Alvin Hall with Charles Schultz

Author Alvin Hall joins Rail Managing Editor Charles Schultz for a conversation.

In this talk

Alvin Hall is a financial educator, award-winning television and radio broadcaster, best-selling author, and art collector. His recent broadcasts include: The Green Book (BBC Radio 4), “Alvin Hall Goes Back to School” (The Takeaway, PRI with WNYC). His children’s book, Show Me the Money, has been published in 20 foreign-language editions. He has performed on NPR’s The Moth. Hall lives in New York City where he’s completing a memoir of his childhood and his first podcast series.

In the Rail:

• THE DEATH ISSUE by Alvin Hall

Charles Schultz is the Managing Editor of the Brooklyn Rail.

Alvin Hall

Alvin Hall is an award-winning broadcaster, best-selling author, and financial educator. Alvin created, produced, and hosted the podcast series, Driving the Green Book by Macmillan Podcasts, which received the 2021 Ambie Award for the “Best History Podcast” and the 2021 New York Festivals Gold Award for "Best Narrative Documentary Podcast." His book, also called Driving the Green Book, was published by HarperOne (January 2023). His work in radio includes The Green Book (BBC Radio 4), Alvin Hall Goes Back to School (The Takeaway, PRI with WNYC, winner of a New York Association of Black Journalists), and Who Sold the Soul? (BBC Radio 4, winner of a Radio Academy Bronze Award,). He has authored a number of best sellers, and has also appeared on NPR’s The Moth.

Charles Schultz

Writer and editor Charles Schultz is Managing Editor of the Brooklyn Rail.

In the Rail: Charles Schultz

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