'Sunday Best' Cookbook, Best of Spring Streaming, 'Diamonds and Deadlines,' 'Ancestor Trouble'

"Top Chef" finalist and chef Adrienne Cheatham's debut cookbook, Sunday Best: Cooking Up the Weekend Everyday, is inspired by her southern heritage alongside technique she's learned while working in professional kitchens, like Red Rooster Harlem. The book's title is a nod to the Sunday family meal, as well as the custom of, especially in black communities, wearing one's "Sunday best" outfit for church, or going into town. Cheatham joins us to discuss the book, her SundayBest pop-up series, and take your calls.

Spring streaming season is here and TV critic and friend of the show Kathryn VanArendonk joins to give us her picks of the best shows to check out right now, as well as what to look forward to.

Miriam Leslie was a trailblazer for women in the Gilded Age, running her husband's company Frank Leslie Publishing for twenty years and advocating for women's suffrage. But she was also the subject of scandal and gossip, openly taking lovers, marrying four times, and generally rejecting traditions. Author Betsy Prioleau joins us to discuss her new biography of Leslie, Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age.

After hearing stories about her ancestors, Maud Newton uses genealogy to expose their secrets and contradictions in her new memoir, Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation. From thirteen marriages, to murder, to witchcraft, Newton uncovers it all. She joins us to talk about her new book.

This episode was guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan.