Lisa Napoli wrote Radio Shangri-La (2011), she worked for CNN, The New York Times, MSNBC, and the public radio show, Marketplace. Now, she is a contributor to KCRW, and is at work on a biography of the late philanthropist, Mrs. Joan Kroc. Lisa loves to talk about the themes in her book in front of large groups of people. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.