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Listmas Podcast55--New Releases of 6/6/2025 including Little Simz, Lil Wayne, Pulp, Turnstile and more.This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies welcome guest Van Jefferies, who talks about the reissue of My Chemical Romance's second album, and they also discuss the new releases of 6/6/2025, including albums by Turnstile, Pulp, Little Simz, Lil Wayne and more. Happy listening!
2025-06-1623 min
Bookin’328--Bookin' w/ Dan Hawkins and The Gardener's SonOn this episode, host Jason Jefferies and award-winning poet Dan Hawkins continue their read through of the works of Cormac McCarthy, this time with his first screenplay, The Gardener's Son. Further, Jason and Dan start their discussion about film adaptations of McCarthy's works with PBS's The Gardener's Son and James Franco's Child of God. Happy reading, friends!
2025-05-1558 min
Bookin’327--Bookin' w/ Blood Meridian and Dan HawkinsThis week, host Jason Jefferies welcomes back Bookin' favorite Dan Hawkins, librarian at The Citadel and Cormac McCarthy aficionado. This time, Jason and Dan talk about Blood Meridian, and oh boy is it a big one. Copies of Blood Meridian can be purchased from your favorite local independent bookstore. Happy reading!
2025-03-3157 minListmas Podcast41--New Releases of 3/7/25, including Jason Isbell and moreThis week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 3/7/25, including albums by Jason Isbell, Jethro Tull, Bob Mould, Neil Young, Hamilton Leithauser, Fust, Star 99 and Horse Vision. Happy listening, friends!
2025-03-1338 minListmas Podcast26--New Releases of 10/4/24 and 10/11/24 including The Smile, The Linda Lindas, Leon Bridges, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Coldplay and more!This week, hosts Reginald Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 10/4/24 and 10/11/24, including Cutouts by The Smile, No Obligation by The Linda Lindas, Live from the Ryman Vol. 2 by Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Leon by Leon Bridges, Moon Music by Coldplay and more! Happy listening, friends!
2024-10-1848 minListmas Podcast16--LISTMAS LOCK with Jason Lytle from GrandaddyFor the first of our special LISTMAS LOCK episodes, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies are joined by Jason Lytle, frontman of Grandaddy, who discusses his latest album Blu Wav, which is on Dangerbird Records. Topics of discussion include skateboarding, the intersection of nature and technology, the influence of place on art, office environments, Jazzmasters, the lesser explored parts of Yosemite, making positives out of negatives, Pintos on the moon and much more. Blu Wav can be purchased from your friendly local record store or ordered here. Happy listening!
2024-08-1653 minListmas Podcast10--New Releases of 06/26/24 with Special Guests John Davis from Folk Implosion and Van JefferiesThis week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies are joined by special guests John Davis of Folk Implosion and Van Jefferies. Discussed are the new releases from 06/26/24 including Walk Thru Me by The Folk Implosion, Redd Kross by Redd Kross, South of Here by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Strut of Kings by Guided by Voices, LOOM by Imagine Dragons, Songwriter by Johnny Cash, Valley of Abandoned Songs by The Felice Brothers, Bad Cameo by James Blake & Lil Yachty, Love Heart Cheat Code by Hiatus Kaiyote, and Hot Sun Cool Shroud--EP by Wilco. Happy Listening!
2024-07-051h 00Bookin’223--Bookin’ w/ Louise WillderThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Louise Willder, author of Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion, which is published by our friends at OneWorld. Topics of conversation include T.S. Eliot, snowflakes, unfortunate titles that were left on the cutting room floor, bookselling during COVID-19, Stephen King as an underrated writer, Nicole Krauss, book cover trends, and much more. Copies of Blurb Your Enthusiasm can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2023-02-1332 minBookin’222--Bookin’ w/ Jody RosenThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jody Rosen, author of Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle, which is published by our friends at Crown. Topics of discussion include bicycling in the COVID-era, space travel, traveling vs. being traveled, women's emancipation movements throughout the world, bicycle pornography, e-bikes, climate change, bicycling in the winter, and much more. Copies of Two Wheels Good can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2023-02-0653 minBookin’221--Bookin’ w/ Jon RaymondThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Oregon Book Award winner and Emmy nominee Jon Raymond, who discusses his new book Denial, which is published by our friends at Simon and Schuster. Topics of conversation include Portland's Literary Arts, the climate crisis, whether every revolution is destined to become a bureaucracy, the future of newspapers, beef and factory farming, bookstores in 2052, Mark Twain, Diego Rivera, and much more. Copies of Denial can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2023-01-3029 minBookin’220--Bookin’ w/ Kevin MaloneyThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kevin Maloney, author of The Red-Headed Pilgrim, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of conversation include the line between fact and fiction, the fear of routine in adulthood, virginity and sex, Howl, Robotussin-induced spirit journeys, Pearl Jam vs. Sufjan Stevens, wanderlust, and much more. Copies of The Red-Headed Pilgrim can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for member of Explore More+.
2023-01-2328 minBookin’219--Bookin’ w/ Dan ChaonThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Dan Chaon, who discusses his latest novel Sleepwalk, which is published by Henry Holt and Co. Topics of conversation include unreliable narrators, Hunter S. Thompson, aliases, burner phones and the desire to be untraceable, eccentric billionaires who start cultish non-profits, sperm banks, what amnesia would look like if it were a country, QAnon, and much more. Copies of Sleepwalk can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2023-01-1632 minBookin’218--Bookin’ w/ William MacAskillThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by William MacAskill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University, Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur, and author of What We Owe the Future, which is published by our friends at Basic Books. Topics of discussion include thought experiments, longtermism, clean energy, climate change, artificial intelligence, professional gambling, Roe vs. Wade, value lock-in, technological stagnation, and much more. Copies of What We Owe the Future can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2023-01-0929 minBookin’217--Bookin’ w/ Andrea BarrettThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Guggenheim Fellow, NEA Fellow, MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award winning author Andrea Barrett, who discusses her new short story collection Natural History, which is published by our friends at W.W. Norton and Company. Topics of discussion include preparing to write a novel vs. a short story collection, whether you can judge a book by its cover or not, color in literature, History, weather balloons in the Civil War, the role of butterflies and moths in literature, scissors, and much more. Copies of Natural History can be ordered here with FREE...2023-01-0224 minBookin’216--Bookin’ w/ Danny RamadanThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Danny Ramadan, author of The Foghorn Echoes, which is published by our friends at Canongate. Topics of conversation include growing up as a gay man in Syria, thoughts and prayers, military indoctrination, the perception of the American military in Syria, literary ghost stories, parental shaming, Randy Orton, video games as art, and much more. Copies of The Foghorn Echoes can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2022-12-2626 minBookin’215--Bookin’ w/ Silas HouseThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Silas House, who discusses his new novel Lark, Ascending, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Topics of discussion include "With or Without You", maritime novels, the Trump-era, fundamentalists, dual-citizenship, Ireland, climate fiction, dogs, beliefs, and much more. Copies of Lark, Ascending can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2022-12-1928 minBookin’214--Bookin’ w/ George Dawes GreenThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Edgar Award-winning author and host of The Moth George Dawes Green, who discusses his new novel The Kingdoms of Savannah, which is published by our friends at Celadon Books. Topics of discussion include Savannah as a fairy-tale city, Omar from The Wire, mothers, Southern facades, slumlords, Thomas Wolfe, support for independent bookstores, and much more. Copies of The Kingdoms of Savannah can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2022-12-1227 minBookin’213--Bookin’ w/ Jeff WagnerThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jeff Wagner, author of Destination Onward: The Story of Fates Warning, which is published by our friends at FYI Press. Topics of conversation include buying records in the pre-Napster/streaming-era, Fates Warning, living a life defined by music fandom, the plight of the Native American, progressive metal, Radiohead, England's influence on popular music, the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, and much more. Copies of Destination Onward can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2022-12-0529 minBookin’212--Bookin’ w/ Scott GatesThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Scott Gates, author of Gone, the Redeemer, which is published by our friends at Blue Ink Press. Topics of conversation include Page 158 Books, sunsets, Cuban history, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Oprah Winfrey, A Picture of Dorian Gray, Colorado, and much more. Copies of Gone, the Redeemer can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2022-11-2832 minBookin’211--Bookin’ w/ Ray RobertsonThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ray Robertson, author of Estates Large and Small, which is published by our friends at Biblioasis. Topics of conversation include Biblioasis, the Grateful Dead, Hunterisms, virtual bookstores, leadership in the COVID-era, the used book business, the value of literary fiction in contemporary society, impersonations, and much more. Copies of Estates Large and Small can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2022-11-2139 minBookin’210--Bookin’ w/ Michael ParkerThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by legendary literary icon Michael Parker, author of I Am the Light of This World, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Topics of conversation include Randall Kenan, Chris Stamey, pawn shop guitars, clotheslines, Leadbelly, turnstiles, the word "world", differing perceptions of sexuality, drugs and alcohol, and much more. Copies of I Am the Light of This World can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2022-11-1438 minBookin’209--Bookin’ w/ Alex PugsleyThis week, Host Jason Jefferies is joined by Bookin' favorite Alex Pugsley, author of Shimmer, which is published by our friends at Biblioasis. Topics of conversation include the James Joyce of Canada, 7-11, flip-phones, the Friends drinking game, pornography, Marlboro Ultra Lights, Courtney Love, guitar tablature, and much more. Copies of Shimmer can be ordered here.
2022-11-0729 min
Bookin’208--Bookin’ w/ B.A. ShapiroThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author B.A. Shapiro, author of Metropolis, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Topics of conversation include self-storage units, the process of writing multiple protagonists, research, artistic mediums, street photography, writing what you know vs. writing what you don't know, embezzlement, whether commercial success changes the artist's approach to creation, an much more. Copies of Metropolis can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-10-3127 min
Bookin’207--Bookin’ w/ Ellyn GaydosThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ellyn Gaydos, author of Pig Years, which is published by our friends at Knopf. Topics of conversation include writing about pigs, growing up in Vermont, small farms vs. factory farms, snakes on the bathroom floor, consuming pig hearts, acts of desecration, stock car speedways, global warming, and much more. Copies of Pig Years can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers, Aspen's trusted community bookstore.
2022-10-2415 minBookin’206--Bookin’ w/ Davey DavisThis week, Host Jason Jefferies is joined by Davey Davis, author of X, which is published by our friends at Catapult. Topics of conversation include Roe v. Wade, waterboarding, Abu Ghraib, Matt Riedl, whether sexiness is political, small talk about climate change, practiced dishonesty, bodily confusion, whether change is ever really possible, and much more. Copies of X can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-10-1721 minBookin’205--Bookin’ w/ Lydia MilletThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Lydia Millet, author of Dinosaurs, which is published by our friends at W.W. Norton and Co. Topics of conversation include books that take place in Arizona, short novels, Batman, new places vs. old places, A Children's Bible and climate change legislation, glass houses, basketball & skateboarding, Fox News & Football, dinosaurs, and much more. Copies of Dinosaurs can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-10-1030 minBookin’204--Bookin’ w/ Timothy C. BakerThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Timothy C. Baker, author of Reading My Mother Back: A Memoir in Childhood Animal Stories, which is published by our friends at Goldsmiths Press. Topics of conversation include Babar the elephant, Baltimore, Ronald Reagan, animal industries, Frog & Toad, The Lord of the Rings vs. Chronicles of Narnia, Watership Down, and much more. Copies of Reading My Mother Back can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-10-0325 minBookin’203--Bookin’ w/ Victoria ShepherdThis week, host Jason Jefferies welcomes Victoria Shepherd, author of A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband, and a Walking Corpse, which is published by our friends at Oneworld. Topics of discussion include the difference between a fairy tale and a delusion, QAnon, paranoid schizophrenia, the connection between Fyodor Dostoevsky and Edgar Allen Poe, melancholy, the idea that one's body may be made of glass, and much more. Copies of A History of Delusions can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-09-2636 min
Bookin’202--Bookin’ w/ Lara WilliamsThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Lara Williams, author of The Odyssey, which is published by our friends at Zando Projects. Topics of discussion include The Odyssey as a title, wabi sabi, cruise ships, David Foster Wallace, boredom/inertia, oblivion, infantilization, scientology, designing your own money, shopping malls, and much more. Copies of The Odyssey can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-09-1923 min
Bookin’201--Bookin’ w/ Christy Alexander HallbergThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Christy Alexander Hallberg, author of Searching for Jimmy Page, which is published by our friends at Livingston Press. Topics of discussion include Led Zeppelin as a rite of passage, Four Sticks, omens, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant's sandwich, Hammer of the Gods, Liv Tyler, and much more. Copies of Searching for Jimmy Page can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers!
2022-09-1218 minBookin’200--Bookin’ w/ John KesselWelcome to Bookin's 200th Episode! Host Jason Jefferies is joined by legendary award-winning author John Kessel, who discusses his newest collection The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel, which is published by our friends at Subterranean Press. Topics of discussion includes the literary scene in North Carolina, Kim Stanley Robinson, birth, education, genre writing vs. non-genre writing, the current state of science-fiction, gatekeeping in the sci-fi community, and much more. Copies of The Dark Ride can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-09-0531 min
Bookin’199--Bookin’ w/ Corban AddisonThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Internationally bestselling author Corban Addison, who discusses his new book Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country On Trial, which is published by our friends at Alfred A. Knopf. Topics of discussion include John Grisham, narrative non-fiction, the silencing of Smithfield Food's employees and lawyers, what is wrong with NC politicians, hog growers as "family farmers", community activists vs. environmental extremists, Mona Lisa Wallace, eating bacon, and much more. Copies of Wastelands can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers!
2022-08-2928 min
Bookin’198--Bookin’ w/ Peter C. BakerThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Peter C. Baker, author of Planes, which is published by our friends at Alfred A. Knopf. Topics of conversation include shops with regulars, cooking for pleasure vs. cooking by necessity, compulsive gossip, people who are overwhelmed by surprises, redactions, whether a coffee habit is a path to financial ruin, and much more. Copies of Planes can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers, Aspen's trusted community bookstore.
2022-08-2222 minBookin’197--Bookin’ w/ Ruthanna EmrysThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ruthanna Emrys, author of A Half-Built Garden, which is published by our friends at Tor.com. Topics of conversation include unsolicited advice, climate catastrophe, first-contact scenarios, alien races the look like spiders, children, diplomatic relations, the influence of media on human development, space colonization, and much more. Copies of A Half-Built Garden can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers!
2022-08-1520 min
Bookin’196--Bookin’ w/ Steve ToltzThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Booker Prize finalist Steve Toltz, author of Here Goes Nothing, which is published by our friends at Melville House. Topics of conversation include worrying about other people's perceptions, the desire to be invisible, vegetarians who eat fish, the afterlife, fake smiles, newlyweds, Satanists, and much more. Copies of Here Goes Nothing can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers! THIS PODCAST FEATURES EXPLICIT CONTENT.
2022-08-0822 min
Bookin’195--Bookin’ w/ Gabino IglesiasThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Gabino Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You Home, which is published by our friends at Mulholland Books. Topics of conversation include Austin murderous tendencies, what an accent signals in media, waking dreams vs. daydreams, patience, genre fiction vs. literary fiction, cartels, El Paso/Ciudad Juárez, Cormac McCarthy, violence, and much more. Copies of The Devil Takes You Home can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-08-0134 minBookin’194--Bookin’ w/ Matthew BallThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Matthew Ball, author of The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything, which is published by our friends at Liveright Publishing Company. Topics of conversation include Vannevar Bush, Walter Benjamin, Neal Stephenson, Satoshi Nakamoto, video games, Netflix and other streaming technologies, the metaverse vs. metaverses, Mark Zuckerburg, and much more. Copies of The Metaverse can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-07-2528 min
Bookin’193--Bookin’ w/ Isaac FitzgeraldThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Isaac Fitzgerald, author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, which is published by our friends at Bloomsbury. Topics of discussion include McSweeney's, happy accidents vs. sin, whether it is possible to read too many books, baseball, a child's perspective on financial security, books as religion, whether a parent should be their child's friend, shady priests, and much more. Copies of Dirtbag, Massachusetts can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-07-1858 min
Bookin’192--Bookin’ w/ Shelly OriaThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Shelly Oria, editor of I Know What's Best For You: Stories on Reproductive Freedom, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's. Topics of conversation include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Margaret Atwood and The Handmaid's Tale, anti-abortion abortion clinics, Roe v. Wade, baby formula, aggression within the context of oppression, optimism, and much more. Copies of I Know What's Best For You: Stories on Reproductive Freedom can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-07-1127 min
Bookin’191--Bookin’ w/ Dave PellThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Dave Pell, author of Please Scream Inside your Heart: Breaking News and Nervous Breakdowns in the Year that Wouldn't End, which is published by our friends at Hachette. Topics of discussion include 826 Valencia, Japanese amusement parks, Adolf Hitler, Donald Trump, Jeopardy vs. Wheel of Fortune, the royal family, "Do as I say not as I do", binders full of women, and much more. Copies of Please Scream Inside your Heart can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-07-0441 min
Bookin’190--Bookin’ w/ Maggie ShipsteadThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shipstead, who discusses her new book You Have a Friend in 10A, which is published by our friends at Knopf. Topics of discussion include Willie Nelson, ski resorts, when fictional animals die, men of great patience, creative writing workshops, unreliable narrators, the elusive nature of truth, Scientology, Elon Musk, and much more. Copies of You Have a Friend in 10A can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers, Aspen's legendary independent community bookstore.
2022-06-2731 min
Bookin’189--Bookin’ w/ Mirin FaderThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Mirin Fader, who discusses her latest book Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP, which is published by our friends at Hachette Books. Topics of conversation include NBA championships, evictions, the financial crisis of 2008, the desire to win, narrating an audiobook, NBA coach Jason Kidd, and much more. Copies of Giannis can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers.
2022-06-2028 minBookin’188--Bookin’ w/ Alexandra LangeThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Alexandra Lange, author of Meet Me By The Fountain: An Inside History of the Shopping Mall, which is published by our friends at Bloomsbury. Topics of discussion include COVID-19's effect on shopping malls, the American Dream, the shopping mall as a public gathering space, arcades, Sweet Valley High, Stranger Things, repurposing mall buildings, and much more. Copies of Meet Me By The Fountain can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-06-1327 minBookin’187--Bookin’ w/ Therese Anne FowlerThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author and Bookin' favorite Therese Anne Fowler, who discusses her new novel It All Comes Down To This, which is published by our friends at St. Martin's Press. Topics of conversation include jumping genres, the Fowlerverse, observing human nature, the New York Mets, knowing your time is coming vs. not knowing, cell phone zombies, New York train stations vs. Swiss train stations, Southern Authors, and more. Signed copies of It All Comes Down To This can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING!
2022-06-0621 minBookin’186--Bookin’ w/ Dan GrunfeldThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Dan Grunfeld, former professional basketball player and author of By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream, which is published by our friends at Triumph Books. Topics of discussion include Holocaust awareness, Ray Allen, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird (and Kareem Abdul Jabbar), growing up in the NBA, concentration camps, and much more. Copies of By the Grace of the Game can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-05-3033 minBookin’185--Bookin’ w/ Jarred McGinnisThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jarred McGinnis, author of The Coward, which is published by our friends at Canongate Books. Topics of discussion include Artificial Intelligence, wheelchairs, the distance between fiction and memoir, advice, dealing with problematic family members, dreams, Zola, Ibsen, Tolstoy and the Lived Novel, James Frey, World War III, and much more. Copies of The Coward can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-05-2335 minBookin’184--Bookin’ w/ Paige ClarkeThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Paige Clarke, author of She is Haunted, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of discussion include PhDs, Two Dollar Radio, kids, God as a character, Rumpelstiltskin, value systems, favorite words (geriatric vs. abomination vs. bloom), internet-driven obsessions, redactions, and much more. Copies of She is Haunted can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-05-1624 minBookin’183--Bookin’ w/ Chris BohjalianThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Chris Bohjalian, who discusses his new novel The Lioness, which is published by our friends at Doubleday. Topics of discussion include Orson Welles, how the majestic becomes mundane, formatting a novel, pop-up civilizations, mother-daughter relationships, Russia, retirement, showing vs. telling, and much more. Copies of The Lioness can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-05-0939 minBookin’182--Bookin’ w/ Landis WadeThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Landis Wade, host of the Charlotte Readers Podcast and author of Deadly Declarations, which is published by our friends at Lystra Books and Literary Services. Topics of conversation include Charlotte's literary history, the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, George Washington, insomnia, book collections, John Grisham, what it means to be a "New South" city, and much more. Signed copies of Deadly Declarations can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-05-0227 minBookin’181--Bookin’ w/ Sean Thor ConroeThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Sean Thor Conroe, author of Fuccboi, which is published by our friends at Little, Brown. Topics of conversation include the line between fiction and memoir, slang, Scott McClanahan, The Wire, Roberto Bolaño, Lil B, wokeness, the politicization of art, and much more. Copies of Fuccboi can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-04-2534 minBookin’180--Bookin’ w/ Mike FlorioThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Mike Florio, creator and owner, along with NBC Sports, of profootballtalk.com, a leading NFL news organization. He hosts two daily shows on Peacock and Sirius XM, PFT Live and PFTPM. During the football season, he also appears weekly on the Sunday Night Football broadcast. His new book is Playmakers: How the NFL Really Works (and Doesn’t), which is published by our friends at PublicAffairs. Topics of conversation include fantasy football, Tom Brady, the NFL Draft, franchise quarterbacks, whether Roger Goodell is a good commissioner and much more. Copies of Playmake...2022-04-1835 minBookin’178--Bookin’ w/ Emily St. John MandelThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Emily St. John Mandel, who discusses her new book Sea of Tranquility, which is published by our friends at Knopf. Topics of discussion include book tour interviews, time travelers, science-fiction vs. literary fiction, exile, whether a house can be haunted by failure, writing about the senses, life as a computer simulation, the Mandela effect, pandemic novels, and much more. Signed copies of Sea of Tranquility can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING (while supplies last).
2022-04-0440 minBookin’177--Bookin’ w/ Megan Mayhew BergmanThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Megan Mayhew Bergman, author of How Strange a Season, which is published by our friends at Scribner. Topics of discussion include life in Vermont, family in North Carolina and growing up in the South, people who talk like they mean it, bossiness, estranged husbands, living in a glass house, wife days, the word "crazy", Alaska cold vs. Vermont cold, jazz and the medium of the album, and much more. Signed copies of How Strange a Season can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-03-2827 minBookin’176--Bookin’ w/ Phoebe ZerwickThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Phoebe Zerwick, Director of the Journalism program at Wake Forest University and author of Beyond Innocence:The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt, which is published by our friends at Atlantic Monthly Press. Topics of discussion include Darryl Hunt serving a sentence in prison for a murder he did not commit, Debbie Sykes, North Carolina as a training ground for journalism, writing about smoking in a tobacco town, the confederate flag, innocent people on death row, the exponential growth of the imprisonment of black people in the USA, reintegration for the formerly in...2022-03-2139 minBookin’175--Bookin’ w/ Carissa VélizThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Carissa Véliz, associate professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford. Her new book is Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data, which is published by our friends at Melville House Publishing. Topics of conversation include the surveillance economy, 1984, what nefarious purposes our data is being used for, smart TVs, what happens when you look at your phone first thing in the morning, Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, crises, whether kids will end up suing their...2022-03-1438 minBookin’174--Bookin’ w/ Azar NafisiThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Azar Nafisi, who discusses her new book Read Dangerously, which is published by our friends at Dey St. Topics of conversation include how America is like the Islamic Republic, the harassment of poets and writers in Iran, whether we are living in a post-Trump era, Maus and banned books, Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses, Fahrenheit 451, Plato's Republic, To the End of the Land by David Grossman, and much more. Copies of Read Dangerously can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-03-0736 minBookin’173--Bookin’ w/ Pat PickensThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Pat Pickens, author of The Whalers: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Mystique of New England's (Second) Greatest NHL Franchise, which is published by our friends at Lyons Press. Topics of conversation include the heartache of losing a favorite team, the resurgence of the Whalers brand, "Brass Bonanza", hockey as a welcoming sport for fans and journalists, Ron Francis, whether the Whalers needed to move to North Carolina to win a Stanley Cup, whether the NHL will ever return to Hartford, and much more. Copies of The Whalers can be ordered here with...2022-02-2853 minBookin’172--Bookin’ w/ Laura ShinThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Laura Shin, host of the Unchained podcast and author of The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze, which is published by our friends at Public Affairs. Topics of conversation include Bitcoin, Ethereum, why the concept of cryptocurrencies are hard for some people to grasp, Satoshi Nakamoto, Vitalik Buterin, Charles Hoskinson and Cardano, currency vs. store of value, JP Morgan, C3PO, privacy, and much more. Signed copies (bookplates) of The Cryptopians can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-02-2131 minBookin’171--Bookin’ w/ Diane ChamberlainThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain, who discusses her new book The Last House on the Street, which is published by our friends at St. Martin's Press. Topics of discussion include the Voting Rights Act, SCOPE, northern agitators, North Carolina and the Deep South, the KKK, two-faced public citizens, the way forward for the United States in 2022, and much more! Signed copies of The Last House on the Street can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-02-1424 minBookin’170--Bookin’ w/ Sasha FletcherThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Sasha Fletcher, author of Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World, which is published by our friends at Melville House. Topics of conversation include how cold it has to be outside to excrete billionaires in the street, the lengths one must go to in order to collect on one's invoices, scaremongering re: nuclear missile attacks, what it means to be President, police, angels, and much more. Copies of Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-02-0726 minBookin’169--Bookin’ w/ Paul CantorThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Paul Cantor, author of Most Dope: The Extraordinary Life of Mac Miller, which is published by our friends at Abrams Press. Topics of discussion include the drive to succeed, car crashes, fame and the aversion to fame, Ariana Grande, Kurt Cobain, Dale and Andrew Carnegie, a "dependable middle class existence", Mac Miller as a "Jewish rapper", whether or not Bob Dylan is a rockstar, Outkast's Aquemeni, whether we will be listening to Mac Miller in twenty years, and much more. Copies of Most Dope: The Extraordinary Life of Mac Miller can be ord...2022-01-3147 minBookin’168--Bookin’ w/ Mesha MarenThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Mesha Maren, author of Perpetual West, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Topics of conversation include traveling in the COVID-era, Roberto Bolaño, literary allusions in works of literature, the idea of originality, stalking Cormac McCarthy, Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Lucha Libre wrestling, how wrestling is like a presidential election, and much more. Copies of Perpetual West can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-01-2447 minBookin’167--Bookin’ w/David SanchezThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by David Sanchez, author of All Day Is A Long Time, which is published by our friends at Harper. Topics of conversation include working construction during COVID-19, the line between memoir and fiction, compartmentalization, first-person vs. second-person narrative, the science of drug use, hyper-literary fiction, time loops, and much more. Copies of All Day Is A Long Time can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-01-1724 minBookin’166--Bookin’ w/ Jon PetersonThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Jon Peterson, who discusses his newest book Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons, which is published by our friends at MIT Press. Topics of discussion include playing D&D while COVID-19 runs amok, Gary Gygax and the formation of TSR, Lake Geneva, the business model of selling rule books vs. more traditionally packaged board games, fanzines, whether gigantic rulebooks are barriers to entry for the aspiring player of D&D, Dragonlance, Wizards of the Coast, and much more! Copies of Game Wizards can be purch...2022-01-1032 minBookin’165--Bookin’ w/ Cara Blue AdamsThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Cara Blue Adams, author of You Never Get It Back, which is published by our friends at University of Iowa Press. Topics of conversation include teaching creative writing, Marilynne Robinson, Arizona, the personification of loss, Kafka, novels vs. linked story collections, Y2K, Vermont, Dante, Hemingway and abortion, and much more. Copies of You Never Get It Back can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2022-01-0337 minBookin’164--Bookin‘ w/ Karen TuckerThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Karen Tucker, author of Bewilderness, which is published by our friends at Catapult. Topics of discussion include teaching at the University of North Carolina in 2021, scraping more out of life than most, trust, a 30mg moon, the record number of reported drug overdoses in the USA in 2021, Charlotte vs. Atlanta, addiction, Reddit and censorship, and much more. Copies of Bewilderness can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-12-2725 minBookin’163--Bookin‘ w/ Benjamin M. FriedmanFor this special Christmas week episode, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Benjamin M. Friedman, the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy and former chair of the Department of Economics at Harvard University, who discusses his new book Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, which is published by our friends at Alfred A. Knopf. Topics of discussion include the perception that any challenge to a market-centered conduct of economic affairs is a fundamental threat to our lives, how economic thinking is rooted in religious thinking, belief in free markets, England's bishops as "Retainers to Superstition", why some low-income Am...2021-12-2050 minBookin’162--Bookin‘ w/ Jeremy B. JonesThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jeremy B. Jones, author of Bearwallow, which is published by our friends at Blair. Topics of discussion include planning literary festivals during a pandemic, the life of a place, how ancestors can be like leprechauns, how entering a teacher's lounge is like being backstage at a concert, normal teacher behavior, bears, "the pull", the Civil War, and much more. Copies of Bearwallow can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-12-1327 minBookin’161--Bookin‘ w/ Makiia LucierThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Makiia Lucier, author of Year of the Reaper, which is published by our friends at Clarion Books. Topics of discussion include plagues, ghosts, librarians, arranged marriages, religion (or lack thereof) during trying times, traveling by horse, lynx, Guam, and much more. Copies of Year of the Reaper can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-12-0621 minBookin’160--Bookin‘ w/ Farah AliThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Farah Ali, who discusses her new book People Want to Live, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's. Topics of discussion include shootings in the media, desensitization, whether parents can ever truly know their children, whether corporate news organizations are alarmist by nature, the evil eye, tourism, Dubliners and much more. Copies of People Want to Live can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-11-2923 minBookin’159--Bookin‘ w/ Ed SouthernThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ed Southern, Executive Director of the North Carolina Writers' Network and author of Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South, which is published by our friends at Blair. Topics of conversation include the North Carolina Writers' Network, the ACC tournament, Mark Cuban and the cancellation of an NBA season due to COVID-19, change, the Bookmarks Festival, whether you should marry an Alabama football fan, books about sports fandom, Wake Forest University football, Lou Holtz, Hanif Abdurraqib, and much more. Signed copies of Fight Songs: A Story of Lo...2021-11-2237 minBookin’158--Bookin‘ w/ Jeffrey E. GartenThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jeffrey E. Garten, Dean Emeritus of the Yale School of Management, former Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade in the Clinton administration, and a managing director of the Blackstone Group. His new book is Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy, which is published by our friends at Harper. Topics of conversation include the gold standard, a pinned dollar, the climate surrounding Nixon's presidency vs. Biden's presidency, the long term societal effects of a deemphasis on education, cryptocurrency, what the paper dollar is worth, and...2021-11-1527 minBookin’157--Bookin‘ w/Sean Avery MedlinThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Sean Avery Medlin, author of 808s & Otherworlds, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of conversation include Hades, the 808 drum machine, Erykah Badu, Arizona, the Trickster, BET, Kanye West and Donald Trump, and much more. Copies of 808s & Otherworlds can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-11-0829 minBookin’156--Bookin‘ w/ Daniel Levin BeckerThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Daniel Levin Becker, Senior Editor at McSweeney's and editor of Dear McSweeney's: Two Decades of Letters to the Editor from Writers, Readers and the Occasional Bewildered Consumer, which is published, of course, by our friends at McSweeney's. Topics of conversation include the reasons why people write and read, shoring oneself against oblivion, a hissing armadillo named Andrew Jackson, raccoons, chicken nuggets, Michael Crichton, writing economically, Hanif Abdurraqib, and much more. Copies of Dear McSweeney's: Two Decades of Letters to the Editor from Writers, Readers and the Occasional Bewildered Consumer can be purc...2021-11-0140 minBookin’155--Bookin‘ w/ Reid ForgraveThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Reid Forgrave, author of Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books. Topics of conversation include what football means to America, guns, when football passed baseball as the most popular sport in America, CTE and concussions, whether professional football is sustainable or not, sports books, Ray "Voodoo" Tatum, and much more. Copies of Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-10-2545 minBookin’154--Bookin‘ w/ Amy KoppelmanThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Amy Koppelman, author of A Mouthful of Air, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of discussion include adapting a novel into a screenplay, Indie bookstores, Barnes & Noble and Amazon, postpartum depression, Kurt Cobain and David Foster Wallace, anti-depressants, Roe vs. Wade, breastfeeding, organic cookies, and much more. Copies of A Mouthful of Air can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-10-1847 minBookin’153--Bookin‘ w/ Mike DeCapiteThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Mike DeCapite, author of Jacket Weather, which is published by our friends at Soft Skull Press. Topics of conversation include Lou Reed, Spotify Playlists, the Manhattan Bridge, Ray Barretto, acid, Lez Zeppelin, "Don't Stop Believin'" and The Sopranos, solitude, Hot Tuna, The Rolling Stones, and more. Copies of Jacket Weather can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-10-1118 minBookin’152--Bookin‘ w/ Wiley CashThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Wiley Cash, New York Times-bestselling author of When Ghosts Come Home, which is published by our friends at William Morrow. Topics of conversation include independent bookstores, ghost stories, The Andy Griffith Show, writing about technology, the confederate flag, racism, the Pterodactyl Club, the New York Times Book Review, and much more. Copies of When Ghosts Come Home can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-10-0426 minBookin’151--Bookin‘ w/ Joe PosnanskiThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times-bestselling author Joe Posnanski, who discusses his new book The Baseball 100, which is published by our friends at Avid Reader Press. Topics of discussion include falling in love with baseball, Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani, statistics that are not recorded, Ozzie Smith, Bullet Rogan, Mad Max Scherzer and the Los Angeles Dodgers, whether 'catcher' is the most important and complex position in baseball, GOAT sports books, fathers and sons, baseball cards, the importance of steering ones loved ones away from Orioles fandom, Barry Bonds and steroids, Buster Posey, and mu...2021-09-2740 minBookin’150--Bookin‘ w/ Richard PowersFor our 150th episode, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning, National Book Award-winning, and New York Times bestselling author Richard Powers, who discusses his new novel Bewilderment, which is published by our friends at W.W. Norton & Company. Topics of discussion include medicating children, Physics vs. English, the search for life in outer space, video games, William T. Vollmann, Buddhism, the idea that we are living in a simulation, homeschooling, and much more. Copies of Bewilderment can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-09-2136 minBookin’149--Bookin‘ w/Eric Powell and Harold SchecterThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Eric Powell and Harold Schecter, authors of Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, which is published by our friends at Albatross Funny Books. Topics of conversation include David Fincher and Mike Mignola, the Milwaukee Bucks, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, how a pirate story is different from a bible story, religious fanaticism, at what age kids may realize something is wrong with their parents, and much more. Copies of Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-09-1334 minBookin’148--Bookin‘ w/ Cadwell TurnbullThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award winning author Cadwell Turnbull, who discusses his fantastic new novel No Gods, No Monsters, which is published by our friends at Blackstone Publishing. Topics of discussion include books set in Raleigh, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, bookstores, eternal return, werewolves, police shootings, comic books, and much more. Copies of No Gods, No Monsters can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers' Club+.
2021-09-0643 minBookin’147--Bookin' w/ John GrishamThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author John Grisham, who discusses his newest book Sooley, which is published by our friends at Doubleday Books. Topics of discussion include the ongoing crisis in Sudan, basketball novels, offense vs. defense, Manute Bol, ethnic conflict, technology and the lack thereof, and much more. Copies of Sooley can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers' Club Plus+.
2021-08-3037 minBookin’146--Bookin' w/ Alex PhebyThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Alex Pheby, winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize and author of Lucia, which is published by our friends at Biblioasis. Topics of conversation include Lucia and James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, Egyptology, Harry Potter, fan fiction, the likelihood that current authors will be studied in one hundred years, and much more. Copies of Lucia can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers' Club+.
2021-08-2338 minBookin’145--Bookin' w/ Bela Koe-KrompecherThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Bela Koe-Krompecher, founder of Anyway Records and author of love, death & photosynthesis, which is published by our friends at Don Giovanni Records. Topics of conversation include Columbus, Ohio, punk rock, Mudhoney, time shifts, vinyl, the shifting retail landscape as it relates to record stores and bookstores, the Dead Milkmen, and so much more. Copies of love, death & photosynthesis can be ordered from Quail Ridge Books with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers' Club+.
2021-08-1639 minBookin’144--Bookin' w/ Tom LinThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Tom Lin, author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, which is published by our friends at Little, Brown and Company. Topics of discussion include writing a novel as a college student, the outlaw western persona, living a traceless life, railroads, dangerous memories, Cormac McCarthy, magical realism, and much more. Copies of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers' Club +.
2021-08-0933 minBookin’143--Bookin' w/ Martha WellsThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author and Hugo and Nebula award winner Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries, which is published by our friends at TOR dot com. Topics of discussion include binging television series, how Murderbot doesn't actually do that much murdering, learned behaviors relative to television and other media, machine rights, video games as literary devices, and much more. Copies of all of the books in the Murderbot Diaries, including the most recent novel Fugitive Telemetry, can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers Club+.
2021-08-0228 minBookin’142--Bookin' w Jason MottThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Jason Mott, who discusses his newest novel Hell of a Book, which is published by our friends at Dutton Books. Topics of conversation include Nicolas Cage, invisibility, bullying, meta-narratives, call center culture, naturalism, the militarization of police, and much more. Copies of Hell of a Book can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers' Club+.
2021-07-2627 minBookin’141--Bookin' w/ Andy WeirThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Andy Weir, who discusses his newest novel Project Hail Mary, which is published by our friends at Random House. Topics of discussion include rum old-fashioneds, isolation in outer space (and during COVID-19), whether or not humanity would band together to help one another during a planetary catastrophe, why aliens might look like spiders, buddy stories, problems of communication during first contact, and much more. Copies of Project Hail Mary can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers' Club+.
2021-07-1938 minBookin’140--Bookin' w/ John FreemanThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by John Freeman, editor of The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story, which is published by our friends at Penguin Press. Topics of discussion include what "Modern" means, genre fiction, academia, The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara, Alice Walker and Kamala Harris, Emergency by Denis Johnson, and much more. Copies of The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers' Club+.
2021-07-1239 minBookin’139--Bookin' w/ Richard ThompsonThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by legendary guitar player and singer Richard Thompson, author of Beeswing, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Topics of discussion include cover songs, a disregard for school, Les Paul, Lady Chatterley's Lover, the author as celebrity, spirituality, Jimi Hendrix, when you know a song needs to be retired, and much more. Copies of Beeswing (with signed bookplates) can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers' Club+.
2021-07-0525 minBookin’138--Bookin' w/ Steven PetrowThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Steven Petrow, author of Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old, which is published by our friends at Citadel Press. Topics of discussion include the pursuit of dreams, crowdsourcing, double-spacing after periods, preparing for a fall, ageism, "organ recitals", and much more. Copies of Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers' Club+.
2021-06-2827 minBookin’137--Bookin' w/ Gina NuttThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Gina Nutt, author of Night Rooms, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of discussion include using horror films as a framing device for life experiences, whether Titanic is a horror film, the shifting of the public perception of sharks between Jaws and Sharknado, beauty pageants, home buying courses, and much more. Signed copies of Night Rooms can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers Club+.
2021-06-2129 minBookin’136--Bookin' w/ Rosecrans BaldwinThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Rosecrans Baldwin, author Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles, which is published by our friends at FSG. Topics of discussion include The Morning News, whether or not one would choose to watch a movie called Revenge City, The Arcades Project, M.I.T.T., cults, secession, Octavia Butler, and much more. Copies of Everything Now can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers Club+.
2021-06-1435 minBookin’135--Bookin' w/ Jonathan AmesThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jonathan Ames, author of A Man Named Doll, which is published by our friends at Mulholland Books. Topics of discussion include eating fish with Veganaise, sadistic-daddy books with a military angle, the difference in writing a novel versus writing for television, police-related violence, payphones, drugs, deep Googling, and much more. Copies of A Man Named Doll can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers Club+.
2021-06-0737 minBookin’134--Bookin' w/ Kristen ArnettThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth, which is published by our friends at Riverhead Books. Topics of discussion include parenting with a sense of helplessness, othering, being a queer and out parent in Florida, PE clothes that smell like dead feet, Walt Disney World, hearing your favorite music on insurance commercials, and much more. Copies of With Teeth can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers Club+.
2021-05-3130 minBookin’133--Bookin' w/ Viet Thanh NguyenThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer, and most recently, The Committed, which is published by our friends at Grove Press. Topics of discussion include what it means to be American in 2021, mutants, Hollywood propaganda and Vietnam, how America is like Coca-Cola, tie-dyed t-shirts, whether belief in Capitalism or Communism necessitates extremism, blood oaths, colonization, and much more. Copies of The Committed can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers Club+.
2021-05-2435 minBookin’132--Bookin' w/ Jim ShepardThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by PEN New England and Story Prize-winning author Jim Shepard, who discusses his newest book Phase Six, which is published by our friends at Alfred A. Knopf. Topics of discussion include pandemic novels, environmental catastrophes, why we don't listen to scientists, John Snow, and much more. Copies of Phase Six can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers Club+.
2021-05-1727 minBookin’131--Bookin' w/ Ian ManuelThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ian Manuel, author of My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption, which is published by our friends at Pantheon Books. Topics of discussion include Just Mercy, the criminal justice system, solitary confinement, forgiveness, the redemptive power of poetry, how Maya Angelou is like Eminem, whether children should be sentenced to life in prison, and much more. Signed copies of My Time Will Come can be ordered here (while supplies last).
2021-05-1025 minBookin’130--Bookin' w/ Avni DoshiThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Booker Prize nominee Avni Doshi, who discusses her novel Burnt Sugar, which is published by our friends at The Overlook Press. Topics of discussion include great first lines, memory loss, thriftiness, what makes a person who they are, when televisions conspire against us, and much more. Copies of Burnt Sugar can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers Club+.
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