Michael Ian Black

Kathryn interviews Terri Cheney, NY Times bestselling author of “Modern Madness: An Owner's Manual.” In a recent Census Bureau questionnaire, over 1/3 of US adults self-identified as clinically anxious or depressed, and experts predict that 75,000 additional deaths may be caused by coronavirus despair. Using the familiar framework of an owner’s manual, Cheney imposes order on a frightening and forbidding topic. Her writing has been featured in the NY Times, LA Times, HuffPost, NPR, PsychologyToday.com and more. Kathryn also interviews Actor & Screenwriter Michael Ian Black, author of “A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son.” Based on both personal experience and thoughtful observation of the rapid changes that are taking place in our society, he searches for the best way for his son to navigate these changes and become a more evolved man than the majority of those men who have come before him. Black is a multi-media talent who’s starred in numerous films and TV series.