Episodios

  • Steve Bertrand on Books: Dr. Ashely Alker and Aaron Brown

    Steve Bertrand on Books: Dr. Ashely Alker and Aaron Brown
    Feb 25 2026
    How about we get a few chuckles from the emergency room? Dr. Ashely Alker takes a light-“hearted” look at how we die in “99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them”. It’s actually a fun read with a very personal origin story. Ashely’s mom was diagnosed with a serious illness and the family couldn’t […]
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  • Steve Bertrand on Books: Charles Finch and Sophie Vershbow

    Steve Bertrand on Books: Charles Finch and Sophie Vershbow
    Feb 18 2026
    Why is it we’re so drawn to Victorian novels? Charles Finch has some ideas. He’s the author behind the Charles Lenox detective series. His novel The Hidden City was a hit last year. Charles is also a respected book critic. That’s a job that comes with some heavy responsibility. He talks about that and about […]
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  • Steve Bertrand on Books: Brad Meltzer and Adithi Ramakrishnan

    Steve Bertrand on Books: Brad Meltzer and Adithi Ramakrishnan
    Feb 11 2026
    In this episode of Steve Bertrand on Books, Steve talks with author Brad Meltzer. Brad has succeeded in every type of writing he’s explored, including television, non-fiction and even children’s books, but he’s best known for his thrillers. Brad is currently on the New York Times best seller list with The Viper. In the interview, […]
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  • Steve Bertrand’s 2015 visit with Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro

    Steve Bertrand’s 2015 visit with Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro
    Oct 5 2017
    British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has been named the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2015, he spoke with WGN Radio’s Steve Bertrand about his novel The Buried Giant: Kazuo Ishiguro, who has won the Man Booker Prize and been awarded the O.B.E., has been called one of Britain’s most important living novelists. […]
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  • Bertrand On Books | Alan Furst, A Hero of France

    Bertrand On Books | Alan Furst, A Hero of France
    Jun 10 2016
    The New York Times has called Alan Furst “America’s preeminent spy novelist.” His new book, A Hero of France, about the French Resistance, is the first in a long time set during the war years, rather than the eve of World War II. He talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about the novel and about […]
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  • Bertrand On Books | Stephen Coss ‘The Fever of 1721’

    Bertrand On Books | Stephen Coss ‘The Fever of 1721’
    Apr 29 2016
    Let’s go back to Boston in 1721. Historian Stephen Coss says it was one of the most influential years in U.S. history. And why not: We meet a young Ben Franklin, a chastised Cotton Mather and the beginning American arguments over faith and science. You’ll be surprised by who is on which side. Coss talks […]
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  • Bertrand on Books | Anna Quindlen “Miller’s Valley”

    Bertrand on Books | Anna Quindlen “Miller’s Valley”
    Apr 18 2016
    Anna Quindlen has been telling us what we’re thinking, or maybe how we’re thinking, for decades. First as a columnist for Newsweek and the New York Times and now as a novelist. She talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about her latest novel “Miller’s Valley,” with stops along the way about what it means to […]
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  • Bertrand On Books | Adam Grant “Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World”

    Bertrand On Books | Adam Grant “Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World”
    Apr 11 2016
    How many bad ideas have you had today? Wharton School of Business professor Adam Grant says the more the merrier, or original anyway. In his book Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World, Grant looks at what makes a truly original thinker. Bad ideas can be a good sign. Much more in this interview with Steve […]
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