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Host Louis Meyers, MD, discusses with author Terri Thal, author of "My Greenwich Village: Dave, Bob and Me." Terri was Boby Dylan's first manager.

Host Louis Meyers, MD, discusses with author Meryl Gordon her book "The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington’s Most Famous Hostess".

A deeply researched biography of the socialite, political hostess, activist and United States envoy to Luxembourg, Perle Mesta, from New York Times bestselling author Meryl Gordon.

Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday, this wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very close to three presidents–Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. Truman named her as the first female envoy to Luxembourg, which inspired the hit musical based on Perle’s life – “Call Me Madam” – which starred Ethel Merman, ran on Broadway for two years and later became a movie. A pioneering supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, she was a prodigious Democratic fundraiser and rescued Harry Truman’s financially flailing 1948 campaign.

In this intensely researched biography, author Meryl Gordon chronicles Perle’s lavish life and society adventures in Newport, Manhattan and Washington, while highlighting her important, but nearly forgotten contribution to American politics and the feminist movement.   

For more information visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/books/review/the-woman-who-knew-everyone-meryl-gordon.html

Host Louis Meyers, MD, discusses with author Bill Schubart about his writing. Bill Schubart is a literary fiction writer who writes about Vermont in fiction, humor, and opinion pieces. He was born in New York City.

For more information visit: https://schubart.com/

From Melinda Moulton:

Win Smith was Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch following in his father’s footsteps who was one of the founders of the company. Win stepped down in 2001. He is an entrepreneur, private investor, and was the chair and CEO of Summit Ventures which owned and operated Sugarbush Resort in Warren Vermont until 2020. Win retired in September 2020 to pursue many of his passions. In 2022 Win was awarded the National Ski Areas Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and on Dec. 14th of this year Win Smith was inducted on to the Sugarbush Wall of Fame. He has written a book "Catching Lightning In A Bottle" How Merrill Lynch Revolutionized the Financial World.