Tonight, HBO Films premieres Too Big to Fail, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring William Hurt, Ed Asner, and Paul Giamatti. The tie-in book is Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Penguin mti edition, 978-0143120278).

Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:

  • Sarah Burns, whose The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding (Knopf, 978-0307266149) pubbed last week.
  • Ultra-long-distance runner Robin Harvie explained The Lure of Long Distances: Why We Run (PublicAffairs, 978-1610390200).

On NPR’s Talk of the Nation, journalist Bill Moyers continued promoting Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues (The New Press, 978-1595586247), just out last week.

The Nate Berkus Show chatted with Daphne Oz, author of The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works (Newmarket Press, 978-1557049155).

Authors on tonight’s Tavis Smiley:

  • Pulitzer winner James B. Stewart, author of Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff (Penguin, 978-1594202698).
  • Musician Steve Earle, with his debut novel I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0618820962).

On Saturday, HealthRadio’s You The Owner's Manual w/ Dr. Michael Roizen hosted celebrity chef Rick Tramonto, whose new memoir is Scars of a Chef: The Searing Story of a Top Chef Marked Forever by the Grit and Grace of Life in the Kitchen (Tyndale, 978-1414331621).

Saturday’s Huckabee featured Max Lucado discussing Max on Life: Answers & Insights to Your Most Important Questions (Thomas Nelson, 978-0849948121).

Also on Saturday, NPR’s Only a Game interviewed John J Miller, author of The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football (Harper, 978-0061744501).

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

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