{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ed William - Writing A Biography That Reads Like Fiction (Ep. 332)","description":"Pre-order No One\u2019s Coming to Save You today: https:\/\/infinitebooks.com\/products\/no-ones-coming-to-save-you David Rhoiney was five when his father walked out, forcing David to become the \u201cman of the house.\u201d Compton, Oakland, Long Beach: no matter where they turned, fear and hunger waited. Long nights in the homeless shelter. Drive-by shootings. Strangers in overalls dragging his mother away. As his world collapsed, David lost hope. No one was coming to save him. But he could save himself. When basketball threw him a lifeline, David grabbed it. So began an unlikely journey, one that carried him from living in a Volkswagen Jetta onto the courts of Division I, through the halls of the Naval Academy, into the corridors of national intelligence, and under the watchtowers of Guant\u00e1namo Bay. At last, scalpel in hand, David reached the operating room, where he could become the man his family needed. Ed William, a former lawyer, spent several days interviewing David and spoke to dozens of people from his life. The result is Ed\u2019s first book, No One\u2019s Coming to Save You: The Escape of David Rhoiney, out from Infinite Books on 8 December and now available for pre-order: https:\/\/infinitebooks.com\/products\/no-ones-coming-to-save-you \u201cA powerful and deeply moving account of a boy forced to grow up too soon and the man he fought to become.\u201d \u2014Rob Henderson, bestselling author of Troubled Ed joins Jim to discuss: The time David was forced to fight a schoolyard bully in front of his family. David\u2019s unusual experience of the Rodney King riots. The note David wrote to God every night. The English teacher who changed David\u2019s life in one hour.  The prep school coach who cancelled David\u2019s credit cards.  How a five-foot-three kid ended up playing Division I basketball.  David as a role model for young men. The guilt underpinning David\u2019s success.   The single word that describes David.  Why Ed\u2019s interview plan fell apart in the first 5 minutes.  Why Ed was inspired by Into the Wild and Raiders of the Lost Ark. How Ed captured David\u2019s voice. Much more! Show Notes Ed William & Jim O\u2019Shaughnessy Ed William: Writer, editor, former lawyer and author of No One\u2019s Coming to Save You. Read Rough Cuts The book: No One\u2019s Coming to Save You: The Escape of David Rhoiney, out December 8, 2026. Pre-order Infinite Books: The publishing imprint behind the book. Infinite Books Jim O\u2019Shaughnessy: Host of Infinite Loops, founder and CEO of O\u2019Shaughnessy Ventures, and author of the New York Times bestseller What Works on Wall Street. Follow Jim on X Full transcripts: Transcripts and highlights from every Infinite Loops conversation. OSV newsletter Books, Films & Ideas Mentioned Into the Wild: The film Ed compares to the Houston chapter, where David almost stops to rest. Into the Wild Raiders of the Lost Ark: Spielberg\u2019s \u201cno boring bits\u201d approach that set the book\u2019s pace. Raiders of the Lost Ark Mad Max: Fury Road: Ed\u2019s model for a story that never stops moving. Mad Max: Fury Road The Pursuit of Happyness and Good Will Hunting: The stories Ed sees as the book\u2019s closest film parallels. The Pursuit of Happyness \/ Good Will Hunting What Works on Wall Street: Jim\u2019s book, which David challenged him on in their first conversations. What Works on Wall Street Behaviorism: The mid-century \u201cgive me a baby and I\u2019ll make it anything\u201d school Jim cites in the nature-versus-nurture debate. Behaviorism   ","author_name":"Infinite Loops","author_url":"https:\/\/infiniteloopspodcast.com\/","html":"