Host Diana Korte speaks with Artis Henderson whose newest title, “NO ORDINARY BIRD. Drug Smuggling, a Plane Crash, and a Daughter's Quest for the Truth,” is a page-turning true crime book based on personal history, interviews with long-lost family members (and co-conspirators), along with government records.

They all illuminate the life of her experienced pilot dad, Lamar Chester, who died in his private plane that was very likely sabotaged—and what lead up to that event. The author who was 5 years old then was with him, but survived with injuries.

Her father had been one of the biggest marijuana smugglers in Miami in the 1970s. At the time of his death, he was about to testify in a US trial that had swept up politicians, a prime minister, and Colombian drug cartels. But the deeper Artis digs, the more unexpected the story becomes.

Host Diana Korte speaks with Bill McKibben, environmental activist and author of some 20 books. His newest title is “HERE COMES THE SUN. A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization.”

Largely unnoticed by many of us is the rapid rise of power from the sun around the world. The cost of alternative energy—sun & wind—has fallen below the price of fossil fuels.

Globally, every 18 hours, people install solar panels equivalent to a coal-fired power plant. This is faster than any energy transition in history & it may be the only remaining chance to slow down the rapid heating of the earth.

From war-torn Ukraine to Pakistan and Texas, listen in to hear about the people and places creating the world-wide revolution in sun power.

Georgia Hunter's first historical novel, “We Were the Lucky Ones” was born of her quest to uncover her family's staggering history.

The book’s chapters are written in the voices of her ancestors, most of whom were in Poland at the beginning of World War II when 3 generations still gathered at the dining room table. By the end of the war, they had scattered to five continents.

This book has been published in 20 languages and adapted into a critically acclaimed TV series. Georgia Hunter and I met for this conversation in 2018.

Her newest historical novel is "One Good Thing."