Podcast Episodes

Episode 474 — Siel Ju

Siel Ju is the guest. Her new novel-in-stories, Cake Time, is available from Red Hen Press. In today's monologue, I talk about some recent celebrity …

8 years, 11 months ago

Episode 473 — Scott McClanahan

Scott McClanahan is the guest. His new novel The Sarah Book is now available from Tyrant Books. It is the official July pick of The Nervous Breakdown…

9 years ago

Episode 472 — Julia Fierro

Julia Fierro is the guest. Her new novel, The Gypsy Moth Summer, is available now from St. Martin's Press. This is Julia's second time on the program…

9 years ago

Episode 471 — Nathan Hill

Nathan Hill is the guest. His debut novel The Nix is now available in trade paperback from Vintage.  In today's monologue, I read some listener mail …

9 years ago

Episode 470 — Jonathan Safran Foer

Jonathan Safran Foer is the guest. His latest novel, Here I Am, is available now in trade paperback from Picador. It is the official June selection o…

9 years ago

Episode 469 — Paula Priamos

Paula Priamos is the guest. Her new novel, Inside V, is now available from Rare Bird Books. In today's monologue, I talk about Trump and answer some …

9 years, 1 month ago

Episode 468 — Charmaine Craig

Charmaine Craig is the guest. Her new novel, Miss Burma, is available now from Grove Press. In today's monologue, I talk about the apparent death of …

9 years, 1 month ago

Episode 467 — Amelia Gray

Amelia Gray is the guest. Her new novel Isadora is available now from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.  In today's monologue, I eulogize my dog Walter.  

Le…

9 years, 1 month ago

Episode 466 — Elizabeth L. Silver

Elizabeth L. Silver is the guest. Her new memoir, The Tincture of Time, is available now from Penguin. In today's monologue—which is long—I talk abou…

9 years, 1 month ago

Episode 465 — Erika Carter

Erika Carter is the guest. Her debut novel Lucky You is available now from Counterpoint. In today's monologue, I talk about the Republican health car…

9 years, 2 months ago