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What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

Airs at: Thu, 07/21/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
On today's episode, we speak with Omar El Akkad about his novel What Strange Paradise, recently released in paperback. Called “an instant classic” by the New York Times, What Strange Paradise is the searing story about one boy’s perilous journey toward safety in a desperate... Read more

SuperButch - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Portland alt-comics heavyweights Barry Deutsch (Hereville) and Becky Hawkins (French Toast Comix) have teamed up to create SuperButch, the adventures of a lesbian superhero and the citizens whose lives she transforms.  Set in the 1940's when many gay Americans led double... Read more

All the Secrets of the World by Steve Almond

Airs at: Thu, 06/16/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Fans of beloved writer, Dear Sugar columnist, and writing teacher Steve Almond rejoice as we talk to the author about his first novel All the Secrets of the World. Sara Lippman of the Chicago Review of Books says: "All the Secrets of the World is a masterful, nervy, comple... Read more

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Andre Lewis Carter

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
In author Andre Lewis Carter's debut novel, the Vietnam War is raging, the US Navy has only recently begun the process of integration,  and the country is reeling from racial turmoil and unrest.  Youthful César enlists in the Navy to escape from Mr. Mike, a charismatic, soc... Read more

Animation Outlaws - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 05/26/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended version of our conversation with Craig "Spike" Decker and documentarian Kat Alioshin, we hear more about the history of the Spike and Mike Festival of Animation. Spike teamed up with Mike Gribble in the 1970's to launch the Spike and Mike Festival (and ... Read more

Animation Outlaws

Airs at: Thu, 05/26/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Kat Alioshin is a film director and producer who's helped shepherd numerous stop-motion animated classics to the big screen, including The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Corpse Bride, Coraline, and James and the Giant Peach. Now she's turned for inspiration to the long... Read more

Yuvi Zalkow, author of I Only Cry With Emoticons

Airs at: Thu, 05/26/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
Today on Jonesy, we welcome Yuvi Zalkow, author of the new novel I Only Cry With Emoticons from Red Hen Press. In addition to I Only Cry With Emoticons, Yuvi is the author of the novel A Brilliant Novel in the Works. His short stories and essays have been published in Glim... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 23, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Image by Vicky Scott—Ikon Images Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Teen Mental Health: Is there a Teen mental Health Crisis as alleged by the New York Times? The Times’s series of articles, the first titled "It's L... Read more

Lessons in Chemistry

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Sometimes, though not often, Book Mole Larry Bowlden reads a book simply for the joy of it. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garnus, is such a joy to read. But the 2022 novel also has lots to say about women in the sciences and the ways in which they are forced to work in th... Read more

Vigil Harbor by Julia Glass

Airs at: Thu, 05/19/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
On today's episode, our guest is Julia Glass, author of the new novel Vigil Harbor from Pantheon. Vigil Harbor is a rich, complex delve into the lives of one community in the near future wrestling with climate disaster, pandemics, domestic terrorism, and family dissolution... Read more