Today on Talk of the Nation: Terry Teachout, author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30, 9780151010899/0151010897).
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Tomorrow on Live with Regis & Kelly: Lance Armstrong, author of Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal (Touchstone, $27.99, 9781439173145/1439173141).
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Today on the Diane Rehm Show: Greg Mortenson, author of Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154/0670021156).
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Tomorrow on the View: Mike Huckabee, author of A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories that Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit (Sentinel, $19.95, 9781595230621/1595230629).
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Tomorrow on Tavis Smiley: Malcolm Gladwell, author of What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (Little, Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848/0316075841).
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Tomorrow on the Martha Stewart Show: David Carter, author of White Noise: A Pop-up Book for Children of All Ages (Little Simon, $22.99, 9781416940944/1416940944), who will help Martha create a holiday pop-up centerpiece.
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Tomorrow on KCRW's Bookworm: Tao Lin, author of Shoplifting from American Apparel (Melville House, $13, 9781933633787/1933633786). According to the show: "Although he has had five books published--two novels, a book of stories and two books of poems--Tao Lin is not yet thirty. Yet, for all his industriousness, his work expresses the apathy and emptiness felt by many members of his generation. The name of his blog, Reader of Depressing Books, says it all--or most of it. Here, we discuss the difference between apathy and indifference and the possibility that a Buddhist sense of passive acceptance underlies his work."
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Tomorrow night on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Michael Specter, author of Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives (Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202308/1594202303).