Latest Episodes

#1593 – Jon Ward
Told in full for the first time, “Camelot’s End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party” is a carefully threaded...

#1591 – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s first short story collection, “Friday Black,” is a satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America,...

#1592 – Helen Klein Ross
Helen Klein Ross is a poet and novelist whose new novel, “The Latecomers,” tells the story of an Irish immigrant, an ancestral home in...

#1590 – Anne Lamott
What does hope look like? How do we find and hold onto it in the midst of personal turmoil, communal suffering, global chaos and...

#1589 – Tara Westover
Tara Westover’s memoir, “Educated,” has made its way to the number one spot on the New York Times bestsellers list. She tells her story...

#1588 – Tommy Orange
Tommy Orange’s powerful and urgent Native American voice has exploded onto the landscape of contemporary fiction. His debut novel, “There There,” interweaves the experiences...