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Jade Chang #62
Jade Chang is the author of The Wangs vs. the World. She’s also a journalist and a television writer. Chang is the recipient of a Sundance Fellowship for Arts Journalism, […]
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Brad Warner #61
Brad Warner is a Soto Zen priest. He is the author of Letters To a Dead Friend About Zen as well as Hardcore Zen, and Sit Down and Shut Up. […]
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Kim Krizan – #60
Kim Krizan is the author of Spy in the House of Anais Nin. She’s also the co-writer of the fabulous films Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight. In fact, […]
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Matthew Specktor – #59
Matthew Specktor is the author of That Summertime Sound and American Dream Machine. He’s a founding editor at Los Angeles Review of Books and just a damn good person. Enjoy […]
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#58 – Peter Houlahan
Peter Houlahan is the author of NORCO ’80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History. It’s a fantastic real story that reads like a multidimensional […]
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Liska Jacobs – #57
Liska Jacobs is the author of The Worst Kind of Want coming out on November 5th on hardcover from FSG. It’s her second book and it rocks. And definitely check […]
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Annalee Newitz – #56
Annalee Newitz is the author of The Future of Another Timeline and Autonomous. Annalee co-hosts the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct with Charlie Jane Anders. Newitz was also editor of […]
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Peter Seth – #55
Peter Seth is the author of When I Got Out. It’s a sequel to his first novel What It Was Like. He’s also written for TV and film, and, as […]
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Nicholas Meyer – #54
Nicholas Meyer is the author of The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols. His previous books include The View From the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood, […]
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Madame Pamita – #53
Madame Pamita is the author of Madame Pamita’s Magical Tarot: Using the Cards to Make Your Dreams Come True. She provides readings and other services here at www.parlourofwonders.com. She’s also […]
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Rob Zabrecky – #52
Rob Zabrecky is the author of Strange Cures: A Memoir. He’s a magician, a regular performer at The Magic Castle, and was the frontman of the band Possum Dixon. As […]
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Jorjeana Marie – #51
Jorjeana Marie is the author of Improv For Writers, a book about using the techniques of improv acting to escalate your game as a writer. She also writes for TV, […]
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Carol Schlanger – #50
Carol Schlanger is the author of Hippie Woman Wild: A Memoir of Life & Love on an Oregon Commune. She has been billed as “A baby boomer’s answer to Lena […]
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Robert Crais – #49
Robert Crais is the author of A Dangerous Man, the 18th book in his Joe Pike series. Crais is also a veteran TV writer with credits like Hill Street Blues, […]
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Megan Monahan – #48
Megan Monahan is the author of Don’t Hate, Meditate! (5 Easy Practices to Get You Through the Hard Sh*t). She teaches meditation and you can check out her upcoming workshops […]
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David Kukoff – #47
David Kukoff is the editor of Los Angeles in the 1970s: Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine, out now on Rare Bird Lit. He’s also the author of the novel Children […]
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Cat Gwynn – #46
Cat Gwynn is the author of 10-Mile Radius and an artist and photographer. She has a great story on surviving cancer and how it shifted her life path. Enjoy the show. Drinks […]
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Patrick O’Neil – #45
Patrick O’Neil is the author of Gun, Needle, Spoon and is a contributing editor to Sensitive Skin Magazine. He works with Natashia Deon on the project Redeemed, helping rehabilitated felons […]
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Bruce Ferber – #44
Bruce Ferber is the editor of the new book, The Way We Work: On The Job In Hollywood, out now on Rare Bird Lit. He’s also the author of Cascade […]
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Chris L. Terry – #43
Chris L. Terry is the author of the new novel, Black Card, out now on Catapult Press. He’s also the author of Zero Fade. And, he used to be in […]
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Bucky Sinister – #42
Bucky Sinister is the author of Black Hole, Time Bomb Snooze Alarm, and more. He created and co-produces The Business, a comedy showcase that now happens every Monday at Little […]
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J. Ryan Stradal – #41
J. Ryan Stradal is the New York Times best selling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest. His latest novel is The Lager Queen of Minnesota. Stradal grew up in […]
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Janet Fitch – #40
Janet Fitch is the author of White Oleander, Paint It Black, The Revolution of Marina M., and her new novel Chimes of a Lost Cathedral. White Oleander was an Oprah […]
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Rob Roberge – #39
Rob Roberge is the author of Liar, a memoir, out now on paperback. His previous books include The Cost of Living, Ludlow, Drive, and More Than They Can Chew. He’s […]
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Duke Haney – #38
Duke Haney is the author of Banned For Life, Subversia, and Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventures in Filmland. He’s also an actor and screenwriter, and, as you’ll hear on […]
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Maggie Rowe – #37
Maggie Rowe is the author of Sin Bravely: A Memoir of Spiritual Disobedience. She also produces Sit ‘n’ Spin, the longest running spoken word show every third Thursday on at the […]
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Dennis Cruz – Ep. #36
Dennis Cruz is the author of The Beast Is We, Moth Wing Tea, and No One: Poems. During our conversation a wee accident happened on the street in front of […]
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Alex Espinoza – #35
Alex Espinoza is author of Cruising: An intimate History of a Radical Pastime coming out on June 4, 2019 on Unnamed Press. He’s also the author of Still Water Saints […]
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Liza Mandelup – #34
Liza Mandelup is a documentary filmmaker. Her film, Jawline, premiered at Sundance Film Festival and screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2019. The film follows 16-year-old Austyn […]
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Christine Sneed – Ep. #33
Christine Sneed is the author of Little Known Facts and Paris, He Said and the short story collections The Virginity of Famous Men and Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve […]
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Saskia Vogel – Ep. #32
Saskia Vogel is the author of the novel, Permission. She was born and raised in Los Angeles and now resides in Berlin. Vogel worked as Granta magazine’s global publicist and […]
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C. J. Farley – Ep. #31
C. J. Farley is the author of Game World, Kingston by Starlight, and My Favorite War. He wrote the best-selling biographies Aaliyah: More Than a Woman and Before the Legend: […]
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Rheea Mukherjee – Ep. #30
Rheea Mukherjee is the author of The Body Myth. It’s her debut novel on Unnamed Press and it’s awesome. Rheea spent her childhood in the US and her teens in […]
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Michael Marcus – Ep. #29
Michael Marcus is the author of #1 Son and Other Stories on Punk Hostage Press. One of the main takeaways from this fantastic confessional is that you shouldn’t smoke crack. […]
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Jack Grisham – Ep. #28
Jack Grisham is the author of An American Demon: A Memoir, Code Blue: A Love Story, A Principle of Recovery, and I Wish There Were Monsters. He’s also the founder […]
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Ayser Salman – Ep. #27
Ayser Salman is the author of The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit in. She is also […]
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Allan MacDonell – Ep. #26
Allan MacDonell is the author of Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex, and Trial by Angel Dust, Now That I Am Gone: A Memoir Beyond Recall, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
- Jade Chang #62 December 4, 2019
- Brad Warner #61 November 27, 2019
- Kim Krizan – #60 November 20, 2019
- Matthew Specktor – #59 November 13, 2019