The On The Bookshelf Podcast

interview--WillHazelgrove returns with ”Greed in the Gilded Age”

What did the biggest con artist of the Gilded Age have to do with the wealthiest man in the word, Andrew Carnegie? Actually, nothing, but because she claimed to be his illegitimate daughter, bankers were eager to loan her money with no documentation! It's the true story of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, whose incredible story gives an insider look at the era when America moved from being a nation of farmers to being a nation of city-dwellers & workers.

interview--Haitian-American Pubisher on legal immigration

From June 2022, Trystanne Cunningham talks about her career as a publisher in her adopted nation, the process for becoming an American citizen, and how to help other Haitians stuck at the Mexican border.

interview--100 Fun things to do on Alabama’s Gulf Coast

Journalist and author John Mullen explains 100 varied and fun things to do on vacation no what time of year!

interview--Singer, songwriter Bertie Higgins on his career and 27 albums of music

Best know for his hit "Key Largo", Bertie Higgins shares stories of his life, career, all those albums of music, and how they are now all available for streaming from Time-Life!

review from 2016: ”The Network” the origin of RCA & Radio

Two significant innovators birthed the broadcast world: brilliant inventor Edwin Armstrong and his long-time friend , businessman David Sarnoff. Armstrong's "regeneration device" built on Lee deForest's Audio tube to send radio signals hundreds of miles rather just a few blocks. Sarnoff saw the potential for a national network of radio stations broadcasting to millions of consumers who would buy the radio sets his corporation (RCA) would build. They broke ranks over the significance of Armstrong's newest invention, FM Radio (which would have forced the manufacturers and consumers of AM to discard their sets in favor of a clean static-free sound). Eventually Sarnoff's labs created TV which would use FM for the audio signal, but Armstrong's decades of legal battles with deForest and RCA wore him out . I talk to the author in a podcast from 2016, which cal be found at