Podcast Episodes

Cate Holahan's The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold: Nepo Babies, True Crime Culture & Artificial Intelligence

Episode 322

This week, I got to talk with Cate Holahan about her new thriller The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold. She shares the real life case that inspired the kidnapping structure, how anxiety fuels her best idea…

Published on 2 hours ago

Pelumi Olatinpo's Manifest Destiny: Being a Witness to Corroborate Experiences That Have Been Hidden

Episode 321

This week, I talk with Pelumi Olatinpo about his new poetry collection Manifest Destiny. He shares how and why he created a new type of poetry, what inspired him to write about Manifest Destiny and t…

Published on 11 hours ago

Spooky Season Book Recommendations with Gare & Steph

Episode 320

This week, Gare, Steph and I share some of our favorite recommendations for spooky season!

Kate’s Picks

No Road Home by John Fram

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

The Macabre by Kosoko…

Published on 4 days, 18 hours ago

Vanessa Lillie's The Bone Thief: Stolen Bones, Stolen Land, and a Shady “Founders Society”

Episode 319

This week, I chat with Vanessa Lillie about her new thriller in her Syd Walker series, The Bone Thief! We dive into her inspiration for the story, the research she did to incorporate historic and con…

Published on 1 week ago

Lucinda Berry’s This is a Safe Space: Writing for Audio and Balancing Trauma and Twists

Episode 318

This week, Gare and I talk with THE Lucinda Berry about her new audiobook This Is a Safe Space!  We dive into her inspiration for this story, how writing for audio changes her process, and how she ba…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Music, Memoirs and Audiobooks with Erin Ashley

Episode 317

This week, I'm chatting with a new co-host, Erin Ashley! She shares her interest in memoirs about musicians, how she came to love them as a music journalist, and the fiction she's been trying to read…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Nekesa Afia's As Long As You're Mine: Solving Mysteries in Old Hollywood

Episode 316

This week, I talk with Nekesa Afia about her new historical-contemporary mystery As Long As You're Mine. We dive into her inspiration for the book, her fascination with the past, and how her present …

Published on 2 weeks ago

Sagit Schwartz's The Underdog: A Reality Singing Competition, An Obsessed Fan, and An Assistant Stuck in the Middle

Episode 315

This week, Steph and I chat with Sagit Schwartz about her new thriller The Underdog! We dive into her inspiration for the story, what she loved about writing crazed fan Norma, and how Sagit and I suc…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Continuing Ed: The Mis-Education of Indigenous Children in America with MacKenzie Green

Episode 314

Bonus Episode!!  

In this first episode of my new Continuing Ed series, MacKenzie Green joins me to talk about a non-fiction book she convinced me to read: Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black a…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

John Fugelsang's Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds

Episode 313

This week, I got to talk with John Fugelsang about his new book Separation of Church and Hate! He shares why he's passionate about taking back the religion of his parents from the way it has been use…

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago