Sep 30, 2019
Fans of the show know that I love hip hop, especially old school hip hop—and my favorite group of all time is Tribe Called Quest. My guest poet Hanif Abdurraqib has written a beautiful and imaginative tribute to Tribe called: Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest. Part memoir, part love letter, part hip...
Sep 24, 2019
Guest Mignon Fogarty is the host of the popular podcast Grammar Girl, in which she answers her listeners' burning grammar questions and reveals the fascinating history of the English language. Mignon is also the author of seven books, including the NYT’s bestseller, Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better...
Sep 16, 2019
Max Brooks is the author of the bestselling novels World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide. He is also a non-resident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point. His new graphic novel, Germ Warfare, details the brutal history of microscopic diseases used as weapons of war. The novel also salutes our brave...
Sep 9, 2019
Amber Scorah is the author of the powerful new memoir, Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life, in which she sheds light on the insular and cult-like Jehovah's Witnesses. On the podcast, she talks honestly and bravely about what it's like grow up and spend her formative years as a Witness, why she and...
Sep 2, 2019
Writer/Director Jacob Aaron Estes talks about his new movie Don’t Let Go, a supernatural, time-bending thriller about a police detective (David Oyewolo) who receives calls from his murdered niece. Jacob is super smart and surprisingly candid. Our conversation covers his journey from film school to feature films, the...