Books and More with William Cooper

We explore books, politics, and everyday life with author William Cooper. Visit him online at will-cooper.com.

Episodes

Suzette Partido

Mar 27, 2026

Mar 27, 2026

13 min

We discuss her book, Love Will Save Us, Right?: A Memoir.
https://citylights.com/city-lights-published/love-will-save-us-right/
Suzette has worked as a community developer and non-profit organizer for three decades. She trained as an AIDS chaplain, street outreach worker, substance abuse counselor, reproductive health educator, volunteer coordinator, and public speaker. She managed an HHSA community liaison for children’s public behavioral health and served as the Director of Education for a local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. She lives with her neurodivergent young adult son and her wife inside a ten-by-ten canvas tent in her mother’s backyard in San Diego

Mar 27, 2026

13 min

Author Noel Thomas

Mar 27, 2026

Mar 27, 2026

16 min

Noel Thomas is co-founder and CEO of Dark Watch, a data company focused on anti-trafficking. His faith and conviction opened his heart for the oppressed and marginalized. Noel has been dedicated to researching, educating on, coordinating, and managing the development of counter-trafficking solutions. He lives on Florida’s Atlantic Coast. 
DARK TRAFFIC: The Dangerous Intersection of Technology, Crime, Money, Sex, and HumanityDark Traffic is the book that ushers the public into the next phase of anti-trafficking efforts to stop what has evolved into a $150 billion industry involving a complex network of organized crime trafficking sex, labor, and human organs. As co-founder and CEO of Dark Watch, author Noel Thomas has led United States law enforcement and the judicial system into the new battleground, where high-tech data analysis is changing how criminals are caught and prosecuted. 
https://www.whitakerhouse.com/product/dark-traffic/

Mar 27, 2026

16 min

Dr. Sara Glass

Mar 27, 2026

Mar 27, 2026

21 min

Dr. Sara Glass is a therapist, writer, and speaker—helping people process trauma to live bold, honest, and proud lives. We discuss her hit memoir Kissing Girls On Shabbat.
https://www.drsaraglass.com/

Mar 27, 2026

21 min

Mirko Palestrino

Mar 27, 2026

Mar 27, 2026

25 min

We discuss Mirko's book "Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime" (Oxford University Press, 2025).
More information:
Buy the book here and enter discount code AUFLY30 for a 30% discount
Access the book here - likely free for holders of a university account. 
Suggest the book to your local library by completing this form 
Read a short interview with the Author about the book here
More information about Dr Mirko Palestrino and his work are available here
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/palestrinomirko.html

Mar 27, 2026

25 min

Mar 27, 2026

24 min

We discuss Julian's new book, Neptune's Fortune.
Julian Sancton is the New York Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth and a senior features editor at The Hollywood Reporter. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, National Geographic, Esquire, The New Yorker, and GQ, among other publications. He has reported from every continent, including Antarctica, and lives in Larchmont, New York.

Mar 27, 2026

24 min

Mar 27, 2026

14 min

We discuss Brian's book, Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike.
Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. His most recent book is Stampede, a new history of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. In March 2018 he joined Amnesty International as a Senior Crisis Advisor.
https://briancastner.com/

Mar 27, 2026

14 min

Mar 27, 2026

34 min

We discuss his work and his new book, The Kids Who Aren’t Okay.
Dr. Greene is a clinical psychologist, and he’s been working with children and families for over 30 years. His influential work is widely known throughout the world.
https://livesinthebalance.org/

Mar 27, 2026

34 min

Mar 25, 2026

34 min

On this episode of How Our Constitution Works ... And Why It Doesn't, we delve into a very timely and important topic: elections during wartime. 
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY.
will-cooper.com

Mar 25, 2026

34 min

Mar 20, 2026

36 min

We discuss A.J.'s many books and advice for aspiring authors in a complicated marketplace.
https://ajsidransky.com/

Mar 20, 2026

36 min

Mar 17, 2026

13 min

In this episode of How Our Constitution Works ... And Why It Doesn't we explore partisan primaries, a key factor in our highly polarized politics.
 
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY.
will-cooper.com

Mar 17, 2026

13 min

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