Marianne Leone #289

Marianne Leone is the author of Five-Dog Epiphany: A Memoir.

Marianne is an actor you may know from shows like The Sopranos. Her book tackles the grief of losing her son with her husband actor Chris Cooper and how their son Jesse brought dogs into their lives.

We discuss how her an her husband have stayed together for 41 years, when they met in acting school exactly how their romance started, her push for Chris to take the groundbreaking part in American Beauty, her activism to create inclusive classrooms for the quadriplegic and how that manifested a healthy social circle for her son Jesse and his friends before he died, and so much more.

The Drinks with Tony bookclub starts this month. We’re reading Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age by Bohumil Hrabal. Then reserve your spot for our zoom discussion on October 5th at 9AM Pacific / 12PM Eastern. We’ll take a deep dive into the craft and story of the novel.

Along with Drinks with Tony bookclub I’m bringing back Nick Cave Monday. All can be found at my substack: dushane.substack.com, subscribe now.

Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.

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