Junk Filter Pod | "227: Predator 2 (with Brian Abrams)"February 24, 2026
Frotcast | "645: You Joaquin' Ta Me?! With Brian Abrams"August 21, 2025
Junk Filter Pod | "Episode 213: Joe Don Baker (with Brian Abrams and Will Sloan)"May 27, 2025
Newsweek | "The Weekend That Defined Obama, Provoked Trump—and Changed History"April 25, 2025
Junk Filter Pod | "Teaser - Episode 194: Die Harder (with Brian Abrams)"December 24, 2024
Junk Filter Pod | "Episode 193: Die Hard (with Brian Abrams)"December 24, 2024
Stuck in the ‘80s Podcast | "'Die Hard: An Oral History' With Author Brian Abrams | Episode 728"December 21, 2024
Writers on Film Podcast | "Brian Abrams on Die Hard: An Oral History”December 18, 2024
Atlas Obscura | "Drink Like a Founding Father”October 23, 2024
The Focus | "Everything in the Oscars luxury ‘six-figure’ gift bag from skincare to snacks”March 7, 2024
BuzzFeed | "Here's What's Inside The $178K Gift Bag For Oscar Nominees This Year”March 7, 2024
Marie Claire | "The $170k Oscars gift bag includes . . .”March 7, 2024
WLWT News 5 Today | "'Everything inside the $180K ‘Oscars gift bag' for Hollywood's top nominees”March 5, 2024
WSAZ News Channel 3 | "'Everyone Wins' swag bags for Oscar nominees”March 5, 2024
GQ.com | "Philip Seymour Hoffman Made Bad Basketball Hilarious . . . in this Early-00s Rom-com”January 19, 2024
The Zoomer Book Club | "Reading the Reels: 10 Books For Cinephiles”December 14, 2023
The Film Stage | "Recommended New Books on Filmmaking . . . and Lots of Late Gift Ideas”December 11, 2023
JoBlo | "Cool Holiday Gifts 2023: Books”November 29, 2023
SlashFilm | "The 2023 /Film Holiday Gift Guide: Hollywood Books”November 24, 2023
We Hate Movies | "‘Killers of the Flower Moon, author Brian Abrams, Halloween recs & more!”October 30, 2023
Today Extra Australia | "‘How well does DC know his movie quotes?”October 27, 2023
Moviestruck | "‘Episode 66: The Remains of the Day (1993) feat. Brian Abrams”October 23, 2023
WISH-TV | "‘Author looks at impact of movie quotes on society with new book”October 16, 2023
Stand Up! with Pete Dominick | "‘You Talkin’ to Me?’ / Christian Finnegan hosts Author Brian Abrams”October 14, 2023
The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano/WABC | “You Talkin' to Me?”October 11, 2023
The Lead With Jake Tapper/CNN | “You Talkin' to Me?”October 6, 2023
Gossamer | “You Talkin' to Me?”: The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes”October 2, 2023
Stuck in the ‘80s | “Episode 679: Iconic Movie Quotes With Author Brian Abrams”September 30, 2023
Cinema Recall | “Interview with writer Brian Abrams”September 29, 2023
Letterboxd | Book GiveawaySeptember 27, 2023
The Lowbrow Reader | “‘You Talkin’ to Me?’: The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes”September 27, 2023
Mental Floss | “The Cannoli Incident: How One Capo in ‘The Godfather’ May Have Written Himself Out of the Sequel”September 26, 2023
RogerEbert.com | “Book Excerpt: You Talkin’ to Me?: The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes”September 26, 2023
Junk Filter Pod | “Sam Peckinpah: Junior Bonner (with Brian Abrams)”September 25, 2023
The Daily Beast | “Inside Mel Brooks’ Most Iconic Movie Lines”September 24, 2023
The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood | “The Lines That Define our Lives: Brian Abrams on ‘The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes’”September 23, 2023
Frotcast | “Minhaj A Whaaa?, with Brian Abrams and Joey Devine”September 22, 2023
WGN Radio | “Author of new Book on Obama Presidency Brian Abrams”September 21, 2018
Politico Morning Money | “Good Read”September 17, 2018
WBAI/99.5 FM | "Leonard Lopate at Large"August 28, 2018
The Mother Jones Podcast | "Cohen, Guilty. Manafort, Guilty. Now What?"August 22, 2018
New Books in Politics | "Obama: An Oral History, 2009–2017"August 21, 2018
Jacobin | "The Day Zach Galifianakis Saved Obamacare"August 2018
Politico Playbook | "Great Weekend Reads"July 28, 2018
WFAA Dallas | "Good Morning Texas"July 24, 2018
The Daily Beast | "How the GOP Screwed Obama on Immigration Reform"July 22, 2018
New York Times Book Review | "New & Noteworthy"July 17, 2018
Entertainment Weekly | "How the definitive Obama White House oral history came together"July 16, 2018
The Lowbrow Reader | "Obama: An Oral History"July 1, 2018
New York Times | "Postcards From Another Era: Obama Team Memoirs Flood the Stores"June 24, 2018
Publishing Perspectives | "Mikyla Bruder, Publisher of Amazon Publishing Worldwide: ‘When the Stories Are Good'"May 7, 2018
Kirkus Reviews | Starred review: "OBAMA: An Oral History"April 16, 2018
CNN Reliable Sources newsletter | "Obama: An Oral History" coming in JulyMarch 2, 2018
Politico Playbook | First in Playbook: Brian Abrams is publishing “Obama: An Oral History”February 27, 2018
Time | "Bill Clinton Said He 'Didn't Inhale' 25 Years Ago—But the History of U.S. Presidents and Drugs Is Much Older"March 31, 2017
The Columbus Dispatch | "The Drinking Habits of Presidents"December 27, 2016
Sirius XM Radio | "Stand Up! with Pete Dominick" on Gawker's demiseAugust 24, 2016
Digiday | "'Complex feelings': How the media is paying its respects to Gawker"August 19, 2016
KTRS/550 AM | Paul Harris St. Louis News and Talk RadioJuly 7, 2016
kottke.org | "The definitive oral history of Die Hard"June 30, 2016
Daily Mail | "Yippee Ki-Yay: How Bruce Willis won Die Hard role after Richard Gere, Al Pacino, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Burt Reynolds REJECTED iconic action role"June 29, 2016
The Daily Beast | "Die Hard': How Bruce Willis Changed the Movies"June 29, 2016
Thrillist | "A (Mini) Oral History of the Most Memorable 'Die Hard' Moments"June 23, 2016
Washington Free Beacon | "New Kindle Single Proves ‘Die Hard’ Is Not a Christmas Movie"June 17, 2016
Movies.com | "How 'Die Hard' Owes Much of Its Success to a Runaway Refrigerator Box"June 16, 2016
Cinema Blend | "Die Hard Owes Its Existence To A Crazy Car Accident, According To The Screenwriter"June 16, 2016
Maxim | "5 Revelations from the New 'Die Hard' Oral History That You Probably Didn't Know"June 15, 2016
FishbowlNY | "Yippee Ki-yay, President Reagan!"June 14, 2016
Uproxx | "‘Die Hard’ May Have Never Happened If A Screenwriter Hadn’t Almost Been Hit By A Fridge"June 14, 2016
Time | "Now You Know: What Happens If the President Gets Drunk?"June 2, 2016
Tales of the Cocktail | "From 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to the Floor: Boozy Presidential History, Pt. II"April 19, 2016
Reuters | "Clinton’s ‘feminism is fleek’ IS a joke, says original tweeter"April 6, 2016
Fayetteville Observer | "Capitol Affairs: 'Party' book outlines presidential vices"March 13, 2016
The Daily Beast | "A Brief History of Drunk-Ass Politicians, From Susana Martinez to Martin Van Buren"December 24, 2015
Matter | "On Gawker's Problem With Women"November 16, 2015
South China Morning Post | "Reviews: e-books and audiobooks - on Syria, Gawker and '50s factory girls"August 29, 2015
New York Post | "This week's must-read books"August 8, 2015
New York Observer | "This is the Summer of Gawker"July 28, 2015
Seattle Review of Books | "Who gawks at the Gawkers?"July 27, 2015
Slate | “'It’s Just Mean to Be Mean': Gawker staff reflects on Nick Denton and the site’s mission."July 23, 2015
High Times | "Review: Party Like a President"July 21, 2015
Variety | "In Latenight Emmy Race, Letterman’s Swan Song Aims for High Notes"June 17, 2015
PhillyVoice.com | "Five for Friday: Brian Abrams"May 29, 2015
Vox.com | "This was David Letterman's first-ever Top Ten List. He'll give his last tonight."May 20, 2015
International Business Times | "Don’t Get David Letterman? Maybe It’s Generational: Legacy Lost On Many Who Missed NBC’s ‘Late Night’"May 20, 2015
CNN.com | "Top 10 reasons David Letterman is a comedy god"May 15, 2015
Wall Street Journal | "Letterman, the Last American Broadcaster"May 15, 2015
Previously.TV | "Is Brian Abrams's Oral History Of Letterman's Late Night Worth Staying Up For?"May 4, 2015
Roll Call: Heard on the Hill | "Getting Sloshed, POTUS-Style"April 17, 2015
ABC News | "Drunks, Lechery, Crashing a White House Party: New Book Reveals How to 'Party Like A President’"April 17, 2015
New York Times | "Inside the List"April 17, 2015
Sirius XM Radio | Yahoo News on POTUSApril 1, 2015
The Federalist | "'Party Like a President,' Complete With Cocktails"March 26, 2015
Fox 5 D.C./WTTG-TV | "'Party Like a President' author Brian Abrams"March 24, 2015
Washingtonian | "Things to Do in DC March 23-25: Free Whiskey, Party Like a President"March 23, 2015
PolicyMic | "The Secret History of the White House Shows the Wild Side of Presidents You Never Hear"March 19, 2015
Washington Post Express | "‘Party Like a President’ lists such vices as pills, booze and cucumbers"March 19, 2015
Washington Post | "Cocktails, disco and the Bill of Rights: National Archives to hold its first after-hours party"March 18, 2015
Sirius XM Radio | "The Maggie Linton Show"March 13, 2015
Chicago Tribune | "What the presidents drank"March 8, 2015
Chicago Tribune | "New in Paperbacks"March 5, 2015
Sirius XM Radio | "The Jay Thomas Show"March 2, 2015
WCCO News Radio 830 CBS Minnesota | "Off the Menu with Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl"February 28, 2015
Austin American-Statesman | "New Book Explores Cocktails Fit for a President"February 23, 2015
Newark Star-Ledger | "Long Branch Illustrator Draws Laughs with 'Party Like a President'"February 22, 2015
Tallahassee Democrat | "Hinson: Hooray for Zachary Taylor on Washington's Birthday"February 21, 2015
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan | "It’s Presidential 'Party' Time!"February 19, 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Monologue SegmentFebruary 18, 2015
Myrtle Beach Sun News | "Book Review: ‘Party Like a President’ Serves Up Tasty Tidbits from the Oval Office"February 17, 2015
Newstalk 106–108FM Ireland | "Moncrieff"February 17, 2015
Eater.com | "Celebrate Presidents' Day by Learning How to 'Party Like a President'"February 16, 2015
NPR Morning Edition | "'Party Like a President' Recalls Mixology, Mischief Inside Oval Office"February 16, 2015
New York Daily News | "The Wet Wing"February 16, 2015
New York Post | "Party Like a President! The Booze, Drugs, and Sexual Shenanigans Favored by Our Commanders in Chief"February 16, 2015
LA Weekly | "Party Like a President by Drinking Their Favorite Cocktails at These L.A. Bars"February 16, 2015
Orlando Weekly | "Drink Like a Boss: Presidential Cocktails for Presidents Day"February 16, 2015
Digg.com | "A Short History of That Time George H.W. Bush Vomited in Japan"February 16, 2015
Paper Magazine | "Author Brian Abrams on the Secret Sex, Drugs and Booze Habits of Our Nation's Presidents"February 16, 2015
DC101/WWDC-FM | "Elliot in the Morning"February 16, 2015
Uproxx | "Book Excerpt: About That Time Gerald Ford Got Drunk and Plopped His Foot into a Wheel of Brie"February 16, 2015
Washington Post Magazine | "Presidents Are Every Bit as Flawed as All of Us. Let’s Celebrate That."February 15, 2015
Parade Magazine | "Party Like a President with 9 Creative Cocktails"February 15, 2015
BroBible | "10 Facts About U.S. Presidents Who Partied Their Faces Off"February 15, 2015
Vanity Fair | "Drink Like a Founding Father with These Presidents’ Favorite Cocktails"February 13, 2015
Fort Worth Star-Telegram | "Presidents Day Cocktails with a Dash of History"February 13, 2015
History.com | "A Brief History of Presidential Drinking"February 13, 2015
Men’s Journal | "How to Party Like Teddy Roosevelt"February 13, 2015
Business Insider | "One of the Best Stories of a President at a Party Involves Gerald Ford Kicking Back on a 2-Pound Block of Cheese"February 12, 2015
Fox News Radio | "The Alan Colmes Show"February 12, 2015
WERE-AM Cleveland | "America's Work Force Radio"February 11, 2015
KTRS-AM St. Louis | "McGraw Live"February 11, 2015
Brooklyn Daily Eagle | "DUMBO Writer's Book Focuses on Presidents' Carousing and Drinking"February 11, 2015
Esquire.com | "The Time John F. Kennedy Decided to Pass on Smoking That Fourth Joint"February 10, 2015
Time.com | "5 Solid Party Tips from Presidential History"February 10, 2015
The Daily Express | "Which US President Was a 'Tiger in Bed'? New Book Reveals White House Secrets and Scandals"February 10, 2015
LowbrowReader.com | "Party Like a President"February 10, 2015
India Business Standard | "New Book on White House to Spill Secrets About Presidents"February 10, 2015
Hindustan Times | "Sorry, Mr. President: Dirty Secrets of the White House Rulers Now in a Book!"February 10, 2015
Brooklyn Paper | "Dumbo Author Dishes Dirt on Presidential Debauchery"February 9, 2015
The Writers Bone Podcast | "Episode 60: Author Brian Abrams"February 4, 2015
BrightestYoungThings.com | "Best of February 2015"February 2, 2015
Maxim Magazine | "Four More Beers!"February 2015 Issue
Food Network Magazine | "Executive Orders"January/February 2015 Issue
Modern Drunkard Magazine | "Drunkard of the Issue: Brian Abrams"Issue #59
Chicago Tribune | "As Letterman Winds Down, a Look Back"December 12, 2014
LowbrowReader.com | "Recommended Reading"October 1, 2014
FilmDrunk.com | "Mark Hamill Comes Clean About His 20-Year David Letterman Obsession"October 1, 2014
WarmingGlow.com | "Here's a Fun Story About Bill Murray Messing with a Pissed-Off David Letterman"September 30, 2014
Digg.com | "How Bill Murray Went Missing During Letterman's First Episode"September 30, 2014
PaperMag.com | "The Best, Worst and Weirdest of the Week"September 26, 2014
Splitsider.com | "Inside the Confusing Origins of David Letterman's Top Ten List"September 26, 2014
MentalFloss.com | "Top Ten Facts About the Early Days of 'Late Night with David Letterman'"September 25, 2014
HeebMagazine.com | "Late Night with David Letterman: 'This Very Jewish Idea'"September 24, 2014