Sam Tanenhaus is the sexy, silky-voiced editor of the New York Times Book Review. More importantly, however, Mr. Tanenhaus is the host of the oft-downloaded New York Times Book Review Podcast, a weekly review of the review of books. from wikipedia: Sam Tanenhaus (born October 31, 1955) is an American author, historian and biographer. He received his B.A. in English from Grinnell College in 1977 and a M.A. in English Literature from Yale University in 1978. Read more on Last.fm