Originally aired October 18, 2022.
Dave welcomes poet, essayist, and musician Richard Terrill onto the show to discuss Essentially, his new essay collection.
After a brief pledge-week interlude with Liz, Annie welcomes prolific cartoonist/memoirist MariNaomi back onto the show to discuss their latest, I Thought You Loved Me.
Originally aired October 4, 2022.
Dave starts the show by speaking with Emerald Garner, who is the founder of We Can’t Breathe, the author of memoir Finding My Voice, an activist, and the daughter of the late Eric Garner. Beyond recounting Garner’s experience losing her father to police violence and the far-reaching aftermath, it details her path to activism and where she finds empathy and a call to action.
After the break, Annie speaks to Tess Gunty, author of this year’s National Book Award contender The Rabbit Hutch, about the roles of female saints and mystics, subverting the male gaze and the notion of exploited women “asking for it,” Internet-speak in books, and crafting complex and compelling characters.
Originally aired July 19, 2022.
Bob Dylan is a much-admired, Pulitzer-winning American musician, but who was he to his mentors, friends, collaborators, and exes? Annie and Liz take the whole hour to dig into this by interviewing Stephanie Trudeau, editor of The Dylan Tapes.
This book compiles and selects from 30 hours of interviews done by the late Anthony Scaduto to give a thoughtful, varied, and broad look at the man behind the legend.
Originally aired July 12, 2022.
Kim Heikkila joins Annie in the first part of the show to talk about Booth Girls, a book about the St Paul’s Booth Memorial Hospital for unmarried pregnant women in the 1960’s that is also a book about how sexism, racism, classism, and pseudoscience impacted the adoption landscape and the lives of women who experienced unplanned pregnancy in America.
After the break, we revisit our interview with Josh and Melissa King of the Yale School of Management, and author of Social Chemistry.
Originally aired July 5, 2022.
Dave opens the hour in a gripping and relevant discussion with Natalie Moore of her new play, The Billboard, which discusses concerns and conflicts over reproductive health.
After the break, it’s legacy time! The crew revisits Annie’s 2020 interview with Lisa Zeidner about Who Says?, her book about channeling perspective to improve your manuscript and process.
Originally aired May 17, 2022.
Annie kicks off the show with Emily Bergslien and Kat Weaver, co-authors of Uncommon Charm, a character-focused and magic-infused historical mystery novella from Neon Hemlock.
After the break, Liz and P David Ebersole dive into his novel 99 Miles from LA, and the thrills and mystery therein.
Originally aired March 22, 2022.
Liz opens the show with Carol Finizza and her newest mystery, Murder on Hollywood Beach.
After Pledge Drive (!!), Annie welcomes Lee Cole on-air to discuss the intersection of creative writing, class, and race in the Trump-era United States in his new novel Groundskeeping.
Originally aired March 1, 2022.
Josh welcomes Keith Loveland, author of End of the Empire, to discuss post-WWII American culture and values.
After the break, Annie is joined by Mariko Tamaki to discuss her new YA mystery Cold, crafting great characters, and Tamaki’s new book imprint that creates representation and inclusion, on and beyond the page.
