Speaking and interviews

I often speak to civic groups, conferences and classes about the following topics:

  • History of Las Vegas and Nevada
  • History of organized crime
  • Howard Hughes

I have been interviewed as a subject matter expert for a variety of documentaries, television shows and podcasts, including:

The City of Las Vegas: The 1980s, Boyd Productions, May 16, 2026.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE50LPCfr2c

Dillinger in the Midwest, Pioneer PBS, October 17, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DF5e1083yU

The City of Las Vegas: The 1970s, Boyd Productions, May 17, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCMvwV0I1vU

Mafia Spies, Paramount Plus, six episodes, July 2024.

This Building of Ours: The Story of a Las Vegas Landmark, The Mob Museum and Boyd Productions, June 26, 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgNSJYWqQOA&t=3s

The City of Las Vegas: The 1960s, Boyd Productions, May 18, 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw4Ou8ciJmE

Vegas: The Story of Sin City, CNN and Max, four episodes: February 25, March 3, March 17, March 24, 2024.

Really? No Really? with Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden, “The Mafia, Their Museum + What the Godfather Got Wrong!,” July 11, 2023.

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-really-no-really-107027693/episode/the-mafia-their-museum-what-118786124/

Skim City: The Real-Life Mafia Behind Casino, Fox Nation, three episodes, June 1, 2023.

The City of Las Vegas: 1950s, Boyd Productions, May 13, 2023.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uziSVTp-fo&t=260s

The City of Las Vegas: The Forties, Boyd Productions, May 14, 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7edD3d0ATw

The City of Las Vegas: The Thirties, Boyd Productions, May 15, 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZEl3fhUzzM&t=8s

Legends of the Game: Mob Vegas, PokerGo, 2019.

https://www.pokergo.com/videos/ad37ac82-f3e5-46ff-b3e6-9d4e70953fdf

The Test, Vegas PBS, July 22, 2015.

https://www.pbs.org/video/vegas-pbs-documentaries-test/#:~:text=Vegas%20PBS’%20%22The%20Test%22,struggles%20of%20Nevada’s%20Atomic%20backyard.

Recent speaking engagements:

  • “The Water History of Las Vegas,” Desert Research Institute, February 18, 2026. Curiosity Lab lecture series.
  • Las Vegas Stories speaker series, “The Mob’s Hidden Hand in Las Vegas,” Clark County Library, Las Vegas, June 4, 2015
  • Nevada Council for History Education, Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, April 11, 2015
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute class, UNLV, April 8, 2015
  • Local Author Showcase, Paseo Verde Library, Henderson, March 28, 2015
  • Senior Program, Winchester Cultural Center, Las Vegas, March 11, 2015
  • Bet Knesset Bamidbar Men’s Club, Durango Hills Golf Club, Las Vegas, March 1, 2015
  • Spring Mountain Ranch Docents, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, Las Vegas, February 21, 2015
  • Wiseguy Speaker Series, Mob Museum, Las Vegas, January 8, 2015
  • Las Vegas Stories speaker series, Clark County Library, Las Vegas, November 2014
  • Southwest Las Vegas Rotary Club, Lawry’s restaurant, Las Vegas
  • Central Las Vegas Rotary Club, Las Vegas Country Club