A Conversation with Historian Jonathan Alter

Published: July 22, 2021, 10:30 p.m.

b'Wherein the narrator speaks with the author of one of his favorite books from the past year, HIS VERY BEST, a comprehensive and propulsive biography of Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States.\\n\\nAlso, in the monologue at the top of the show: Jimmy Carter, "Third Accidental President"; that maybe Carter\'s downfall is foretold in the triumph of ROCKY over TAXI DRIVER at the 1977 Academy Awards; Grimm fairy tales, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, and Reagan.'