Media Heat: Opus Dei Opus

This morning on the Today Show: John L. Allen, Jr., author of Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church (Doubleday, $24.95, 0385514492).

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Today Dr. Phil makes the rounds of the Today Show, the Early Show and the View, helping people find his new book, Love Smart: Find the One You Want--Fix the One You Got (Free Press, $26, 0743272099).

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Today on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show:

  • William Loren Katz, author of The Black West: A Documentary and Pictoral History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States (Harlem Moon, $17.95, 0767912314).
  • Brent Runyon on why he set himself on fire when he was 14 as recounted in his The Burn Journals (Vintage, $12.95, 1400096421).
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Today WAMU's Diane Rehm Show seeks clarity from Larry Beinhart, author of Fog Facts: Searching for the Truth in the Land of Spin (Nation Books, $22, 1560257679).

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On Saturday NPR's Only a Game, featured Jennifer Woodlief, author of Ski to Die: The Bill Johnson Story (Emmis Books, $22.95, 1578602483, $22.95).

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