Kicking off the week is author of Sinatra and Me, Tony Oppedisano—aka “Tony O”— a former professional musician and singer who went on to become an award-winning producer, served as a member of Frank Sinatra’s management team, and also managed comedian Don Rickles. Tony was only twenty-one when he first met and befriended Frank Sinatra. Tony later became the singer’s best friend and road manager, a contributor to two of Sinatra’s platinum albums, and a producer of the documentary To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100. Tony grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and currently lives in Los Angeles. https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Tony-Oppedisano/171537030
We're talking true crime with Stuart Sobel, longtime journalist and ghost writer of multiple martial art books. This first time author in the genre of ‘True Crime’ was given a rare opportunity for the inside scoop of as yet, a still unsolved gangland killing, that of the notorious mobster “Bugsy” Siegel. That opportunity was offered from a boyhood friend, Robbie Sedway. Sobel was to chronicle Sedway’s parents’ full story. Bee Sedway, Robbie’s mother, married to Mobster “Little” Moe Sedway, revealed the killing of their best friend, Siegel. Sobel interviewed Bee Sedway for almost eight years before she passed away.
Also joining the program today is author of DISRUPTING DIGNITY: Rethinking Power and Progress in LGBTQ Lives - STEPHEN M. ENGEL is Professor of Politics at Bates College in Maine and an Affiliated Scholar of the American Bar Foundation. He teaches courses in US constitutional law, American Political Development, and LGBTQ+ politics. He is the author of multiple books including Fragmented Citizens: The Changing Landscape of Gay and Lesbian Lives and American Politicians Confront the Courts: Opposition Politics and Changing Responses to Judicial Power.