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All Sides with Amy JuravichLife and legacy of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart is highlighted in new bookIn a new book, author Laurie Gwen Shapiro details Amelia Earhart's life, legacy and marriage to a shameless promoter that ultimately sealed her fate.2025-07-2351 minAll Sides with Amy JuravichLife and legacy of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart is highlighted in new bookIn a new book, author Laurie Gwen Shapiro details Amelia Earhart's life, legacy and marriage to a shameless promoter that ultimately sealed her fate.2025-07-2351 min
History Nerds UnitedLaurie Gwen Shapiro Talks Amelia Earhart, Her Husband George Putnam, and the Making of an American IconSend us a textLet's take to the skies! Laurie Gwen Shapiro joins me to talk The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon. Buy The Aviator and the ShowmanCheck out Laurie's websiteSupport the show2025-07-2254 min
Let's Talk TenEP. #55 – DOCUMENTARIES with Laurie Gwen ShapiroThey say that truth is stranger than fiction. Great documentaries have proven that they can be even more compelling and entertaining than anything your average Hollywood screenwriter could dream up. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker and writer/journalist LAURIE GWEN SHAPIRO – whose already-bestselling book “THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN” has been released to critical raves – joins Dan for an informed, freewheeling conversation about their favorite docs. From coal mines and rock concerts…to a decaying mansion, the Supreme Court, and way beyond…these are amazing stories told by fascinating people -- and they all really happened.Support the show2025-07-211h 05
The Untapped New York PodcastAmelia Earhart's NYC HauntsWe’re kicking off season 4 of the Untapped New York Podcast with New York City literary sensation, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, whose newest book The Aviator and the Showman, just came out about Amelia Earhart’s relationship with publisher George Putnam, which set her on a collision course with fate. Because we’re a New York City obsessed podcast, we’ll be talking with Laurie about all of Amelia’s New York City connections (There are many!)If you love to go behind the scenes and into NYC's' most hidden and secret places, you should jump onto some of our mos...2025-07-1641 min
Chasing EarhartThe Aviator & the Showman: A Conversation with Laurie Gwen ShapiroSo much of Amelia Earhart’s story lives in the spaces between facts—the hours unaccounted for, the voices never heard again, the enigmatic whispers of survival. Those unanswered questions keep us chasing, keep us listening for what might still be found.
Over this rebrand, we’ve traced radio logs, scoured sonar scans off remote atolls, sat with the families who watched the world collectively hold its breath in July of 1937. We’ve pushed beyond accepted timelines, challenged the orthodox accounts. Each step has carried us further from the airport in Oakland and closer to the moment when time its...2025-07-161h 26
Ipse DixitLaurie Gwen Shapiro on Amelia Earhart & Historical ResearchIn this episode, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, a writer and filmmaker, discusses her new book, "The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon," which is published by Viking. Shapiro reflects on the process of researching and writing the book, and shares many fascinating stories and anecdotes about Amelia Earhart's life. She also describes her approach to historical research, and how she managed to uncover so much new information about an American icon. Shapiro is on Twitter and Bluesky.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Professor of L...2025-07-1551 min
Wild Precious LifeThe Art Spy with Michelle YoungMichelle Young is an award-winning writer and journalist, and the author of the narrative non-fiction book The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland, which is longlisted for the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award. In today’s episode, Annmarie and Michelle talk about Rose Valland, an unsung hero of the French war effort, and how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the world’s most treasured masterpieces.
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The Aviation ShowThe Aviator and the Showman with Laurie Gwen ShapiroThe life and legacy of Amelia Earhart are framed by her disappearance on July 2, 1937. However, in her new book, The Aviator and the Showman, author Laurie Gwen Shapiro examines Earhart's remarkable accomplishments beyond her mysterious disappearance in 1937, focusing on her pioneering role in aviation and the significant impact of her marriage to George Putnam. Shapiro reveals how their relationship shaped their public personas, examining the dynamics of celebrity and media influence during the Jazz Age. Buy The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon by Laurie Gwen S...2025-07-071h 05
Press Play with Madeleine BrandREIT evictions fall hard on Black Angelenos, study finds
Immigration detention and enforcement may be getting around $150 billion in additional funding over the next four years. What will that go to?
Some Black tenants are disproportionately being evicted by Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in LA, a new UCLA study finds. KCRW hears from two sisters who’ve experienced this.
Amelia Earhart is known as a pioneering aviator who died tragically — her remains are likely still lying in the Pacific Ocean. However, her choice to circumnavigate the globe was reckless, says author Laurie Gwen Shapiro.
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Very Special EpisodesAn Artificial ChristmasWho's the artificial Christmas tree king? Meet Si Spiegel, a Jewish kid from New York with a remarkable, improbable Christmas story. Si's story was first brought to light by Laurie Gwen Shapiro in her 2021 New York Times feature, "He Bombed the Nazis, Outwitted the Soviets, and Modernized Christmas." Laurie Gwen Shapiro kindly shared her extensive notes for this episode. Her next book, The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon, will be published by Viking in July 2025. Learn more at LaurieGwenShapiro.com.ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL THANKS2024-12-2037 min
Biographers in ConversationLaurie Gwen Shapiro: The Stowaway. A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to AntarcticaHere’s what you’ll discover in this episode:
In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Laurie Gwen Shapiro chats with Gabriella about the choices she made while writing The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica, the true story of Billy Gawronski, a New York teenager who stowed away on a ship bound for Antarctica in 1928.
Laurie Gwen Shapiro shares with us her inspiration for writing The Stowaway.
Laurie reveals in vivid detail, Billy Gawronski’s determination, after three failed attempts, to travel on the first American expedition to Antarctica since 1840.
She also explains w...2024-08-2138 min
The Lives They're LivingLaurie Gwen Shapiro on Abigail ThomasLaurie Gwen Shapiro is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist whose writing has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, New York, the Daily Beast, and many other publications. Her documentary film awards include an Independent Spirit Award for directing IFC's Keep the River on Your Right and an Emmy nomination for HBO's Finishing Heaven. Her forthcoming book is Amelia and George--"Amelia" being Amelia Earhart. Abigail Thomas is a novelist and memoirist, and probably the best writer you've never heard of.Photo © Jennifer Waddell Photography 2024-05-0729 min
ADDITIONAL HISTORY: Headlines You Probably MissedMINI - November 29, 1929Back in the 1920s it seemed that everyone sought adventure, and attempting to stowaway on ships was a popular trend. In today's mini episode, I'll tell you about a determined teenager who made it all the way to Antarctica by doing this.
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“City of New York (1885 Ship).” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, March 6, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_New_York_(1885_ship).
“Cpt William G Gawronski (1910-1981).” Find a Grave. Accessed April 6, 2023. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173822280/william-g-gawronski.
“Fumigation Kills 7 Stowaways In Hold of Steamer.” The Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), Augus...2023-04-1326 min
CityscapeDorothy Parker's Ashes Find a Home in the Bronx"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses." It’s a quip attributed to writer, poet and critic Dorothy Parker. She also once said “a silver cord ties me tight to my city.” Her city being New York City. Dorothy Parker lived an extraordinary life in the Big Apple, but what happened after she died is also extraordinary. It’s a story that was literally put to rest this summer amidst the coronavirus pandemic. More than 53 years after her death, Dorothy Parker’s ashes were interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. It’s a tale...2020-10-2830 minCityscapeDorothy Parker's Ashes Find a Home in the Bronx"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses." It’s a quip attributed to writer, poet and critic Dorothy Parker. She also once said “a silver cord ties me tight to my city.” Her city being New York City. Dorothy Parker lived an extraordinary life in the Big Apple, but what happened after she died is also extraordinary. It’s a story that was literally put to rest this summer amidst the coronavirus pandemic. More than 53 years after her death, Dorothy Parker’s ashes were interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. It’s a tale...2020-10-2830 min
Political GabfestRageWhat Trump knew about the virus, DOJ’s move to end E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit, and Matthew Yglesias on One Billion Americans.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Rage by Bob WoodwardThe Washington Post: “32 Times Trump Said the Coronavirus Would Go Away”One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger by Matthew YglesiasHere are this week’s cocktail chatters:Emily: Jaclyn Peiser for the Washington Post: “A Black Seventh...2020-09-111h 08
The Perks Of Being A Book Lover PodcastEp. 44 Postcards From The Edge of Reading with Anita MartinWe probably all have memories of picking up a 25 cent postcard at a cheesy souvenir shop on a summer vacation to send to a friend or family member back home. The first postcard was invented by an Englishman in 1840 but now these iconic colorful cards have whole websites, youtube videos, and pinterest boards devoted to them with themes such as the best ways to write a meaningful message in just a few lines, postcards as a writing process, and 8 reasons you should be sending postcards right now.
Our guest today, Anita Martin, puts much time and energy...2020-05-0657 min
Biographers International OrganizationPodcast Episode #3 – Laurie Gwen ShapiroIn this week’s episode, we interview Laurie Gwen Shapiro, author of The Stowaway: A Young. Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica. This interview was recorded during BIO’s May 2018 annual conference in New […]2019-03-1521 min
PEN America2018 PEN World Voices Festival: Still, They PersistedDiscover new voices in resistance literature and hear writers Sharon Bala, Marcos Aguinis, and Ayse Kulin share their stories of epic feats of persistence. Sharon Bala’s boatload of Sri Lankan refugees lands in Canada but instead of receiving sanctuary, they are imprisoned because of fears that their group includes terrorists; their quest for freedom moves to the courts. Aguinis shares an extraordinary story of resistance during the Spanish Inquisition. In Without a Country, Kulin’s characters flee Nazi Germany and find safe haven in Turkey. The authors discuss the common theme in their novels, the almost superhuman effort of indi...2018-05-0258 min
Read Learn Live PodcastThe Stowaway - Ep 31 with Laurie Gwen ShapiroThe Stowaway is a spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York’s Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties’ most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica. It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great War was over and American optimism was higher than the stock market. What better moment to launch an expedition to Antarctica, the planet’s final frontier? There wouldn’t be another encounter with an unknown this magnificent until Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon. Everyone wanted in on the adv...2018-01-311h 11
Read Learn Live PodcastThe Stowaway – Ep 31 with Laurie Gwen ShapiroThe Stowaway is the spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York’s Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties’ most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica.It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great War was over and American optimism was higher than the stock market. What better moment to launch an expedition to Antarctica, the planet’s final frontier? There wouldn’t be another encounter with an unknown this magnificent until Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon.Eve...2018-01-311h 11
History Author ShowLaurie Gwen Shapiro – The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to AntarcticaJanuary 29, 2018 - Our time machine heads south to the other land down under for a chilly Jazz Age adventure. Our guide on this journey is Laurie Gwen Shapiro who brings us the story of a scrappy Polish-American kid from Manhattan's Lower East Side, who explores the Roaring '20s final frontier. Her book is The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica. It's the spectacular, true story of Billy Gawronski who snuck onto the flagship of famed explorer Richard E. Byrd, demanding a place among the crew and on the pages of history. Laurie Gwen Shapiro is a na...2018-01-2955 min
History Author ShowLaurie Gwen Shapiro – The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to AntarcticaJanuary 29, 2018 - Our time machine heads south to the other land down under for a chilly Jazz Age adventure. Our guide on this journey is Laurie Gwen Shapiro who brings us the story of a scrappy Polish-American kid from Manhattan's Lower East Side, who explores the Roaring '20s final frontier. Her book is The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica. It's the spectacular, true story of Billy Gawronski who snuck onto the flagship of famed explorer Richard E. Byrd, demanding a place among the crew and on the pages of history.
Laurie Gwen Shapiro is a na...2018-01-2955 min
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Author: Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Narrator: Jacques Roy
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
Release date: January 16, 2018
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Author: Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Narrator: Jacques Roy
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Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
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Title: The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
Author: Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Narrator: Jacques Roy
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
Release date: January 16, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 20
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Author: Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Narrator: Jacques Roy
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Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
Release date: 01-16-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 117 ratings
Genres: Adventurers, Explorers & Survival
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