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AUTHORTOPIA is a podcast of surprising stories told by the people who lived them. Each episode is a 20-30 minute one-on-one conversation with an author whose essays, autobiography, or memoir describes important and colorful events in their lives. The podcast will explore the impact these events have had on the author and the people who matter to them. AUTHORTOPIA is hosted by Frank Silverstein, a former network TV news producer.
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AUTHORTOPIA IS ON PAUSE- SEASON 2 STARTS IN NOVEMBER
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Short announcement that Authortopia is taking a time out now and will be back in November. Hope you will join me then. Thx, FrankBy Frank Silverstein
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RICK SALUTIN is the author of Gideon's Bible: A Father and Son Discuss God, the Bible and Life. This is the final episode of Season 1. AuthorTopia will be back in the fall. Do the stories in the Bible push your buttons? For Rick and his son Gideon, God and the characters in the Bible trigger a lot of questions… questions about how God behaves, how …
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ALEX MESSENGER is the author of THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY: SURVIVING A GRIZZLY ATTACK IN THE CANADIAN TUNDRA. It was the trip of a lifetime that Alex says: “Very nearly became the last trip of my lifetime!” In the summer of his final year of high school, Alex and five buddies took a 600 mile canoe trip into the Arctic Circle. During a short hike he acci…
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BRADLEY NATHANSON is the author of AMERICAN DEPARTURES: THE CURIOUS PLIGHT OF A UNIQUELY PRIVILEGED QUIETLY DESPERATE BABY BOOMER. He recalls his days as a young man, when reality seemed far stranger than what he imagined, and what he did imagine never quite matched reality. Brad talks to retired TV news producer Frank Silverstein about crawling in…
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Menachem Kaiser: The Truth is Much Weirder...
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MENACHEM KAISER is the author of PLUNDER: A MEMOIR ABOUT FAMILY PROPERTY AND NAZI TREASURE. Family histories are never simple, and as he discovered, they can be a lot stranger than the cherished bedtime stories told by our elders. Menachem tells retired news producer Frank Silverstein about how a light-hearted jaunt to his grandfather’s birthplace …
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Laurie Rosenwald: How to Make Mistakes on Purpose
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LAURIE ROSENWALD is the author of “HOW TO MAKE MISTAKES ON PURPOSE” and the forthcoming memoir: “MEMWAH.” She explains how to make the best of lucky accidents and laugh at all the others. Laurie talks to retired tv news producer Frank Silverstein about her remarkable great-grandfather Julius Rosenwald, founder of Sears, who built thousands of schoo…
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Alisha Fernandez Miranda: Test Driving her Dreams
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ALISHA FERNANDEZ MIRANDA is the author of “My What If Year”. She took a year off from her family and her job to test-drive her dream for a different kind of life. Alisha talks to former news producer Frank Silverstein about how she reached the age of 40, seemed to have it all with a wonderful husband, two happy children, and a successful business s…
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STEVEN HELLER is the author of “GROWING UP UNDERGROUND: A Memoir of Counterculture New York”. He recounts his escapades breaking the rules in the hippie world of writers, artists and underground porno publishers of the 1960s. Steve talks to former news producer Frank Silverstein about how his pugnacious adventures irritating authorities led him to …
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Erika Krouse: The Secret to Spotting Dark Secrets
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ERIKA KROUSE is the author of "Tell Me Everything". She talks about becoming a private investigator in a college sports scandal and then discovering she cannot avoid investigating a dark secret of her own.By Frank Silverstein
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TESSA FONTAINE is the author of “THE ELECTRIC WOMAN: A Story in Death Defying Acts”. She tells of her days spent on the road with a traveling carnival sideshow. Tessa talks with former news producer Frank Silverstein about how she learned to eat fire, hypnotize snakes and charm the money from the pockets of total strangers. She also explains how th…
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Daniella Mestyanek Young: Life Lessons from a Religious Sex Cult
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DANIELLA MESTYANEK YOUNG is the author of “UNCULTURED: A Memoir”. She tells a harrowing story about growing up among pedophiles in the notorious Children of God sex cult, escaping at the age of 15, and eventually joining the US Army. Daniella talks to former news producer Frank Silverstein about being completely unprepared for life in an American p…
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If your ears perk up when you hear at a remarkable real-life story, AuthorTopia is for you. Starting April 10, this podcast will bring first-person adventures and stories told by people who have written about the surprising twists and turns their lives have taken. AuthorTopia is hosted by Frank Silverstein, a former network TV news producer.…
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