On this edition of Conversations, Gordon Javna talks with host Dan Skinner about two books, “Uncle John’s Truth, Trivia, and the Pursuit of Factiness” and “Strange History.” Javna is the editor-in-chief and publisher of the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series.

On this edition of Conversations, Harriet Shugarman talks with host Dan Skinner about “How to Talk to Your Kids about Climate Change: Turning Angst into Action.” Shugarman is Executive Director of ClimateMama… professor of Global Climate Change Policy and World Sustainability… and Chair of the Climate Reality Project, NYC Metro Chapter. 

On this edition of Conversations, J. Chester Johnson talks with host Dan Skinner about “Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and a Story of Reconciliation.” Johnson is a poet, essayist and translator. He also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department under President Jimmy Carter. He has written extensively on race and civil rights. 

On this edition of Conversations, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas talks with host Dan Skinner about “Growing Old: Notes on Aging With Something Like Grace.” Thomas has written 16 books during her half-century-long career. Her fifth book, “The Hidden Life of Dogs,” spent a year on the New York Times bestseller list, and her book on cats, “Tribe of Tiger,” was an international bestseller. At age 88, she decided it was time to write about getting old.

On this edition of Conversations, Charles Johnson joins host Dan Skinner to talk about “GRAND: A Grandparent’s Wisdom for a Happy Life.” Johnson is a novelist, essayist, literary scholar, philosopher, cartoonist, screenwriter, and professor emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle.