A Novel Idea
A Novel Idea – A Novel Idea – David Brody – The Essex Junta – Feb 23 2025

A Novel Idea – A Novel Idea – David Brody – The Essex Junta – Feb 23 2025

Host Noelle Boc sits with author David Brody and talks about his new book, The Essex Junta: Newburyport and the 3 World Wars. The book follows historian Cameron Thorne who uncovers Civil War era letters that reveal a centuries-long plot by leading New England shipping families to splinter the Union. With close ties to both Freemasonry and Yale's Skull and Bones Society, these so-called Essex Junta families made their money selling opium to China and used their power to foment discord between...

A Novel Idea – Locker Room Talk – A Womans Struggle to Get Inside – Jan 7 25 2025

A Novel Idea – Locker Room Talk – A Womans Struggle to Get Inside – Jan 7 25 2025

Host Noelle Boc has a conversation with author Melissa Ludtke about her memoir that highlights her time as a Sports Illustrated reporter. When she was barred from the locker rooms in Major League Baseball she charged Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn with gender discrimination which led her to win the groundbreaking case of Ludtke v. Kuhn that affirmed her right to equal rights for women to be hired in sports media.