Victoria Gotti is a bestselling author, columnist, and television personality who built a writing career while growing up in one of New York’s most widely known families. The daughter of John Gotti, she became a novelist and a prominent gossip columnist at the New York Post, publishing several books and appearing frequently in television and media. Despite the intense public scrutiny surrounding her family name, Gotti established herself as a writer with her own voice and perspective.

On this episode, Kevin and Victoria discuss her path into writing and journalism, the challenges of building a media career while her family was constantly in the public spotlight, the ethics and realities of gossip reporting, and her personal memories of her father and life behind one of New York’s most talked-about families.

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Dan Barry is an award-winning journalist, author, and longtime columnist for The New York Times. A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter and recipient of the Mike Berger Award for narrative journalism, Barry is known for his deeply human storytelling and his acclaimed “This Land” columns that explore the people and character of America. He is also the author of several books, including “Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball’s Longest Game” and “The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland.”

On this episode, Kevin and Dan discuss the legacy and influence of Jimmy Breslin, the discipline and grind behind great newspaper writing, the craft of finding stories others miss, and the humanity and responsibility at the heart of journalism.

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Carl Hiaasen is a bestselling novelist and longtime Miami Herald columnist known for his sharp satire, environmental advocacy, and fearless political commentary. Over a career spanning more than three decades in newspapers, Hiaasen built a reputation for channeling outrage into incisive columns while also crafting wildly popular Florida-set novels filled with eccentric characters and biting humor.

On this episode, Kevin and Carl discuss the role of anger and outrage in great column writing, the changing culture of modern journalism, press freedom in the Trump era, and how fiction can sometimes reveal deeper truths than the daily news.

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