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Episode 689: Brea Baker

Episode 689: Brea Baker

Activist and author Brea Baker closes out our 2024 with an in-depth conversation about her book Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership.

Episode 688: Melissa Ludtke

Episode 688: Melissa Ludtke

Author and journalist Melissa Ludtke joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside.

Episode 687: Shaun Hamill

Episode 687: Shaun Hamill

Author Shaun Hamill returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his book The Dissonance.

Episode 685: Jason De León

Episode 685: Jason De León

Author and anthropologist Jason De León joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling and his work with the Undocumented Migration Project.

Episode 681: Richard Powers

Episode 681: Richard Powers

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his latest novel Playground.

Episode 680: Creating Entire Universes With Alan Moore

Episode 680: Creating Entire Universes With Alan Moore

Legendary author and storyteller Alan Moore joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his new novel The Great When, the first book in the Long London series.

Episode 679: Snowden Wright

Episode 679: Snowden Wright

Author Snowden Wright returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest novel The Queen City Detective Agency.

Episode 678: Louise Erdrich

Episode 678: Louise Erdrich

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her new novel The Mighty Red.

Episode 677: Our Sagas of Indecision With Alison Espach

Episode 677: Our Sagas of Indecision With Alison Espach

Author Alison Espach joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her best-selling novel The Wedding People.

Episode 676: The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center

Episode 676: The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center

We recorded in-person interviews recently from The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center in downtown Reading, Mass., during the annual Reading Fall Street Faire. We chatted with course leads Nancy Parsons, Evea Raye, and Asa Sutton.

Episode 675: Blindly Optimistic With Erica Wright

Episode 675: Blindly Optimistic With Erica Wright

Erica Wright returns! She chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel Hollow Bones.

Episode 673: Not Flirting With Darkness With Heather McCalden

Episode 673: Not Flirting With Darkness With Heather McCalden

Author and artist Heather McCalden joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her memoir The Observable Universe.

Episode 671: Kristopher Jansma

Episode 671: Kristopher Jansma

Author Kristopher Jansma chats with Daniel Ford about his new novel Our Narrow Hiding Places.

Episode 670: Alexander Boldizar

Episode 670: Alexander Boldizar

Author Alexander Boldizar wrinkles our brain again during our discussion about his new book The Man Who Saw Seconds.

Episode 669: Jacqueline Jones

Episode 669: Jacqueline Jones

Historian and author Jacqueline Jones joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her Pulitzer Prize-winning book No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era.

Episode 668: Music and Vibes With Asha Thanki

Episode 668: Music and Vibes With Asha Thanki

Author Asha Thanki chats with Daniel Ford about her debut novel A Thousand Times Before.

Episode 667: Catherine Joy White

Episode 667: Catherine Joy White

Author Catherine Joy White chats with Daniel Ford about her book This Thread of Gold.

Episode 666: Nash Jenkins

Episode 666: Nash Jenkins

Author Nash Jenkins joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his debut novel Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos.

Episode 665: Exploring Loner Tendencies With Liz Moore

Episode 665: Exploring Loner Tendencies With Liz Moore

Author Liz Moore joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her novel The God of the Woods.

Episode 664: TK Joke With Chelsea Devantez

Episode 664: TK Joke With Chelsea Devantez

Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and filmmaker Chelsea Devantez joins Daniel Ford to chat about her memoir I Shouldn't Be Telling You This.