NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author and film critic Kenneth Turan about his new book, "Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation." KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an ...

"Louis B. Mayer And Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation" is the new book by Kenneth Turan, longtime critic for the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio. It's part of the Yale Press' Jewish ...

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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author and film critic Kenneth Turan about his new book, "Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation." ...

He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to ...