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Junk Filter Pod | "Teaser - Episode 194: Die Harder (with Brian Abrams)"
December 24, 2024
December 24, 2024
Junk Filter Pod | "Episode 193: Die Hard (with Brian Abrams)"
December 24, 2024
December 24, 2024
Stuck in the ‘80s Podcast | "'Die Hard: An Oral History' With Author Brian Abrams | Episode 728"
December 21, 2024
December 21, 2024
Writers on Film Podcast | "Brian Abrams on Die Hard: An Oral History”
December 18, 2024
December 18, 2024
Atlas Obscura | "Drink Like a Founding Father”
October 23, 2024
October 23, 2024
The Focus | "Everything in the Oscars luxury ‘six-figure’ gift bag from skincare to snacks”
March 7, 2024
March 7, 2024
WLWT News 5 Today | "'Everything inside the $180K ‘Oscars gift bag' for Hollywood's top nominees”
March 5, 2024
March 5, 2024
GQ.com | "Philip Seymour Hoffman Made Bad Basketball Hilarious . . . in this Early-00s Rom-com”
January 19, 2024
January 19, 2024
The Zoomer Book Club | "Reading the Reels: 10 Books For Cinephiles”
December 14, 2023
December 14, 2023
The Film Stage | "Recommended New Books on Filmmaking . . . and Lots of Late Gift Ideas”
December 11, 2023
December 11, 2023
JoBlo | "Cool Holiday Gifts 2023: Books”
November 29, 2023
November 29, 2023
SlashFilm | "The 2023 /Film Holiday Gift Guide: Hollywood Books”
November 24, 2023
November 24, 2023
We Hate Movies | "‘Killers of the Flower Moon, author Brian Abrams, Halloween recs & more!”
October 30, 2023
October 30, 2023
Today Extra Australia | "‘How well does DC know his movie quotes?”
October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023
Stand Up! with Pete Dominick | "‘You Talkin’ to Me?’ / Christian Finnegan hosts Author Brian Abrams”
October 14, 2023
October 14, 2023
The Lead With Jake Tapper/CNN | “You Talkin' to Me?”
October 6, 2023
October 6, 2023
Cinema Recall | “Interview with writer Brian Abrams”
September 29, 2023
September 29, 2023
Letterboxd | Book Giveaway
September 27, 2023
September 27, 2023
The Lowbrow Reader | “‘You Talkin’ to Me?’: The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes”
September 27, 2023
September 27, 2023
Mental Floss | “The Cannoli Incident: How One Capo in ‘The Godfather’ May Have Written Himself Out of the Sequel”
September 26, 2023
September 26, 2023
RogerEbert.com | “Book Excerpt: You Talkin’ to Me?: The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes”
September 26, 2023
September 26, 2023
Junk Filter Pod | “Sam Peckinpah: Junior Bonner (with Brian Abrams)”
September 25, 2023
September 25, 2023
The Daily Beast | “Inside Mel Brooks’ Most Iconic Movie Lines”
September 24, 2023
September 24, 2023
The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood | “The Lines That Define our Lives: Brian Abrams on ‘The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes’”
September 23, 2023
September 23, 2023
Frotcast | “Minhaj A Whaaa?, with Brian Abrams and Joey Devine”
September 22, 2023
September 22, 2023
WGN Radio | “Author of new Book on Obama Presidency Brian Abrams”
September 21, 2018
September 21, 2018
Politico Morning Money | “Good Read”
September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018
WBAI/99.5 FM | "Leonard Lopate at Large"
August 28, 2018
August 28, 2018
New Books in Politics | "Obama: An Oral History, 2009–2017"
August 21, 2018
August 21, 2018
Politico Playbook | "Great Weekend Reads"
July 28, 2018
July 28, 2018
WFAA Dallas | "Good Morning Texas"
July 24, 2018
July 24, 2018
New York Times Book Review | "New & Noteworthy"
July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018
Entertainment Weekly | "How the definitive Obama White House oral history came together"
July 16, 2018
July 16, 2018
The Lowbrow Reader | "Obama: An Oral History"
July 1, 2018
July 1, 2018
Kirkus Reviews | Starred review: "OBAMA: An Oral History"
April 16, 2018
April 16, 2018
Politico Playbook | First in Playbook: Brian Abrams is publishing “Obama: An Oral History”
February 27, 2018
February 27, 2018
Time | "Bill Clinton Said He 'Didn't Inhale' 25 Years Ago—But the History of U.S. Presidents and Drugs Is Much Older"
March 31, 2017
March 31, 2017
The Columbus Dispatch | "The Drinking Habits of Presidents"
December 27, 2016
December 27, 2016
kottke.org | "The definitive oral history of Die Hard"
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016
Washington Free Beacon | "New Kindle Single Proves ‘Die Hard’ Is Not a Christmas Movie"
June 17, 2016
June 17, 2016
Cinema Blend | "Die Hard Owes Its Existence To A Crazy Car Accident, According To The Screenwriter"
June 16, 2016
June 16, 2016
Maxim | "5 Revelations from the New 'Die Hard' Oral History That You Probably Didn't Know"
June 15, 2016
June 15, 2016
FishbowlNY | "Yippee Ki-yay, President Reagan!"
June 14, 2016
June 14, 2016
Uproxx | "‘Die Hard’ May Have Never Happened If A Screenwriter Hadn’t Almost Been Hit By A Fridge"
June 14, 2016
June 14, 2016
Tales of the Cocktail | "From 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to the Floor: Boozy Presidential History, Pt. II"
April 19, 2016
April 19, 2016
The Daily Beast | "A Brief History of Drunk-Ass Politicians, From Susana Martinez to Martin Van Buren"
December 24, 2015
December 24, 2015
Matter | "On Gawker's Problem With Women"
November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015
South China Morning Post | "Reviews: e-books and audiobooks - on Syria, Gawker and '50s factory girls"
August 29, 2015
August 29, 2015
New York Post | "This week's must-read books"
August 8, 2015
August 8, 2015
New York Observer | "This is the Summer of Gawker"
July 28, 2015
July 28, 2015
Seattle Review of Books | "Who gawks at the Gawkers?"
July 27, 2015
July 27, 2015
Slate | “'It’s Just Mean to Be Mean': Gawker staff reflects on Nick Denton and the site’s mission."
July 23, 2015
July 23, 2015
High Times | "Review: Party Like a President"
July 21, 2015
July 21, 2015
PhillyVoice.com | "Five for Friday: Brian Abrams"
May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015
Vox.com | "This was David Letterman's first-ever Top Ten List. He'll give his last tonight."
May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015
Previously.TV | "Is Brian Abrams's Oral History Of Letterman's Late Night Worth Staying Up For?"
May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015
ABC News | "Drunks, Lechery, Crashing a White House Party: New Book Reveals How to 'Party Like A President’"
April 17, 2015
April 17, 2015
New York Times | "Inside the List"
April 17, 2015
April 17, 2015
Sirius XM Radio | Yahoo News on POTUS
April 1, 2015
April 1, 2015
Washingtonian | "Things to Do in DC March 23-25: Free Whiskey, Party Like a President"
March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015
PolicyMic | "The Secret History of the White House Shows the Wild Side of Presidents You Never Hear"
March 19, 2015
March 19, 2015
Washington Post Express | "‘Party Like a President’ lists such vices as pills, booze and cucumbers"
March 19, 2015
March 19, 2015
Washington Post | "Cocktails, disco and the Bill of Rights: National Archives to hold its first after-hours party"
March 18, 2015
March 18, 2015
Sirius XM Radio | "The Maggie Linton Show"
March 13, 2015
March 13, 2015
Chicago Tribune | "What the presidents drank"
March 8, 2015
March 8, 2015
Chicago Tribune | "New in Paperbacks"
March 5, 2015
March 5, 2015
Sirius XM Radio | "The Jay Thomas Show"
March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015
Newark Star-Ledger | "Long Branch Illustrator Draws Laughs with 'Party Like a President'"
February 22, 2015
February 22, 2015
Tallahassee Democrat | "Hinson: Hooray for Zachary Taylor on Washington's Birthday"
February 21, 2015
February 21, 2015
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan | "It’s Presidential 'Party' Time!"
February 19, 2015
February 19, 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Monologue Segment
February 18, 2015
February 18, 2015
Myrtle Beach Sun News | "Book Review: ‘Party Like a President’ Serves Up Tasty Tidbits from the Oval Office"
February 17, 2015
February 17, 2015
Newstalk 106–108FM Ireland | "Moncrieff"
February 17, 2015
February 17, 2015
Eater.com | "Celebrate Presidents' Day by Learning How to 'Party Like a President'"
February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
NPR Morning Edition | "'Party Like a President' Recalls Mixology, Mischief Inside Oval Office"
February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
New York Daily News | "The Wet Wing"
February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
New York Post | "Party Like a President! The Booze, Drugs, and Sexual Shenanigans Favored by Our Commanders in Chief"
February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
LA Weekly | "Party Like a President by Drinking Their Favorite Cocktails at These L.A. Bars"
February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
Paper Magazine | "Author Brian Abrams on the Secret Sex, Drugs and Booze Habits of Our Nation's Presidents"
February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
DC101/WWDC-FM | "Elliot in the Morning"
February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
Uproxx | "Book Excerpt: About That Time Gerald Ford Got Drunk and Plopped His Foot into a Wheel of Brie"
February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
Washington Post Magazine | "Presidents Are Every Bit as Flawed as All of Us. Let’s Celebrate That."
February 15, 2015
February 15, 2015
Parade Magazine | "Party Like a President with 9 Creative Cocktails"
February 15, 2015
February 15, 2015
BroBible | "10 Facts About U.S. Presidents Who Partied Their Faces Off"
February 15, 2015
February 15, 2015
Vanity Fair | "Drink Like a Founding Father with These Presidents’ Favorite Cocktails"
February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015
History.com | "A Brief History of Presidential Drinking"
February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015
Men’s Journal | "How to Party Like Teddy Roosevelt"
February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015
Business Insider | "One of the Best Stories of a President at a Party Involves Gerald Ford Kicking Back on a 2-Pound Block of Cheese"
February 12, 2015
February 12, 2015
Fox News Radio | "The Alan Colmes Show"
February 12, 2015
February 12, 2015
WERE-AM Cleveland | "America's Work Force Radio"
February 11, 2015
February 11, 2015
KTRS-AM St. Louis | "McGraw Live"
February 11, 2015
February 11, 2015
Brooklyn Daily Eagle | "DUMBO Writer's Book Focuses on Presidents' Carousing and Drinking"
February 11, 2015
February 11, 2015
Esquire.com | "The Time John F. Kennedy Decided to Pass on Smoking That Fourth Joint"
February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015
Time.com | "5 Solid Party Tips from Presidential History"
February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015
The Daily Express | "Which US President Was a 'Tiger in Bed'? New Book Reveals White House Secrets and Scandals"
February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015
LowbrowReader.com | "Party Like a President"
February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015
India Business Standard | "New Book on White House to Spill Secrets About Presidents"
February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015
Hindustan Times | "Sorry, Mr. President: Dirty Secrets of the White House Rulers Now in a Book!"
February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015
The Writers Bone Podcast | "Episode 60: Author Brian Abrams"
February 4, 2015
February 4, 2015
BrightestYoungThings.com | "Best of February 2015"
February 2, 2015
February 2, 2015
Maxim Magazine | "Four More Beers!"
February 2015 Issue
February 2015 Issue
Food Network Magazine | "Executive Orders"
January/February 2015 Issue
January/February 2015 Issue
Chicago Tribune | "As Letterman Winds Down, a Look Back"
December 12, 2014
December 12, 2014
LowbrowReader.com | "Recommended Reading"
October 1, 2014
October 1, 2014
FilmDrunk.com | "Mark Hamill Comes Clean About His 20-Year David Letterman Obsession"
October 1, 2014
October 1, 2014
WarmingGlow.com | "Here's a Fun Story About Bill Murray Messing with a Pissed-Off David Letterman"
September 30, 2014
September 30, 2014
Digg.com | "How Bill Murray Went Missing During Letterman's First Episode"
September 30, 2014
September 30, 2014
PaperMag.com | "The Best, Worst and Weirdest of the Week"
September 26, 2014
September 26, 2014
Splitsider.com | "Inside the Confusing Origins of David Letterman's Top Ten List"
September 26, 2014
September 26, 2014