Podcast Episodes

707: Shawn Welcome!

In this week's show, the poet Shawn Welcome and I talk about how to love poetry, how to gather together our literary communities, and our beloved cit…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

706: Richard Blanco!

On this week's program, I catch up with the amazing Richard Blanco about his recent collected poems, Homeland of my Body, a book sandwiched with two …

7 months ago

705: Mamie Pound!

On this week's program, I talk to Mamie Pound about how flash fiction works, poetry, and finding the authentic, messy, true emotion and understanding…

7 months, 1 week ago

704: Elliot Ackerman

On this week's program, I talk to Elliot Ackerman about his new novel, Sheepdogs, a hell of a military caper story.

7 months, 2 weeks ago

703: A Discussion of Anaïs Nin's Delta of Venus, with Dianne Turgeon Richardson!

Happy Valentine's Day, world! Listen to Dianne Turgeon Richardson and I discuss the memorable, occasionally exhausting, and morally iffy smut of Anaï…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

702: A Discussion of Lucasta Miller's The Brontë Myth, with Sophia Ferrara.

After reading some of Charlotte Brontë's Tales of Angria (#682), John and Sophia go a-Brontë-ing again. They discuss Lucasta Miller's extraordinary s…

8 months ago

701: Greg Proops!

In this week's show, I speak with the comedian Greg Proops about comedy writing, comedy performance, improv, politics, film, and more.

8 months, 1 week ago

700: Chuck Klosterman!

On #700, John speaks with the underrated novelist and essay writer Chuck Klosterman about his wickedly funny and ever-insightful new book called Foot…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

699: Aymann Ismail!

On this episode, Samantha Nickerson interviews the journalist and memoirist about his new book, Becoming Baba: Fatherhood, Faith, and Finding Meaning…

9 months ago

698: Descartes a Kant!

On this episode, John interviews the rock band Descartes a Kant about the creation of exciting twenty-first century theatrical rock and roll.

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9 months, 1 week ago