2025
September 19: WHEELS Museum, Albuquerque NM. I’ll be speaking on The Capitol.
October 4: The Santa Fe Puppet Fest, Santa Fe, NM. Keynote speaker, discussing Jim Henson.
October 23: Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington, DC. Discussing the life and work of Jim Henson, alongside Henson Company Archives Director Karen Falk.
October 24: Politics & Prose, Washington, DC. Discussing The Capitol, in conversation with biographer, historian, and novelist David O. Stewart
October 31: Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, LA. Featured author.
2026
January: Great Lives, Fredericksburg, VA. Lecturing on the Capitol.
Podcasts
I’m always doing plenty of podcasts, so I hope you’ll catch me on two or three. Or five.
Here are just a few on which I’ve appeared in the past:
The BIO Podcast from Biographers International Organization:
– In conversation with Tim Greiving, biographer of John Williams
– In conversation with Dan Nadel, biographer of R. Crumb
– In conversation with Jessica Max Stein, biographer of Richard Hunt
– In conversation with Dean King, biographer of John Muir
NPR: Discussing the Jim Henson Exhibit in San Francisco with Dave Goelz and curator Heidi Rabben
Kermitment: A Muppet Podcast (Sex & Violence episode)
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk
Additionally, I’m proud to have made multiple appearances on the Bayard Rustin Social Justice Power Hour. You can find more here.