On this edition of Conversations, Rachel Lance talks with host Dan Skinner about “In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine.” Lance is a biomedical engineer who specializes in patterns of injury and trauma. She works as an Assistant Consulting Professor at Duke University, where she conducts research at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology. 

On this edition of Conversations, Robert J. Sawyer talks with host Dan Skinner about his latest novel, “The Oppenheimer Alternative.” Sawyer is one of only eight writers in history to win all three of science fiction’s highest awards: The Hugo, The Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. The novel is an alternate history about the men who invented the atomic bomb. 

On this edition of Conversations, Roshani Chokshi talks with host Dan Skinner about her latest book in the Pandava series, “Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes.” Chokshi is the author of the best-selling Young Adult books, “The Star-Touched Queen” and “The Gilded Wolves.” She also wrote two previous books in the Pandava series, “Aru Shah and the End of Time” and its sequel, “Aru Shah and the Song of Death.” 

On this edition of Conversations, Margaret Andersen talks with host Dan Skinner about "Getting Smart About Race: An American Conversation." Andersen is a professor at the University of Delaware and the author of several books including "Race in Society," "The Enduring American Dilemma" and "Race and Ethnicity in Society," among others. 

On this edition of Conversations, Ben Oliver talks with host Dan Skinner about “The Loop,” his first full-length Young Adult novel. Oliver grew up in Scotland and attended the University of Stirling but spent most of his time trying to write a novel. "The Loop" is the first novel in a trilogy. The book has also been optioned for a television series.