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Steve Bertrand on Books

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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”

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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