Sammy Solo

Some thoughts prompted by Karina Longworth's podcast

(Photo by Phil Stern)

Karina Longworth is well into the fall season of her podcast You Must Remember This, and this time, the subjects are Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. So far, Karina’s approach on one level is a study in the effect of American racism on both men, with a considerable subplot being the overwhelming presence of the Mafia in the mid-20th-…