David Weinstein is the author of The Eddie Cantor Story: A Jewish Life in Performance and Politics (UPNE/Brandeis University Press, 2017), a lively biography that is part of the Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture and Life (Jonathan D. Sarna, editor). His previous book, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Temple University Press, 2004) chronicles the history of the pioneering DuMont Television Network, including innovative figures such as Jackie Gleason and Ernie Kovacs. David has written and spoken widely about subjects ranging from early television to popular media to American Jewish history. He has appeared on C‑Span Book TV and has been interviewed on NPR, the BBC, and many other broadcast programs and podcasts.