Ranked #1
Bertrand On Books | Adam Grant “Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World”
Bertrand On Books | Adam Grant “Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World”
How many bad ideas have you had today? Wharton School of Business professor Adam Grant says the more the merrier, or ori... Read more
11 Apr 2016
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Ranked #2
Bertrand On Books | Chris Pavone “The Travelers”
Bertrand On Books | Chris Pavone “The Travelers”
Chris Pavone is not your run of the mill espionage writer. Think of it this this way: Pavone writes and about real and c... Read more
25 Mar 2016
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Bertrand On Books | Todd Rose “The End of Average”
Bertrand On Books | Todd Rose “The End of Average”
Did you know the idea of an average person was unheard of until the 19th century? Today, we measure ourselves against t... Read more
5 Mar 2016
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Ranked #4
Novelist Melanie Benjamin
Novelist Melanie Benjamin
Let’s do lunch with the 1960s socialites of New York City. Truman Capote will be there, so will Baby Paley. Novelist Me... Read more
17 Feb 2016
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Ranked #5
Eric Weiner | The Geography of Genius
Eric Weiner | The Geography of Genius
Author Eric Weiner is chasing genius, trying figure out what made Athens or Renaissance Florence tick. For that matter, ... Read more
29 Jan 2016
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Author Rebecca Makkai
Author Rebecca Makkai
Author Rebecca Makkai talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about her short story collection Music for Wartime.
16 Sep 2015
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Ranked #7
Vanessa Diffenbaugh – ‘We Didn’t Ask for Wings’
Vanessa Diffenbaugh – ‘We Didn’t Ask for Wings’
Novelist Vanessa Diffenbaugh adopted her son when he was 25-years-old. That’s not surprising at all if you know her. Di... Read more
29 Aug 2015
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Ranked #8
Author: Jami Attenberg
Author: Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg, author of The Middlesteins talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about her latest novel: Saint Mazie.
25 Aug 2015
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Author: Sara Paretsky
Author: Sara Paretsky
Pet coke, crooked politicians and corruption at Wrigley Field: today’s news or a new Sara Paretsky novel? Sara talks wit... Read more
15 Aug 2015
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Ranked #10
Kitchens of the Great Midwest
Kitchens of the Great Midwest
Ryan Stradal’s debut novel Kitchens of the Great Midwest is getting rave reviews and it’s no wonder. He walks with Stev... Read more
8 Aug 2015
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Ranked #11
Michel Faber – ‘The Book of Strange New Things’
Michel Faber – ‘The Book of Strange New Things’
Michel Faber talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about The Book of Strange New Things, a fantastical novel set in another... Read more
18 Jul 2015
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Ranked #12
Living next door to Harper Lee – Marja Mills shares with Steve Bertrand
Living next door to Harper Lee – Marja Mills shares with Steve Bertrand
With the release of Harper Lee’s novel Go Set a Watchman, Steve Bertrand on Books gets the lowdown on Harper and Alice L... Read more
11 Jul 2015
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Ranked #13
Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about the pull of parents, the secrets of Devil’s Island and Ronald Reag... Read more
27 Jun 2015
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Ranked #14
Wintrust Business Lunch: 6/20/15: Will Flanagan, Jon Hansen, Tom Gimbel, Esther Dairiam
Wintrust Business Lunch: 6/20/15: Will Flanagan, Jon Hansen, Tom Gimbel, Esther Dairiam
Steve Bertrand talks Uber with Will Flanagan of Chicago Inno. Then, DNA Info Chicago’s Jon Hansen talks resources and th... Read more
20 Jun 2015
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Ranked #15
Michael Alan Peck
Michael Alan Peck
Michael Alan Peck is the winner of the 2015 Soon to Be Famous Authors Project. He talks with Steve Bertrand on Books abo... Read more
20 Jun 2015
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Ranked #16
The Governor’s Wife by Michael Harvey
The Governor’s Wife by Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey knows Chicago. The former CBS news producer proves that time and again with his hard-boiled Michael Kelly... Read more
13 Jun 2015
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Ranked #17
Mary Morris: The Jazz Palace
Mary Morris: The Jazz Palace
Mary Morris talks Jazz, Al Capone and Chicago in the days of Prohibition with Steve Bertrand on Books. It’s all in her n... Read more
9 Jun 2015
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Ranked #18
Maz Jobrani: I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One on TV
Maz Jobrani: I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One on TV
Maz Jobrani is an Iranian-born, American comedian who is looks at his life with both comedy and introspection in his mem... Read more
30 May 2015
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Ranked #19
OTL: Tribute to WGN Radio Walk of Fame 2015 inductee Steve Bertrand
OTL: Tribute to WGN Radio Walk of Fame 2015 inductee Steve Bertrand
In honor of yesterday’s WGN Radio Walk of Fame Class of 2015 induction, OTL host Mike Stephen debuts an audio vignette t... Read more
30 May 2015
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Ranked #20
Kazuo Ishiguro – ‘The Buried Giant’
Kazuo Ishiguro – ‘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 impo... Read more
23 May 2015
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