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Manuel Gonzales' ambitious debut novel has a great hook — a top secret organization battling aliens, zombies and evil masterminds — but dry humor and spirited dialogue get lost in a convoluted plot.

Rides on Air Force One and state dinners were lures the last time there was an open convention. What about cold, hard cash? Top Republican lawyer Ben Ginsberg explains what's permissible and not.

Charles Bock's wife died from leukemia just before their daughter's 3rd birthday. Bock relived the final years of her life while writing his new novel. "I was just shattered," he says of the loss.

Orlando’s BETA Center serving teen moms was slated to close this summer because it’s running out of money. But the non-profit UCP of Central Florida now plans to merge BETA’s services with its own.

While still at university, J.R.R. Tolkien became fascinated by Finnish mythology, abandoning his Classics degree to adapt the epic Story of Kullervo — work that led to the creation of Middle Earth.

Retired Army Col. David Taylor felt responsible for Army Spc. Andy Alaniz's death in the Gulf War. Alaniz's widow, Catherine Alaniz-Simonds, just wants Alaniz to be remembered.

"The phone rings in my hotel room, and it was Phil Everly," Nash says of the strange evening in 1992 when he fulfilled a childhood dream.

In a new book, an NYU scholar explores how immigrants shape the American palate. He says it's time to ditch the phrase "ethnic food" — which lumps all nonwhite people and their cuisines together.

For the last 25 years, central Florida has been home to the Florida Film Festival. This year there will be 180 films and events crammed into 10 days. Friday is the opening night party at the Enzian Theater.

Historian Eric Foner recently won the American History Book Prize from the New York Historical Society for Gateway to Freedom, about the underground railroad. Originally broadcast Jan. 15, 2015.