'The Wager' chronicles shipwreck, mutiny and murder at the tip of South America David Grann discusses his book about an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. Martin Scorsese is slated to direct the film adaptation. Originally broadcast in 2023. Sam Briger
What's the KUOW Book Club reading in May? The KUOW Book Club is reading "The Return of Ellie Black" by Emiko Jean this month. Katie Campbell
Former Hollywood agent Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas discusses her book 'Climbing in Heels' NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Hollywood agent Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas about her novel "Climbing in Heels," which follows the path of three women secretaries at a Hollywood agency in the '80s. Leila Fadel
New book 'Unfit Parent' shares what parents with disabilities can teach the rest of society Disabled author Jessica Slice learned that despite often negative societal views, those who were disabled could often parent very well.
How Project 2025 is shaping Trump's second term Journalist David Graham says the aim of the creators of the conservative action plan Project 2025 is to push the federal government "as far to the right as they can." His new book is The Project. Dave Davies
Poetry is 'like falling in love' at Seattle Reads This is the KUOW Book Club, and we've been reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" in partnership with Seattle Reads. Katie Campbell
This Hollywood memoir is an expertly mixed cocktail of history and family drama Matthew Specktor grew up the son of a famous Hollywood agent. In The Golden Hour he serves up family saga, cultural criticism, fictionalized biography, history and lament for a vanishing world. John Powers
'Of My Own Making' recounts a painful past -- and what it takes to change Memoirist and executive Daria Burke grew up in 1980s Detroit amid addiction and instability. She spent years trying to outrun that past by building a carefully curated, outwardly successful life. Tonya Mosley
'Notes to John' completes late author Joan Didion's trilogy on grief NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Knopf publisher Jordan Pavlin and Shelley Wanger, Joan Didion's longtime editor and one of her literary trustees, about the new book "Notes to John." Scott Detrow
AI eavesdrops on your sleep in this nightmarish 'Dream Hotel' Laila Lalami's dystopian novel centers on a woman who's been incarcerated because an algorithm flagged her as a crime risk. The Dream Hotel paints a grim picture about the ways our data can betray us. Carolina Miranda