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March 20, 2019Uncategorized

Mitchell S. Jackson – Ep. #25

Mitchell S. Jackson is the author of Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family. He’s also the author of The Residue Years and winner of a 2016 Whiting Award. Survival […]
March 13, 2019Uncategorized

Irvine Welsh – Ep. #24

Irvine Welsh is the author of Dead Man’s Trousers. It’s the final chapter of the saga of the characters from Trainspotting. Trainspotting was made into a film, you know. There’s also […]
March 6, 2019Uncategorized

Porangui – Ep. #23

Poranguí is a musician, healer, and producer. Check out his self-titled album as well as the companion record Guided Journey. “He lives in service to pachamama as an artist and […]
February 27, 2019Uncategorized

Charlie Jane Anders – Ep. #22

Charlie Jane Anders is the author of The City in the Middle of the Night. Her previous books include Choir Boy and All the Birds in the Sky. Her novelette […]
February 20, 2019Uncategorized

Lee Goldberg – Ep. #21

Lee Goldberg‘s latest book is Killer Thriller. It’s the sequel to True Fiction. Both books are fantastic reads as Goldberg is a master of his craft. He’s written too many […]
February 13, 2019Uncategorized

Gabriel Hart and Lydia Millet – Ep. #20

Gabriel Hart is the frontman of the band Jail Weddings. His twin novellas Virgins In Reverse & The Intrusion was released last month on Traveling Shoes Press and includes a forward by Tav […]
February 6, 2019Uncategorized

Delfin Vigil and Ned Vizzini – Ep. #19

Delfin Vigil is the author of Death of a Newspaper Man and Nikko: Concrete Commando. He’s also an ex-Jehovah’s Witness and was a features writer and editor at the San Francisco Chronicle […]
January 30, 2019Uncategorized

Jerry Minor and Amy Sedaris Ep. #18

Jerry Minor is an actor and comedian. He’s also an ex-Jehovah’s Witness, so, we talk a lot about that and how he has been able to thrive after suffering major […]
January 23, 2019Uncategorized

Hugh Patterson and Michael Muhammad Knight Ep. #17

Hugh Patterson is a chess master, a chess instructor, a writer, and his moniker is Johnny Genocide. As Mr. Genocide, he’s best known for the band No Alternative. He’s a cancer […]
January 16, 2019Uncategorized

Alexander Hacke Danielle de Picciotto Blixa Bargeld – Ep. #16

hackedepicciotto are Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto. Their music and utterly amazing, so check them out as they tour the West Coast the rest of the month. Hacke is […]
January 9, 2019Uncategorized

Jay London and Edward Furlong Ep. #15

Jay London is a stand-up comic. He was on two seasons of the TV show Last Comic Standing and his other credits include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The […]
January 2, 2019Uncategorized

Scot Sothern and William T. Vollmann Ep. #14

Scot Sothern is the author of Curb Service: A Memoir, Streetwalkers, and Big City. He’s also a photographer and his portraits of sex workers have been shown in galleries around […]
December 26, 2018Uncategorized

Jim Ruland and Marky Ramone Ep. #13

Jim Ruland is the author of Forest of Fortune and co-author of My Damage with Keith Morris. He’s also a long time contributor to Razorcake and runs the reading series Vermon […]
December 19, 2018Uncategorized

Gabriela Herstik and Wesley Strick Ep. #12

Gabriela Herstik is a writer, fashion alchemist, and witch. She is the author of Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft. She also writes for Nylon and HelloGiggles. […]
December 12, 2018Uncategorized

Stephen Jay Schwartz and Bent Hamer Ep. #11

Stephen Jay Schwartz is the editor of Hollywood vs. the Author, stories behind the scenes from those who have experienced what has been called development hell. He’s also the author […]
December 5, 2018Uncategorized

Stuttering John Melendez and Adrian Belic Ep. #10

Stuttering John Melendez is famous for his crazy hijinks on The Howard Stern Show and later for joining The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. His book Easy For You To […]
November 28, 2018Uncategorized

Shawna Kenney and Steve Kilbey Ep. #9

Shawna Kenney is the author of I was a Teenage Dominatrix and co-author of Live at the Safari Club. She teaches at UCLA Extension and co-runs a writing retreat in […]
November 21, 2018Uncategorized

Ben Loory and Daniel Clowes Ep. #8

Ben Loory is the author of Tales of Falling and Flying, Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, and The Baseball Player and the Walrus. He has never watched […]
November 14, 2018Uncategorized

David Ulin and Wim Wenders Ep. #7

David Ulin is the author of The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time and Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles. He edited the Books […]
November 7, 2018Uncategorized

Matthew Stokoe and Steve Almond Ep. #6

Matthew Stokoe is the author of Cows, High Life, Empty Mile, and Colony of Whores. We connected years ago when I ran CherryBleeds.com, but this was our first meeting in […]
October 31, 2018Uncategorized

Seth Greenland and Jon Ronson Ep. #5

Seth Greenland is the author of The Hazards of Good Fortune. His other books include The Bones, The Angry Buddhist, and I Regret Everything. Greenland has also worked in TV […]
October 24, 2018Uncategorized

Alan Black and Irvine Welsh Ep. #4

Alan Black is the author of Kick The Balls and co-author of The Glorious World Cup. He runs The Edinburgh Castle, a pub in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District that tends […]
October 17, 2018Uncategorized

Glen David Gold and Kevin Smith Ep. #3

Glen David Gold is the author of I Will Be Complete and Carter Beats the Devil. Our chat includes San Francisco vs. Los Angeles, punk rock, X, stalking John Doe, […]
October 10, 2018Uncategorized

Liska Jacobs and Chelsea Handler Ep. #2

Liska Jacobs is the author of Catalina. It’s a really good book and she’s a kick to hang out with. We chat about writing amazing books, craft, misconceptions of Los […]
October 3, 2018Uncategorized

Mark Haskell Smith and Larry Clark Ep. #1

Mark Haskell Smith is the author of Blown, Heart Of Dankness, Naked at Lunch, Salty and more. He’s a professor at UC Riverside’s Low Residency MFA program and just a […]