AuthorTopia Episode #6

LAURIE ROSENWALD is the author of HOW TO MAKE MISTAKES ON PURPOSE and the forthcoming memoir: MEMWAH.  She explains how to make the best of lucky accidents and laugh at all the others. 

Laurie talks to retired tv news producer Frank Silverstein about her remarkable great-grandfather Julius Rosenwald, founder of Sears, who built thousands of schools for African Americans in the Jim Crow South; her grandmother’s decision not to use her ticket for a voyage on the Titanic; and her own dramatic voyage through the colorful world of art and entertainment in New York City.

These are vibrant tales from a brassy New York woman.

AuthorTopia: Episode #4

STEVEN HELLER: BORN TO BE WILD

STEVEN HELLER is the author of “GROWING UP UNDERGROUND: A Memoir of Counterculture New York”. He recounts his escapades breaking the rules in the hippie world of writers, artists and underground porno publishers of the 1960s.

Steve talks to former news producer Frank Silverstein about how his pugnacious adventures irritating authorities led him to become one himself as one of the leading writers and educators in today’s graphics industry. He also talks about how today’s ‘alt-right’ movement has adopted many the tricks pioneered by his lefty activists pals, decades ago.

These are colorful tales from a classic New York character.