Friday, December 28, on Chelsea Lately: Kevin Pollak, co-author of How I Slept My Way to the Middle: Secrets and Stories from Stage, Screen, and Interwebs (Lyons, $24.95, 9780762780556).
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Saturday, December 29, on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered: David Esterly, author of The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making (Viking, $27.95, 9780670023806).
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Monday, December 31, on the Today Show: John C. Norcross, author of Changeology: 5 Steps to Realizing Your Goals and Resolutions (Simon & Schuster, $25, 9781451657616).
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Monday, December 31, on NPR's Talk of the Nation: Jared Diamond, author of The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? (Viking, $36, 9780670024810).
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Tuesday, New Year's Day, on Anderson Live: Kelly McGonigal, author of The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It (Avery, $26, 9781583334386).
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Tuesday, New Year's Day, on a repeat of the Ricki Lake Show: Lisa Bloom, author of Swagger: 10 Urgent Rules for Raising Boys in an Era of Failing Schools, Mass Incarceration, and Thug Culture (A Think Publication, $26.95, 9781936467693).