways to keep their information safe. Payton eventually became the Chief Information Office under President Bush. he was the first woman to hold the position; she now owns a cyber security consulting practice. Payton’s book details the good and bad of surveillance, demonstrating the positive outcomes and bringing to our attention the processes that people may find questionable.
Education: Immaculata University | University of Virginia | Louisian State University
Books: Protecting Your Identity: Are You Naked Online?
Follow: @FortaliceLLC
Wednesday, January 23 (2014)
Hari Sreenivasan (Correspondent: “PBS NewsHour”)
Hari Sreenivasan is an Indian-American journalist, who began is career at WNCN-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, after which he moved to San Francisco, California to work at CNET. Sreenivasan then moved to New York City as a correspondent at ABC World News Now, and ended up at PBS on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. In 2013, he became the anchor for PBS NewsHour Weekend.
Follow: @Hari
Thursday, January 23 (2014)
Anjan Sundaram (Author: “Stringer: A Reporter’s Journey in the Congo”)
Anjan Sundaram is a reporter and travel writer, whose new book recounts his year of self-discovery as he travels through the Congo, where he worked as a “stringer” for the Associated Press and The New York Times. It includes topics such as violence, its causes and effects, conflict minerals, and the conditions of the victims of war.
Education: Yale University
Follow: Website | @AnjanSun
Please remember to vote in our weekly favourite guests polls, and don’t forget to let us know which guests you’re looking forward to! Also please try to comment with any tips or suggestions that you have for this post. Thanks! Here’s to a great week of shows! That’s all for this week Hubsters! See you next time!
Better Know a Guest: January 20 – 23, 2014
Welcome to Better Know a Guest, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ each week.
Hey there Hubsters! I hope everyone’s weekend was great! It seems like we have a lot of relatively new people on the shows this week. I think its going to be a great week. A lot of the guests are authors, which I always like to hear from once in a while. Maybe there’ll be a few books to add to my ever-growing reading list. It makes the BKAGs a bit easier to write, too.
Stephen’s guests this week are all authors, with topics ranging from anxiety research to habits.
Jon’s guests this week are three authors and a news correspondent for PBS Newshour.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Scott Stosse (Author: “My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind”)
Scott Stossel is an American journalist and the editor of The Atlantic magazine, and the former editor of The American Prospect. In his new book My Age of Anxiety, Stossel draws on his own experiences with the affliction as inspiration, shedding more light on the history and perception of anxiety from Hippocrates to the research of neurologists in the present day. He also examines the many ways anxiety manifests, how people have sought to it, and the impact it can have on a life.
Born: 1969
Education: Harvard University
Bibliography: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver | My Anxious, Twitchy, Phobic, (Somehow Successful) Life
Follow: @SStossel
Tuesday, January 21 (2014)
Michael Chabon (Author: “Telegraph Avenue: A Novel”)
Michael Chabon in an American author, frequently praised as one of the best of his generation. His works explore issues ranging from divorce, abandonment, nostalgia, fatherhood, and Jewish identity. Chabon is also notable for creating characters that are gay, bisexual, and Jewish, and is also the author of numerous screenplays, children’s books, comics, newspaper serials, and has published several acclaimed novels. His latest book is Telegraph Avenue, which explores the lives of one black family and one white family in Oakland, California, while experiencing American pop culture of the 1970s.
Born: May 24, 1963 (Washington, D.C., United States)
Education: University of Pittsburgh | University of California, Irvine
Books: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Wonder Boys | The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | The Final Solution | The Yiddish Policemen’s Union | Gentlemen of the Road | Summerland | The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man | A Model World and Other Stories | Werewolves in Their Youth | Maps and Legends | Manhood for Amateurs
Awards: IMPAC Literary Award | O. Henry Award | National Book Critics Circle Award | Pulitzer Prize | California Book Award | PEN/Faulkner Award | Sidewise Award | Salon Book Award | Hugo Award | Nebula Award | Premio Ignotus Award | Northern California Book Award | American Academy of Arts and Letters
Mariel Hemingway (Author: “Running with Nature: Stepping Into the Life You Were Meant to Live”)
Mariel Hemingway is an American author and actress who began acting at 16 in her breakout role, in the film Lipstick. She is best known for her appearances in Manhattan, Star 80, and Superman IV. Hemingway is also passionate about exercise and holistic living, and has co-produced several videos on the subject. Her latest book is Running with Nature, in which she shares her and husband Bobby Williams’s guide to living more holistically and healthily.
Born: November 22, 1963 (Mill Valley, California, United States)
Books: Finding My Balance | Mariel Hemingway’s Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman’s Guide to Real Beauty | Mariel’s Kitchen: Simple Ingredients for a Delicious and Satisfying Life
Filmography: Lipstick | Manhattan | Personal Best | Star 80 | Amerika | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Sunset | Tales from the Crypt | Roseanne | Civil Wars | Becker | Crossing Jordan | Law and Order
Follow: Website | @MarielHemingway | Facebook
Wednesday, January 22 (2014)
Charles Duhigg (Author: “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business”)
Charles Duhigg is an American reporter for The New York Times, who formerly worked for the Los Angeles Times. He is famous for his series “The iEconomy”, which studied Apple’s influence in the US and around the world. He has written the book The Power of Habit in which he explores the science behind the formation of habit.
Born: 1974 (New Mexico, United States)
Education: Yale University | Harvard Business School
Awards: George Polk Award | Heywood Broun Award | HIllman Prize | Gerald Loeb Prize | Scripps Howard National Journalism Award | Investigative Reporters and Editors Medal | United States National Academies Communication Award | John B. Oakes Award | Pulitzer Prize
Follow: Website | @CDuhigg | Facebook
Thursday, January 23 (2014)
Patricia Churchland (Author: “Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain”)
Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher who has made important contributions to the field of neurophilosophy and the philosophy of mind. She is the current UC President’s Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of California, San Diego. Churchland’s work focuses on neuroscience and philosophy, and she believes that understanding the mind requires understanding the brain. Her book Touching a Nerve examines the ethical and practical implications of recent finds in brain science.
Born: July 16, 1943 (Oliver, British Columbia, Canada)
Education: University of British Columbia | University of Pittsburgh | University of Oxford
Works: Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain | Brain-Wise: Studies in Neurophilosophy | Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality | The Computational Brain | Neurophilosophy and Alzheimer’s Disease | The Mind-Brain Continuum | On the Contrary: Critical Essays
Awards: MacArthur Fellowship | Humanist Laureate, International Academy of Humanism
Follow: @PatChurchland
And now, let’s check in with our good friend Jon Stewart over at ‘The Daily Show’!
Monday, January 20 (2014)
Marilynne Roach (Author: “Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials”)
Marilynne Roach is an American scholar, author, and illustrator. Her research focuses on the Salem Witch Trials. Her book Six Women of Salem tells the stories of victims and of the madness that took over the village of Salem in 1692.
Education: Massachusetts College of Art
Books: The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege | In the Days of the Salem Witchcraft Trials
Tuesday, January 21 (2014)
Theresa Payton (Author: “Privacy in the Age of Big Data: Recognizing Threats, Defending Your Rights, and Protecting Your Family”)
Theresa Payton is a technology expert who dedicates her time to educating people about their rights in an age of technology and data collection. After graduation, she spent her time working in banking, where she first realized that people needed convenience as well as ways to keep their information safe. Payton eventually became the Chief Information Office under President Bush. he was the first woman to hold the position; she now owns a cyber security consulting practice. Payton’s book details the good and bad of surveillance, demonstrating the positive outcomes and bringing to our attention the processes that people may find questionable.
Education: Immaculata University | University of Virginia | Louisian State University
Books: Protecting Your Identity: Are You Naked Online?
Follow: @FortaliceLLC
Wednesday, January 23 (2014)
Hari Sreenivasan (Correspondent: “PBS NewsHour”)
Hari Sreenivasan is an Indian-American journalist, who began is career at WNCN-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, after which he moved to San Francisco, California to work at CNET. Sreenivasan then moved to New York City as a correspondent at ABC World News Now, and ended up at PBS on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. In 2013, he became the anchor for PBS NewsHour Weekend.
Follow: @Hari
Thursday, January 23 (2014)
Anjan Sundaram (Author: “Stringer: A Reporter’s Journey in the Congo”)
Anjan Sundaram is a reporter and travel writer, whose new book recounts his year of self-discovery as he travels through the Congo, where he worked as a “stringer” for the Associated Press and The New York Times. It includes topics such as violence, its causes and effects, conflict minerals, and the conditions of the victims of war.
Education: Yale University
Follow: Website | @AnjanSun
Please remember to vote in our weekly favourite guests polls, and don’t forget to let us know which guests you’re looking forward to! Also please try to comment with any tips or suggestions that you have for this post. Thanks! Here’s to a great week of shows! That’s all for this week Hubsters! See you next time!