Two Sides to the Story

Lory Hierstetter and Ted Zaleski
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  1. May 31

    Episode 78: Interview with Charles Ferguson

    Listen to ted’s interview with Charles Ferguson on his book Presidential Seclusion: The Power of Camp David. Charles spent three and a half years at Camp David as Chaplain and Historian. His book is not about his experiences, but is a history of Camp David from its predecessor the U.S.S. Potomac, to establishment of Sangria-La, the change to Camp David, and presidential use through today. This is a chance to look behind the fences that are opened for few visitors.

  2. May 10

    Episode 77: Interview with the 2026 Battle of the Books Winners The purr-usalers

    Listen in as Lory and Ted interview the Purr-usalers, the Sandymount Elementary School that won the Finksburg Battle of the Books event at Winters Mill High School. Lory and Ted emcee this event every year. A bookish activity favorite.e

  3. Mar 14

    Episode 76: Two Years Later - A Second Interview With Melody Wukitch

    Park Books https://www.parkbooksmd.com Independent Bookstore Day https://www.bookweb.org/independent-bookstore-day Ronald Malfi https://ronaldmalfi.com Tracy C. Gold https://tracycgold.com E.W. Beck’s https://ewbecks.com 1623 Brewing https://1623brewing.com When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695825/when-women-were-dragons-by-kelly-barnhill/ Sykesville Maryland https://www.downtownsykesville.com Bookstore Romance Day https://bookstoreromanceday.org Sarah Adler https://sarahadlerwrites.com Nikki Payne https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2264400/nikki-payne/ Hannah Nicole Maehrer https://hannahnicolemae.com Curious Iguana https://curiousiguana.com The Hive by Ronald Malfi https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800532/the-hive-by-ronald-malfi/ Tracy Banghart https://www.tracybanghart.com/about Cozy Calico Bookstore https://bookshop.org/shop/cozycalicobooks Carroll Book Festival https://www.carrollbookfestival.org Ira Marcks https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/ira-marcks/

  4. Mar 1

    Episode 75: A New Chapter - Interview with Ali Rudolph

    Rudolph Girls https://rudolphgirls.com Jeannie Bird https://www.jeanniebird.com Humane Society of Carroll County https://humanesocietycarrollcounty.org Cupboard Maker Books https://www.cupboardmaker.com Double Dog Dare Rescue https://doubledogdarerescue.org Tales and Tails Bookstore https://www.talesandtailsbookcafe.com Covalent Spirits https://covalentspirits.com River Mountain Resort https://rivermountain.org The Book of Alchemy by Suleika Jaouad https://www.suleikajaouad.com/the-book-of-alchemy Bookshop.org https://bookshop.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=brand_search&utm_content=%7Badgroupname%7D&utm_term=bookshop%20org&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=12464179645&gbraid=0AAAAACfld41xngkMf206tU6yL-ShDs9Sr&gclid=Cj0KCQiA5I_NBhDVARIsAOrqIsZMcBFhT19sHJqWU9qW3MKxlhLQx2evniatzwrT0utq8WBycgsSKZYaAl2kEALw_wcB Libro.fm https://libro.fm Annapolis Book Festival https://www.keyschool.org/community/annapolis-book-festival/festivalevents Park Books and Park Books on Main https://www.parkbooksmd.com Carroll Book Festival https://www.carrollbookfestival.org Cecil County Children’s Book Festival https://www.northeastmd.org/events/childrens-book-festival-2025/ Chesapeake Book Childrens Festival https://chesapeakechildrensbookfestival.com The Last Word https://thelastwordbookstore.com Bonjongles https://www.bonjongles.com Angie Thomas https://angiethomas.com Nic Stone https://www.nicstone.info Jason Reynolds https://www.jasonwritesbooks.com There Was A Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/There-Was-a-Party-for-Langston/Jason-Reynolds/9781534439443 National Book Festival https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-to-host-26th-national-book-festival-in-august-2026/s/81b2c74b-c263-46cc-b3ed-f91974bf4c8e

  5. Feb 8

    Episode 74: Baldwin's Book Barn, Babies, and the Carroll Book Festival

    Old Fox Books & Coffehouse https://www.oldfoxbooks.com Birch Tree Books & Plants https://www.birchtreebookstore.com A Place Called Yellowstone by Randall K. Wilson https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757073/a-place-called-yellowstone-by-randall-k-wilson/ Morgan Milller, Maryland State Librarian https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/25ind/html/50library.html The Potted Page in Rising Sun, MD Novel Books and Green-Eyed Vines Parentheses Books https://www.parenthesesbooks.com Baldwin’s Book Barn https://bookbarn.com Brandywine Museum of Art https://www.brandywine.org Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Misty-of-Chincoteague/Marguerite-Henry/9781665955713 Sundial Books https://sundialbooks.net Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library https://www.winterthur.org Deborah Tannen http://www.deborahtannen.com You Just Don’t Understand by Deborah Tannen https://www.deborahtannen.com/you-just-dont-understand Tracy C. Gold https://tracycgold.com Kobi Yamada https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2338428/kobi-yamada/ Cricket https://shop.cricketmedia.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorIopjFykygMtCrZFO4Pgt9El5HoWJU5-cqf9Q3GlbHcL9m4-hO Rudolph Girls Books https://rudolphgirls.com Carroll Book Festival https://www.carrollbookfestival.org

  6. 11/09/2025

    Episode 73: Todd's Side of the Story

    Todd Burrier https://toddburrier.com Og Mandino The Greatest Salesman in the World https://wakefieldbooks.com/book/9780593976746 Parentheses Books https://www.parenthesesbooks.com Marcus Aurelius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius Dean Koontz https://www.deankoontz.com Stephen King https://stephenking.com/index.html Ron Malfi https://ronaldmalfi.com The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson https://stieglarsson.com Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/136236/remembrance-of-things-past-volume-i-by-marcel-proust-the-french-pleiade-edition-trans-by-ck-scott-moncrieff-and-terence-kilmartin/ Moby Dick by Herman Melville https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Moby-Dick/Herman-Melville/Folger-Shakespeare-Library/9780671028350 Three Circles Living by Todd Burrier https://toddburrier.com/products/professional-development/book-3-circles-living/ The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/LOR/the-lord-of-the-rings/ Jim Rohn https://www.jimrohn.com Stephen Covey https://www.franklincovey.com/stephenrcovey/ John Maxwell https://www.johnmaxwell.co/corporate-leadership-training/?keyword=john%20maxwell&utm_source=adsgoogle&utm_campaign=brand&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=1713706931&gbraid=0AAAAAC2A2jHOk9IVYOUpWqfjESq9TOyda&gclid=CjwKCAiAlMHIBhAcEiwAZhZBUjnus35iDJAv9TNvRFgPhVXM0u4j1dpqc5AECVqL_zFN96OFYCprfRoC4DEQAvD_BwE David and Goliath, and Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell https://www.gladwellbooks.com Seneca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger Simon Sinek https://simonsinek.com Ryan Holiday https://ryanholiday.net Max Dupree https://tobiascenter.iu.edu/leadership-insights/leadership-in-action/leadership-profiles/de-pree-max.html James Patterson https://www.jamespatterson.com David Baldacci https://www.davidbaldacci.com Next Chapter Books & Art https://thenextchapternc.com

  7. 10/12/2025

    Episode 72: Romance is in the Air

    Carroll Book Festival https://www.carrollbookfestival.org Queen Anne’s Local Author Fair https://visitqueenannes.com/event/queen-annes-county-library-local-author-fair/ Episode 54: Interview with TimYoung https://www.twosides2thestory.com/podcast/episode-54-interview-with-tim-young Tim Young https://timothyyoungauthor.com/about/ I Hate Picture Books by Tim Young https://schifferbooks.com/products/i-hate-picture-books?srsltid=AfmBOoqDA9WUTyq_SOtSiye7an7FGNfTeImmy7yrfaR5xjg7VRz4Yk_g Morristown Festival of Books https://morristownbooks.org Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival https://chesapeakechildrensbookfestival.com Annapolis Book Festival https://www.keyschool.org/community/annapolis-book-festival Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) Conduit Street Podcast https://mdcounties.org/294/Conduit-Street-Podcast Episode 70: Interview with Morgan Miller https://www.twosides2thestory.com/podcast/episode-70-interview-with-maryland-state-librarian-morgan-miller Romance-Landia Bookstore https://www.romance-landia.com Seventh Shelf https://seventhshelf.com A Natural History of the Romance Novel by Pamela Regis https://www.pennpress.org/9780812215229/a-natural-history-of-the-romance-novel/ Pamela by Samuel Richardson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela;_or,_Virtue_Rewarded Rudolph Girls Books https://rudolphgirls.com Todd Burrier https://toddburrier.com Three Circles Living by Todd Burrier https://toddburrier.com/products/professional-development/book-3-circles-living/ Elise Hooper https://www.elisehooper.com The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-library-of-lost-dollhouses-elise-hooper?variant=42847625871394 The Other Alcott by Elise Hooper https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-other-alcott-elise-hooper?variant=32128766246946 Learning to See by Elise Hooper https://www.harpercollins.com/products/learning-to-see-elise-hooper?variant=42490282344482 Fast Girls by Elise Hooper https://www.harpercollins.com/products/fast-girls-elise-hooper?variant=32127326781474 Angels of the Pacific by Elise Hooper https://www.harpercollins.com/products/angels-of-the-pacific-elise-hooper?variant=39373025738786 Register for upcoming Two Sides interview with Elise Hooper https://ccpl.librarymarket.com/event/elise-hooper

  8. 09/07/2025

    Episode 71: Good Book Hunting Summer Edition

    Morgan Miller, Maryland State Librarian episode https://www.twosides2thestory.com/podcast/episode-70-interview-with-maryland-state-librarian-morgan-miller McKay Used Books https://mckayusedbooks.com/general-faqs/ Cambria Station Antiques https://www.cambriastationantiques.com Old New River Books https://www.oldnewriverbooks.com Book Fair at Bel Air https://bookfairatbelair.org Shepherdstown Book Festival https://shepherdstownbookfestival.com/featured-authors/ Washington Street Books and Music https://washingtonstreetbooksandmusic.com Bookish https://www.bookishkop.com Illustrator Joe Sutphin https://www.joesutphin.com Watership Down by Richard Adams https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Watership-Down/Richard-Adams/Scribner-Classics/9780743277709 Word of Mouse by James Patterson https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/james-patterson/word-of-mouse/9781478940104/?lens=jimmy-patterson Rudolph Girls Books https://rudolphgirls.com The Thing with Feathers by Noah Stycker https://noahstrycker.com/books/the-thing-with-feathers/ The Best Science and Nature Writing 2021 Ed. Ed Yong https://www.harperacademic.com/book/9780358400066/the-best-american-science-and-nature-writing-2021/ The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown https://www.danieljamesbrown.com/books/the-boys-in-the-boat/ A Season on the Brink by John Feinsrein https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Season-on-the-Brink/John-Feinstein/9781451650259 The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hero-with-a-thousand-faces-joseph-campbell/1116648171 The Transformations of Myth Through Time by Joseph Campbell https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_reviews/15ab5a0b-663d-4fc6-a71e-1d0da7bb2a9a Park Books on Main https://parkbooksmd.com The Last Word Books https://thelastwordbookstore.com Books at Beck’s When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695825/when-women-were-dragons-by-kelly-barnhill/ Ron Malfi https://ronaldmalfi.com Todd Burrier https://toddburrier.com Leadership Carroll https://www.carrollcountychamber.org/leadership-carroll/ Three Circles of Living by Todd Burrier https://toddburrier.com/lp/3-circles-living-book/ The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-library-of-lost-dollhouses-elise-hooper?variant=42847625871394

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  • Creator
    Lory Hierstetter and Ted Zaleski
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    79
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Two Sides to the Story