The Colbert Report talks to Laird Hamilton, author of Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul, And, of Course, Surfing (Rodale, ISBN 978-1609611026). Hamilton, called the world's greatest big-wave surfer, explains how he achieves fitness in mind, body, soul, and surfing.

Michael Waldman, author of My Fellow Americans (Sourcebooks, ISBN 978-1402243677), is on Good Morning America.

The Leonard Lopate Show features New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman and writers Karen Russell and David Bezmosgis, who discuss the fiction in 20 Under 40: Stories from The New Yorker (FSG, ISBN 978-0374532871); and Phoebe Hoban, author of Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty (St. Martin’s, ISBN 978-0312607487).

Nicholas Dodman will discuss Good Old Dog: Expert Advice for Keeping Your Aging Dog Happy, Healthy, and Comfortable (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 978-0-547-23282-9), on NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show.

Due to the nature of live programming, scheduling is subject to change.

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