Joseph Wambaugh Cop writer
Wambaugh changed the flavor of police shows from Adam-12 to gritty reality.
From This is True for 2 March 2025
writing
Book, article, TV & film writers, and journalists.
Molly Holzschlag Open web proponent
Holzschlag was a proponent of the Open Web. What’s that?
From This is True for 10 September 2023
Ronald Numbers Historian of religion
“I started out with: How much can I explain without invoking God? Of course that got me into trouble in some quarters.”
From This is True for 30 July 2023
Harold Kushner Writer rabbi
It resonated strongly with readers in part because it was so real, and recommended by many Protestant clergy.
From This is True for 30 April 2023
Lenny Lipton 3D film innovator
Best known as the lyricist for “Puff the Magic Dragon” but should be known for pioneering film projection technology.
From This is True for 16 October 2022
Ann Turner Cook The baby-faced
Cook’s face had been printed on billions of labels to sell products, but wasn’t allowed to acknowledge that the face was hers.
From This is True for 5 June 2022
Barbara Hall Puzzler
She made newspaper puzzles over seven decades, and was Britain’s longest serving crossword compiler.
From This is True for 25 April 2022
Leslie Bricusse Songwriter
Bricusse said he is “one of the luckiest people I know, second only perhaps to Ringo Starr.”
From This is True for 24 October 2021
James Loewen Sociological historian
Loewen found that history textbooks lie — a lot.
From This is True for 29 August 2021
Joseph Galloway War Correspondent
The research and writing took 10 years, because they wanted to conduct interviews to illustrate every possible angle.
From This is True for 22 August 2021