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Elyse Durham, "Maya & Natasha" (Mariner Books, 2025) 33:36

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As Nazi tanks roll toward Leningrad in August 1941, an unmarried nineteen-year-old ballerina gives birth to twin girls in the soon-to-be besieged city. Bereft of hope, the dancer—once a rising star at the Kirov—slashes her wrists, but her babies survive, rescued by the devoted friend who arrives just too late to save their mother. The friend, too, …

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From The Vault: Yellowjackets Readalikes with Kristen Anderson 1:05:07

12h ago1:05:07

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It's Yellowjackets season, baby! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! And to celebrate a new season, I thought I would repost this conversation I had with the wonderful Kristen Anderson from the Guide to the Unknown Podcast we recorded after season 1. Books Mentioned: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix Fantasticland by Mik…

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TAO LEIGH GOFFE on Poetics, Poesis & Un-making the Climate Crisis 37:42

23h ago37:42

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In this episode on the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liutalks with Tao Leigh Goffe about her new, magisterial Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis. Spanning many fields and disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Professor Goffe weaves…

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Fake Dating & Full-Cast Audiobooks: Creating Know Your Newlywed with Heather Taylor and Hillary Nussbaum (E131) 40:47

6d ago40:47

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Send us a text In today’s episode, we have not only one guest but two! I am chatting with HEATHER TAYLOR and HILLARY NUSSBAUM. Together they wrote Know Your Newlywed, a full-cast audio production starring Mary Mouser of Cobra Kai and Tyler Posey of Teen Wolf. Know Your Newlywed is set between Boston and Chicago, and the female main character is an …

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Badiucao and Mellissa Chan, "You Must Take Part in Revolution" (Street Noise Books, 2024) 50:04

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You Must Take Part In Revolution is a mind-bending graphic novel by award-winning journalist Melissa Chan and acclaimed dissident artist Badiucao. A near-future dystopia in the vein of George Orwell's Animal's Farm, the book explores technology, authoritarian government, and the lengths to which one will go in the fight for freedom. Three idealisti…

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The Creative Process w/ JULIE ANDREWS, PAUL SCHRADER, JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY, ETGAR KERET, JOY GORMAN WETTELS, CHAYSE IRVIN, MANUEL BILLETER 14:06

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JULIE ANDREWS (Oscar, Tony & Pulitzer Prize-winning Actress & Singer · The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins) Andrews shares her experience working on Mary Poppins, revealing behind-the-scenes secrets about the character. She reminisces about her collaboration with Walt Disney and Tony Walton. ETGAR KERET (Cannes Film Festival Award-winning Director & A…

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The Art of Fiction with Author, Musician, Satirist T.C. BOYLE - Highlights 11:35

5d ago11:35

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“What I have done in my career is just try to assess who we are, what we are, why we are here, and how come we, as animals, are able to walk around and wear pants and dresses and talk on the internet, while the other animals are not. It's been my obsession since I was young. I think if I hadn't become a novelist, I might have been happy to be a nat…

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A Life in Writing with T.C. BOYLE 53:01

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Why are we filled with so many contradictions? How does writing help us make sense of the absurdity and of the absurdity and chaos of the world? T.C. Boyle is a novelist and short story writer based out of Santa Barbara, California. He has published 19 novels, such as The Road to Wellville and more than 150 short stories for publications like The N…

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Transgressive Horror with Emma E. Murray 1:00:14

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We are talking transgressive horror on the pod today and author Emma E. Murray is here to help us wade into these bleak and uncomfortable waters. Let me know. Is Emma right? Should I watch Anti-Christ? Movies Mentioned: Martyrs Excision Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Videodrome Crash Anti-Christ Books Mentioned: Shoot Me in the Face on a Beauti…

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Language, Music, Memory with Writer, Philosopher PATRICK HEALY - Highlights 17:36

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“You have all the different languages interplaying with each other. Little scraps of Irish languages and idioms have stories that have been told, but how Ireland actually comes about as an idea, as to where the Irish come from. A lot of these kinds of debates are just placed, you know, in day-to-day conversation, and then they trail off. People sta…

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Beyond the Pale with Writer, Philosopher PATRCK HEALY 55:36

10d ago55:36

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Patrick Healy’s novel Beyond the Pale explores memory, time, childhood, and how language shapes our world. Set in rural Ireland, starting in the 1950s, the book follows a young boy’s early memories through a series of expressionistic soundscapes. The expression from which the book takes its name has come to mean beyond what is considered acceptable…

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Emily E K Murdoch on the Governess Bureau Series 48:07

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When the nobility and gentility of England are at their wits end, they send a discrete note to Miss Vivienne Clarke’s Governess Bureau. Only accepting the very best clients, their governesses are coveted, with every governess following three rules: 1.You must have an impeccable record. 2.You must bring a special skill to the table. 3.You must never…

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Leading with Purpose: Military Medicine, Mental Health and Shaping Future Leaders with Dr. (Colonel) Josh McConkey (E130) 40:21

13d ago40:21

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Send us a text In today’s episode, I am chatting with Dr. Josh McConkey. Dr. (Colonel) Josh McConkey is an award-winning/best-selling author and esteemed Emergency Physician with over two decades of clinical experience. He served as a professor at Duke University and maintains Board Certification in Emergency Medicine. With 22 years of military ser…

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Allegra Goodman, "Isola" (The Dial Press, 2025) 23:10

14d ago23:10

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Today I talked to Alegra Goodman about her novel Isola (The Dial Press, 2025) After Marguerite is orphaned as a young girl, her guardian leaves her alone in her family’s enormous home, where servants see to her needs until he hires a mother and daughter to tutor her in the ways of wealthy 16th century lords and ladies. The guardian sells her home a…

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Relationships, Writing, Dyselxia & The Creative Process w/ Director SOPHIE BROOKS 10:20

18d ago10:20

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“In reality, we're all complex people with feelings and our own sets of baggage. I do think we are very good at self-sabotage, all of us. It's a very easy road to go down. It's safe because it's comfortable, and we know it. When you can find the ways you self-sabotage and try to stop that, it will hopefully lead to a happier life and things that ar…

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Modern Love - Writer, Director SOPHIE BROOKS on her new film OH, HI! 49:12

18d ago49:12

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What is love? How do the relationships we have early in our lives affect us for years to come? How can we break free from cycles of damage to form relationships of mutual understanding, respect, and love? Sophie Brooks is a London-born, Brooklyn-based writer and director. Her sophomore feature Oh, Hi! premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.…

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BFF Book Club - Champagne Widows with Rebecca Rosenberg (E129) 53:13

18d ago53:13

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Send us a text Welcome to today’s episode of Bookish Flights! This one is our latest installment in the BFF Book Club! This month features Champagne Widows with Rebecca Rosenberg. Rebecca is an award-winning novelist, champagne geek and lavender farmer. Rebecca first fell in love with methode champenoise in Sonoma Valley, CA. Over decades of delici…

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Exploring Dark Urban Fantasy with Author Elle Kaelee (E128) 40:01

20d ago40:01

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Send us a text We're chatting with Elle Kaelee today. Elle has always been a student of storytelling, and her career over the years has involved theater, photography, and, of course, writing. She released Glass Wings, a dark urban fantasy, as initially a way of coping with the death of family members, but it turned into something much bigger—a full…

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From Spy Thrillers to Police Dramas w/ Writer, Creator, Showrunner ALEXI HAWLEY 13:08

21d ago13:08

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“There used to be a time when leading men were okay with falling down as a character. Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones is a prime example of that. Even going back to the fifties, they understood that failure and falling down, but getting back up, is an endearing quality. It's a universal human quality. We have gotten to a point in the last 10 or 15 y…

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Behind the Scenes of The Rookie & The Recruit w/ Showrunner ALEXI HAWLEY 40:43

21d ago40:43

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How can we improve the way we train and recruit police officers? Can TV dramas serve as positive models for policing and help foster community? Alexi Hawley is the creator of ABC’s The Rookie, starring Nathan Fillion, and Netflix's The Recruit, an espionage drama starring Noah Centineo that, in season two, explores the legal defense tactic 'graymai…

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Witch Horror with Grady Hendrix 1:05:47

21d ago1:05:47

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Grady Hendrix is back in the house and we are talking about all them witches. We also discuss: which beloved show could have been improved by making the main duo witches? Which Taylor Swift song is giving witchy energy? Books Mentioned: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix How to Become a Sensuous Witch by Aragail, Valaria Undead Girl Gang…

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Are We Witnessing the Decline of the American Empire? RICHARD D. WOLFF - Highlights 11:54

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“The position of the United States in the world, economically and politically, is the weakest it has been in my lifetime. I was born in the middle of the 20th century, so I have watched the rise of the American empire and the success of American capitalism in the second half of the 20th century. However, over the last 20 years, I have watched that …

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Understanding Capitalism with RICHARD D. WOLFF - Co-founder of Democracy at Work 47:33

22d ago47:33

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When capitalism stops serving the needs of the people, what can we do to create a fairer more equitable society? What can we learn from China's success and economic growth? Are we witnessing the decline of the American Empire and what comes next? Richard D. Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Ec…

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How Art Helps Us Understand the World - Filmmakers, Writers & Artists Share their Stories 11:52

26d ago11:52

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How do our personal lives influence the art we make? JIM SHEPARD (Author of The Book of Aron, Project X, & The World to Come starring Casey Affleck, Vanessa Kirby, Katherine Waterston · Winner of the PEN New England Award, The Story Prize) explores historical human dilemmas, the emotional imagination and literature's role in extending empathetic un…

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The Influence of Childhood Reading and Writing with Author Tyler Snure (E127) 24:49

27d ago24:49

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Send us a text In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Tyler Snure, an incredible young author whose journey is as inspiring as his books. Tyler published his debut novel, The Jewels of Fate, when he was just 17 years old. With a lifelong passion for reading and storytelling, Tyler began writing creatively at the age of seven, and his …

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Ben Berman Ghan, "The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits" (Wolsak & Wynn, 2024) 39:25

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Ben Berman Ghan is the author of the bestselling novel, The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits (Wolsak & Wynn, 2024). The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits is a gorgeously complex work of literary speculative fiction. With elements of science fiction and horror dropped in amongst stunning literary prose, the debut novel spans centuries, covering humanity’s co…

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Rod Carley, "Ruff: A Novel" (Latitude 46, 2024) 37:21

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RuFF (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2024) is Rod Carley’s highly-anticipated fourth novel. This historical fiction transports us to Elizabethan England, where we witness Shakespeare struggling through a midlife crisis while trying to win a national play competition to secure the King’s business. Hilarious hijinks ensue, with whip-smart dialogue and a cap…

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Ace, Marvel, Spy: Serving Up Untold Stories with Author Jenni L. Walsh (E126) 38:53

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Send us a text Welcome to today’s episode of Bookish Flights! I’m delighted to be joined by Jenni L. Walsh, USA Today bestselling author of thirteen captivating books for adults and children. Jenni spends her days immersed in storytelling from her home in the suburbs of Philadelphia, where she masterfully balances her busy writing career with being…

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How to Recover and Protect Your Instagram Account After Being Hacked (E125.5) 9:38

1M ago9:38

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Send us a text 🚨 I didn’t want to make this episode, but here we are. 🚨 In this solo episode of Bookish Flights, I’m sharing my story about how my Instagram account was hacked and the valuable lessons I learned along the way. Tune in to hear how to get it back and make sure this doesn’t happen to you! I’m sharing actionable tips to secure your onli…

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Most Anticipated 2025 Releases 1:08:36

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New year, new books to add to your TBR! I'm talking about the horror books to look forward to from January to June. Books Mentioned: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Wake Up, Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca The Lamb by Lucy Rose Our Winter Monster by Dennis Mahoney The Poorly Made and O…

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How to Build Relationships, Hook Up & Raise Hell Together: Conversation w/ DEAN SPADE - Highlights 16:04

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“This book has a lot of the wisdom of things that feminists and queers have learned in the community about sexuality, but the book is really for anybody who is political, even those just starting out and beginning to realize that there is something wrong with the systems they live under. I want to be in movements. Our movements are made of relation…

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