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Jan 27, 2016

Elizabeth Bruenig is the guest. She is a staff writer for The New Republic. Her work focuses on politics and religion.  

Really excited to have Elizabeth on the program. I've been a big fan for a while now and feel like she is already, at the ripe old age of 25, an indispensable voice in our political discourse, and on...


Jan 20, 2016

Ruth Wariner is the guest. Her new memoir, The Sound of Gravel, is available now from Flatiron Books. It is the official January selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club

This is one of the most devastating reading experiences I've had in recent memory.  Ruth Wariner's childhood in LeBaron, a fundamentalist Mormon...


Jan 13, 2016

Margaret Malone is the guest. Her debut story collection, People Like You, is available now from Atelier 26 Books. 

Really enjoyed meeting Margaret. She showed up at my door and I almost felt like I knew her already. There was something familiar about her. We have a friend in common. Maybe that was it. She used to live...


Jan 6, 2016

Chiwan Choi is the guest. His latest poetry collection is called Abductions, available now from Writ Large Press.

First episode of 2016. Here we go. Though technically Chiwan and I spoke in late 2015. He came over. It was cold. He was in a t-shirt. I offered him a coat. He said he was fine. I couldn't believe it. I felt...