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Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through BooksLoLT: Award-Nominated Nonfiction and Two New BooksIn this episode, we’re excited about two new books: the cookbook ‘Portico’ by Leah Koenig and ‘The Square of Sevens’ by Laura Shepherd-Robinson. Then Dave shares highlights from the nominees for a renowned nonfiction prize.Links
Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen by Leah Koenig
Website for cookbook author Lean Koenig
Leah Koenig’s cookbooks
The Food of Rome’s Longstanding Jewish Community Gets Its Due
The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Time’s Echo: The Second...2023-09-0810 min
The Book I HAD to WriteS2, Ep 6: How Do You Start Your (Holocaust) Memoir? with Leah EichlerAbout this Episode Back in the 1990s, Leah Eichler, then a young reporter, interviewed her grandmother extensively about her experiences as an Auschwitz survivor. In this episode, Leah discusses her book-development journey working with coach & TBIHTW host Paul Zakrzewski. If you’ve been overwhelmed by a book you want to write – but aren’t sure where to start – this is the episode for you.Discussed On This Episode:· The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, by Daniel Mendelsohn· My uncle often went missing. I worried about the day he wouldn’t come back, The...2023-07-1831 min
Still a Classic?Esoterica's The Interview with Terry FallisAlso in this episode, Esoterica’s Susan Catto and Leah Eichler quiz Terry Fallis on the feminism in his books, how he captures the quintessentially Canadian ethos and if his engineering background helped with his writing structure. Spoiler alert: minor developments in Operation Angus are discussed if you have yet to read the book. You can subscribe to Terry’s substack here. Get full access to Esoterica’s Newsletter at esotericamagazine.substack.com/subscribe2022-11-0931 min
Still a Classic?Esoterica's The InterviewHi all, In this episode of The Interview, Leah Eichler and Susan Catto discuss the controversy over the film, Blonde, and the bizarre critique of Joyce Carol Oates, who wrote the novel, Blonde, on which the film is based. It all gets very meta.We also chat about banned book week, and our fav banned books (yay, who doesn’t love a banned book?!) Some highlights: Maus, 1984, Lolita and The Handmaid’s Tale, naturally. Would Lolita be published today? Let us know your thoughts. We also discuss the Booker shortlist, which has some surp...2022-10-0425 min
Miles & MountainsEpisode 63: Matt "Shep" ShepardLeah and Nick interview Matt "Shep" Shepard, Ultrarunner, a.k.a. Mr. Backyards, Mr. Smiles, and an all-around nice guy. Shep and the crew talk about how it all started, his love for running 6-13 day races, running with legends, him being a legend himself, and simply how he does what he does with a smile.Miles, Mountains & Brews gear: Bonfire.com Search: MMBShoutout to :Matt ShepardInstagram: @go_shepDavid GogginsJason R.GretchenMathias EichlerDeWayneMatthewLeahTHANK YOU...2022-05-261h 11
Still a Classic?The Interview: Rethinking #IWD2022In this week’s episode of The Interview, Susan Catto, an award-winning writer and editor who has contributed to The New York Times, The Economist and Time, talks to Esoterica’s Leah Eichler about the commercialization of International Women’s Day and offers concrete ways to make the holiday your own. Listen in! Get full access to Esoterica’s Newsletter at esotericamagazine.substack.com/subscribe2022-03-0925 min
Brian Crombie Radio HourBrian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 481 - Leah EichlerBrian interviews author and former journalist Leah Eichler. Leah launched her writing career as a journalist working for the Jerusalem Report. Her first break came when she found a Palestinian spy willing to go public with his story of collaboration with the Israelis. Her success in the Middle East led to a fifteen-year career at major news agencies in which she interviewed the famous and infamous alike, including Salman Rushdie, Henry Morgentaler and the Nazi-hunter, Simon Wiesenthal. Leah spent seven years as a weekly, national business columnist for the Globe and Mail. Her fiction is published in the Jewish Literary...2021-09-1746 min
The Broad Experience11: Women of a Certain AgeWhat happens to your career as you get older? We know the few female CEOs out there are mostly in their 50s and above (with the exception of the wildly famous and fertile Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer). But for many women life at work takes on a different dimension as you age and deal with other people's perceptions of what 'older' means. So what do you do about it if you still love your career and want to stay in the game? Tune in to hear Leah Eichler, editor of Femme-o-nomics and r/ally, energy industry executive Gail McMinn and...2013-02-2714 min