Join Marc and John for Episode 35 and guest author Neal Pollack as they ask him about one of his two favorite leisure activities, yoga, along with the hundreds of books and millions of articles he's published in the last three years alone. But mostly they just want to know: who's cooler, Alex Trebek or Dave Eggers?
Listen in the first and second segments as they discuss scary stuff, also known as horror fiction. They'll be sure to touch on all the staples: Poe, Dahl, Lovecraft, King . . . and Dunham.
Then we'll ask Marc to take off the scary mask he's been wearing for the last twelve years . . .
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Guest Authors Tod Goldberg and Patricia McCormick!
Listen to Episode 33 with Gangsterland author Tod Goldberg, and Episode 34 with I Am Malala cowriter and author of Sold Patricia McCormick!
In Episode 33 we also discuss the Nobel Prize winners and books about music, from Bach to Mötley Crüe (both of equal standing in our books); in 34 we'll talk about the Man Booker Prize and the Man National Book Award and the Man Read First Ask Later Award -- all are open to women of course -- and Doris Kearns Goodwin and historical accounts, not to be confused with Marc and John's interactions on air -- those accounts are hysterical!
Read. Listen. Call. Ask.
In Episode 33 we also discuss the Nobel Prize winners and books about music, from Bach to Mötley Crüe (both of equal standing in our books); in 34 we'll talk about the Man Booker Prize and the Man National Book Award and the Man Read First Ask Later Award -- all are open to women of course -- and Doris Kearns Goodwin and historical accounts, not to be confused with Marc and John's interactions on air -- those accounts are hysterical!
Read. Listen. Call. Ask.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Episode 32: Julie Schumacher and Her Novel in Letters . . . of Recommendation!
What?! American academia ripe for satire and humor? Listen in as Julie Schumacher joins John and Marc for a discussion of her novel, Dear Committee Members, offered in letters of recommendation by beleaguered English Professor Jason Fitzger. How beleaguered, you ask? He's so beleaguered he makes Marc and John look fastidious!
But before that, John and Marc will discuss the "Alt Lit" scene in much the same intonation as their parents dismissed "Gorbachev" and their grandparents referenced "Rock-N-Roll," and they'll try to figure out Haruki Murakami's writing like a spatially challenged child (Insert: John and Marc as children) trying to figure out a Rubik's Cube, but hopefully without the tantrums and flying objects.
Then, just try to call us and stump us with a question about books. Just try it!
But before that, John and Marc will discuss the "Alt Lit" scene in much the same intonation as their parents dismissed "Gorbachev" and their grandparents referenced "Rock-N-Roll," and they'll try to figure out Haruki Murakami's writing like a spatially challenged child (Insert: John and Marc as children) trying to figure out a Rubik's Cube, but hopefully without the tantrums and flying objects.
Then, just try to call us and stump us with a question about books. Just try it!
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