BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Conan O’Brien fell under the spell of the historian and biographer Robert A. Caro when he was a student at Harvard in the 1980s. Mr. Caro found time over the years to appear on shows hosted by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, but he always said no to Mr. O’Brien. “I’m anxious,” Mr. O’Brien said as he rode in a black S.U.V. Studio in Burbank, where he tapes his TBS show, to Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills, where he would interview Mr. Caro. The author finally caved on the occasion of his tour for “Working,” his new, relatively slim book on his writing and research methods.

Source: New York Times April 17, 2019 20:09 UTC