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Season 4 Episode 2
Laura Dickerman: Last Word (1 1/2 ounces gin, 3/4 ounce green chartreuse, 3/4 ounce maraschino liqueur, 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice, Luxardo cherry)
Laura tells some George Plimpton stories from her da…
Published on 9 hours ago
Ken Follett
Season 4 Episode 1
Ken Follett (champagne)
Ken names the #1 event in history that he wishes he could witness (hint: it occurred in 16th century London), declares the worst century in history to be alive, describes the s…
Published on 1 week ago
Megan Abbott
Season 3 Episode 26
Megan Abbott: gimlet (2 1/2 ounces gin, 1/2 ounce lime juice, dash simple syrup, garnish with lime wheel)
Megan names Detroit’s best quality, shares her love and analysis of the hard boiled crime fict…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Megan Marshall
Season 3 Episode 25
Megan Marshall: Caipirinha (lime, sugar, cachaca)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, Megan discusses the distinctions between biography and narrative history, her frustration with historical …
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Father's Day Book Picks
Season 3 Episode 24
Jennifer Egan, Jay McInerney, David Grann: (Crystal)
Jenny, Jay and David create the Best List of the best books, discuss the stylistic and structural reasons why they love these books, and tell insid…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Montel Williams
Season 3 Episode 23
Montel Williams: sparkling water with cranberry juice
Montel reveals the worst thing about being deployed on a submarine, explains how Tom Clancy angered the US Navy with his book THE HUNT FOR RED O…
Published on 4 months ago
Carl Hiaasen
Season 3 Episode 22
Carl Hiaasen: gin & tonic (Barr Hill gin, tonic, lime wedge)
Carl discusses the talented Vince Vaughn and how he will forever more inhabit the character Yancy, tells how his surroundings in Florida ha…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Chris Pavone
Season 3 Episode 21
Chris Pavone: Americano (Campari, sweet vermouth, club soda, orange twist)
Chris discusses his early career experiences in publishing meetings with Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis and what her work meant to…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
J.D. Barker
Season 3 Episode 20
J.D. Barker: White Russian (2 ounces vodka, 1 ounce Kahlua, 1 ounce heavy cream)
J.D. talks about how he stalked and then connected with Stephen King, how his partnership with James Patterson has chan…
Published on 5 months ago
David Baldacci
Season 3 Episode 19
David Baldacci: sparkling water
David names the two most underrated thriller writers, describes the way that planning-then-writing a novel can be similar to Tom Brady practicing-then-playing a footbal…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago