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Whitey Ford pitched his entire 18-year career with the New York Yankees, and he was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1974. Ann Liguori caught up with the legend at the Museum of Television & Radio in New York City. In this rare interview, Ford speaks candidly about coming up from the minor leagues mid-season in 1950 - playing among legends like Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio in the middle of a 5-year championship streak for the Yankees.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author talks candidly about his celebrated trilogy of novels, and his approach to writing the character of Frank Bascombe over 20-plus years, overthrowing some of his readers' assumptions in the course of the conversation. Symphony Space Artistic Director Isaiah Sheffer interviews Mr. Ford, whose "pitch-perfect voice takes us as close as we can get to experiencing another person's inner life" ( Newsweek).

Listen to insightful interviews with 13 legendary baseball players as master interviewer Ann Liguori, an award-winning luminary in sports broadcasting, discusses achievement and life with baseball heroes. Ann asks baseball heroes about their careers, explores historic stats, finds out what motivates them, digs into the juicy controversies, their screw-ups and a host of other insightful issues that surround each of these record-setting baseball players.

With ISIS’ defeat in Syria looming and Assad’s regime likely to regain the entire country before long, the United States should recognize the limits of its intervention and avoid getting dragged into an endless war. Instead, it should focus its efforts on helping refugees outside Syria.

[Contains explicit content] Ashley sits down with Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, whose debut memoir is Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age. Amani talks Islamophobia, Bad Girls Club and the impact of her website, Muslim Girl, a platform for young Muslim women to make their voices heard in the media.

Ashley sits down with Jade Chang, whose debut novel is The Wangs vs. the World. Chang discusses the process of writing a non-traditional immigrant story, and reads an excerpt from her unpublished first novel that is sure to thrill fans of the musical Hamilton.

Ashley Ford sits down with author James Hannaham, whose books God Says No and Delicious Foods deal with the topics of modern day slavery, sexuality, race, and religion. Hannaham shares his passion for social justice beyond the page, from college days spent at anti-apartheid protests to the fight for LGBTQ rights.

Ashley sits down with Stephanie Danler, whose debut novel Sweetbitter chronicles a young woman’s coming of age while working in a New York City restaurant. Danler reflects on her own time in the food industry, the challenges of writing sex scenes, and the stories we can find in cookbooks.

Ashley Ford sits down with Adelle Waldman, author of New York Times best seller The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. They talk about struggling with picking up the pen after great literary success, and Adelle shares a rejection letter she received for her very first novel--a book that exists only in her drawer.

Ashley Ford sits down with Yaa Gyasi to discuss the release of her first book, Homegoing, a novel tracing the lineage of two Ghanian sisters from colonial to modern times. Gyasi, who immigrated from Ghana, speaks to her own experience of feeling trapped between two identities, somewhere in between Ghanian and African American.

Ashley sits down with author and Guardian columnist Jessica Valenti, whose newest book is Sex Object: A Memoir. Valenti talks motherhood, the memoir genre, and what it means to be a feminist in the real world and online.

Ashley Ford sits down with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, who published her first novel, New York Times best seller The Nest, when she was 55. They talk through the pros and cons of a later literary debut, and Sweeney dissects the process of writing about -- and in spite of -- newfound wealth.

Janet Mock is the author of Redefining Realness - My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More. Mock shares the lessons from her first years: how a Black, trans woman has to over-achieve to be seen, and why she will never regret shedding her anonymity and sharing her story of transition.

Ashley Ford sits down with author Tayari Jones, who is in the midst of finishing up her novel about a Black man who's been wrongfully convicted of a crime. Ashley and Tayari discuss the pressure Black writers experience to write about tough subjects such as racism, mass incarceration and hardship. Tayari Jones brings with her the first story she ever wrote, at the tender age of 15.

Years before the Whispering War, there was a girl named Olivia. Her family murdered, her home destroyed -- a darkness she can't control. Olivia has never quite fit in amongst the lords and ladies of the seas... but things are about to get worse. Forced into the service of a powerful enemy, she must use her gifts to kill. The darkness grows fiercer with every step; each murder drags her closer to edge of villainy. Only one force in the Kingdom might have the power to save her, but she knows it's too late. Olivia has already fallen to the darkness -- into the jaws of a monster she calls The Poison.

Books 1, 2, and the prequel novella of the Fate's Forsaken series. The series follows the adventures of Kael: a young man who is thrust from his home in the Unforgivable Mountains and onto a hero's path. The journey is long, the battles are fierce - nearly all of his companions are outlaws. And Kael's rotten bad luck seems to make everything worse. This is his story.

Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., July 14, 1913-December 26, 2006), was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and was the 40th vice president of the United States, serving from 1973 to 1974 under President Richard Nixon. He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, after Spiro Agnew resigned.

Honoring the unique role that grandparents play, this delightfully heartwarming and down-to-earth book offers more than sixty inspiring suggestions for how you can actively participate in your grandchildren's lives, whether they live down the block or across the country.

Wonderful Ways to Love a Child is a delightfully sweet and down-to-earth guide for parents who want to put love into action and give their children the very best start in life. It's a prescription for strengthening the bond between a parent and child, packed with suggestions and reassurance.

At eighteen, Kara Duncan had already made her fair share of mistakes, choosing the wrong boy and earning herself a bad reputation in the process. Hurt and humiliated, she'd packed up and moved on, sure that everyone in Bella Warren, Arkansas, would be better off without her. She'd planned never to return, but when crisis strikes, she has nowhere else to turn.