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Episode #224: Gabriel Urza (“All That Followed”)

Gabriel Urza (“All That Followed”) joins the show. We discuss Gabriel’s powerful debut novel that explores how startling situations unfold from small decisions.   Show Notes You can purchase All That Followed wherever books are sold. Follow Gabriel on Twitter.

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Posted in Authors, Books, Episodes, Fiction, International, Interviews, Politics

Episode #223: Chris Field and Katharine Mach (Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford)

Chris Field and Katharine Mach from the Carnegie Institution for Science – Department of Global Ecology at Stanford join the show. We discuss how the recent Paris talks have shaped the climate change discussion and what needs to happen moving

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Posted in Environment, Episodes, International, Interviews, Politics, Science

Episode #220: Antony Loewenstein (Independent Journalist, “Disaster Capitalism)

Antony Loewenstein (Independent Journalist, “Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe”) joins the show. We discuss how disaster capitalism has spread across the globe completely unchecked, and threatens every citizen on the planet.   Show Notes You can purchase

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Posted in Authors, Books, Business, Environment, Episodes, Finance, International, Interviews, Movies, Politics

Episode #218: Matt Lewis (“Last Man Off”)

Matt Lewis (“Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas”) joins the show. We discuss how Matt landed his dream job straight out of college, but ended up fighting for his life to survive the

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Episode #217: James Shapiro (“The Year of Lear”, Columbia University)

James Shapiro (“The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606, Columbia University) joins the show. We discuss how William Shakespeare managed to write three iconic plays in a single year that were largely shaped by the current events of the day.

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Posted in Authors, Books, Episodes, History, International, Interviews, Politics

Episode #216: J.S. Law (“Tenacity”)

J.S. Law (“Tenacity”) joins the show. We discuss his debut novel about a recently reassigned female investigator trying to solve a case despite so many forces working against her.   Show Notes You can purchase Tenacity wherever books are sold.

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Posted in Authors, Books, Episodes, Fiction, International, Interviews

Episode #214: Michael Golding (“A Poet of the Invisible World”)

Michael Golding (“A Poet of the Invisible World”) joins the show. We discuss his thirteenth-century story that is generating comparisons to “Siddhartha” and “The Arabian Nights.”   Show Notes You can purchase A Poet of the Invisible World wherever books

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Posted in Authors, Books, Episodes, Fiction, International, Interviews

Episode #204: Alex Kershaw (“Avenue of Spies”)

Alex Kershaw (“Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family’s Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris”) returns to the show. We discuss how some ordinary people did extraordinary things to defy Hitler and the Nazi occupation

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Posted in Authors, Books, Episodes, Espionage, History, International, Interviews, Politics

Episode #203: Jenn Louis (Chef, “Pasta By Hand”)

Jenn Louis (“Pasta by Hand: A Collection of Italy’s Regional Hand-Shaped Pasta”, executive chef) joins the show. We discuss all the different kinds of hand shaped pastas one can prepare at home to resemble the diverse palate of Italians.  

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Posted in Authors, Books, Episodes, Food, International, Interviews

Episode #201: Benjamin Johncock (“The Last Pilot”)

Benjamin Johncock (“The Last Pilot”) joins the show. We discuss the debut novel that tackles complicated domestic issues during the Space Race.     Show Notes You can purchase The Last Pilot wherever books are sold. Follow Ben on Twitter.

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Posted in Authors, Books, Episodes, Fiction, International, Interviews, Movies, Space