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Drinks with Tony
Tad Crawford #323
Tad Crawford is the author of A Woman in the Wild. We also chat his other book, The Secret Life of Monday, and we talk about IQ84 and other Murakami, Proust, long novels, the writing process, creating characters, and the word ‘esoteric’ while being esoteric. Novel 1 registration is open for August workshops, limited to six students: Register here for AFTERNOON classes and Register here for EVENING classes. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and Frid...
2025-07-22
58 min
Drinks with Tony
Tad Crawford #323
Tad Crawford is the author of A Woman in the Wild. We also chat his other book, The Secret Life of Monday, and we talk about IQ84 and other Murakami, Proust, long novels, the writing process, creating characters, and the word ‘esoteric’ while being esoteric. Novel 1 registration is open for August workshops, limited to six students: Register here for AFTERNOON classes and Register here for EVENING classes. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and Frid...
2025-07-22
58 min
Drinks with Tony
James Elkins #322
James Elkins is the author of A Short Introduction to Anneliese out now on Unnamed Press. Novel 1 registration is open for August workshops, limited to six students: Register here for AFTERNOON classes and Register here for EVENING classes. James and I chat Exegesis by Philip K. Dick, Finnegan’s Wake and Ulysses, Proust Smelling the fear of some authors in their work, The Anatomy of Melancholy, and so much more. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also air...
2025-07-15
59 min
Drinks with Tony
James Elkins #322
James Elkins is the author of A Short Introduction to Anneliese out now on Unnamed Press. Novel 1 registration is open for August workshops, limited to six students: Register here for AFTERNOON classes and Register here for EVENING classes. James and I chat Exegesis by Philip K. Dick, Finnegan’s Wake and Ulysses, Proust Smelling the fear of some authors in their work, The Anatomy of Melancholy, and so much more. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also air...
2025-07-15
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Ralph Steadman #321
Ralph Steadman illustrated Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Also a writer, I interviewed Ralph in 2007 for his memoir The Joke’s Over. A deep cut from the Drinks with Tony archives. We chat Hunter S. Thompson, Oscar Zeta Acosta, and more. Start your novel immediately, stop procrastinating, join my novel workshop in August. More info at DrinksWithTony.com Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and Friday at 11am on 92.9...
2025-07-08
30 min
Drinks with Tony
Ralph Steadman #321
Ralph Steadman illustrated Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Also a writer, I interviewed Ralph in 2007 for his memoir The Joke’s Over. A deep cut from the Drinks with Tony archives. We chat Hunter S. Thompson, Oscar Zeta Acosta, and more. Start your novel immediately, stop procrastinating, join my novel workshop in August. More info at DrinksWithTony.com Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and Friday at 11am on 92.9...
2025-07-08
30 min
Drinks with Tony
Kurt Baumeister #320
Kurt Baumeister is the author of Twilight of the Gods on Stalking Horse Press. He’s also an acquisitions editor for 7.13. We discuss how we lose friends and family when writing auto-fiction, Martin Amis’ Inside Story, Ian Maloney’s South Brooklyn Exterminating, Desperately Seeking Susan, and the delusion and reality of a writing career. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and Friday at 11am on 92.9FM, Los Gatos and 101.9FM, Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio.
2025-06-25
48 min
Drinks with Tony
Kurt Baumeister #320
Kurt Baumeister is the author of Twilight of the Gods on Stalking Horse Press. He’s also an acquisitions editor for 7.13. We discuss how we lose friends and family when writing auto-fiction, Martin Amis’ Inside Story, Ian Maloney’s South Brooklyn Exterminating, Desperately Seeking Susan, and the delusion and reality of a writing career. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and Friday at 11am on 92.9FM, Los Gatos and 101.9FM, Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio.
2025-06-25
48 min
Drinks with Tony
Jeffrey Konvitz #319
Jeffrey Konvitz is the author of The Circus of Satan: A Novel exploring the Irish mob in New York City of the early 1900s. Based on true events, yet fictionalized for emotional truth. We chat about his first novel The Sentinel and his experience going from rejected writer to best selling author with a film deal. With the new swagger in his step he approached a beautiful woman to flirt with and he introduced himself by showing the large display of his best-selling novel at the bookstore. They soon married and had a kid. I...
2025-06-17
57 min
Drinks with Tony
Jeffrey Konvitz #319
Jeffrey Konvitz is the author of The Circus of Satan: A Novel exploring the Irish mob in New York City of the early 1900s. Based on true events, yet fictionalized for emotional truth. We chat about his first novel The Sentinel and his experience going from rejected writer to best selling author with a film deal. With the new swagger in his step he approached a beautiful woman to flirt with and he introduced himself by showing the large display of his best-selling novel at the bookstore. They soon married and had a kid. I...
2025-06-17
57 min
Drinks with Tony
Tom Lutz #318
Tom Lutz is the author of 1925 A Literary Encyclopedia out now on Rare Bird Lit. We discuss everything from Fitzgerald to the Harlem Renaissance and more from 1925 A Literary Encyclopedia, his move to France and adjusting to French life and culture, why he stopped taking portraits after his portrait book was published, and so much more. June 17, 2025 join me for a free online writing workshop. Registration at the link. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday...
2025-06-10
56 min
Drinks with Tony
Tom Lutz #318
Tom Lutz is the author of 1925 A Literary Encyclopedia out now on Rare Bird Lit. We discuss everything from Fitzgerald to the Harlem Renaissance and more from 1925 A Literary Encyclopedia, his move to France and adjusting to French life and culture, why he stopped taking portraits after his portrait book was published, and so much more. June 17, 2025 join me for a free online writing workshop. Registration at the link. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday...
2025-06-10
56 min
Drinks with Tony
Ted Kessler on Billy Childish #317
Ted Kessler is the author of The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish: To Ease My Troubled Mind. As a veteran music journalist and friend to Childish since the 1990s, Ted has created an intimate portrait of the living legend. June 11, 2025 join me for Books For Breakfast, a non-intellectual conversation about Victor Hugo. June 17, 2025 join me for a free online writing workshop. Registration at the link. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and...
2025-06-04
52 min
Drinks with Tony
Ted Kessler on Billy Childish #317
Ted Kessler is the author of The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish: To Ease My Troubled Mind. As a veteran music journalist and friend to Childish since the 1990s, Ted has created an intimate portrait of the living legend. June 11, 2025 join me for Books For Breakfast, a non-intellectual conversation about Victor Hugo. June 17, 2025 join me for a free online writing workshop. Registration at the link. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and...
2025-06-04
52 min
Drinks with Tony
Jon Ronson #316
Jon Ronson is the author of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed. I interviewed him in 2015 when the book came out and it’s pretty mind blowing where cancel culture has ‘matured’ ten years since. Check out Writing Is Hard and Why You Should Write at dushane.substack.com. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and Friday at 11am on 92.9FM, Los Gatos and 101.9FM, Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio.
2025-05-20
33 min
Drinks with Tony
Jon Ronson #316
Jon Ronson is the author of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed. I interviewed him in 2015 when the book came out and it’s pretty mind blowing where cancel culture has ‘matured’ ten years since. Check out Writing Is Hard and Why You Should Write at dushane.substack.com. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and Friday at 11am on 92.9FM, Los Gatos and 101.9FM, Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio.
2025-05-20
33 min
Drinks with Tony
Lucinda Berry #315
Lucinda Berry is the author of One In Four: A Thriller. We chat child psychology, running marathons, how the brain works, and her transition to full time author. New creative writing workshops and book groups coming in May and June on DuShane.substack.com, subscribe to stay up to date. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Friday at 11 a.m. on 92.9FM, Los Gatos and 101.9FM, Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio.
2025-05-13
53 min
Drinks with Tony
Lucinda Berry #315
Lucinda Berry is the author of One In Four: A Thriller. We chat child psychology, running marathons, how the brain works, and her transition to full time author. New creative writing workshops and book groups coming in May and June on DuShane.substack.com, subscribe to stay up to date. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Friday at 11 a.m. on 92.9FM, Los Gatos and 101.9FM, Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio.
2025-05-13
53 min
Drinks with Tony
Rachel Paris #314
Rachel Paris is the author of See How They Fall: A Novel. We discuss the humiliating vulnerability of writing and why everyone should do it, why we should never write for the market, or as she says, ‘Write what’s eating us inside’ … because that’s everything, write our soul onto the page, it’s the only way to fly, and other fun stuff. Free online creative writing workshop for May will be announced on dushane.substack.com later this week. If you live in the Los Angeles area the next two creative writing workshops I’m teaching...
2025-05-07
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Rachel Paris #314
Rachel Paris is the author of See How They Fall: A Novel. We discuss the humiliating vulnerability of writing and why everyone should do it, why we should never write for the market, or as she says, ‘Write what’s eating us inside’ … because that’s everything, write our soul onto the page, it’s the only way to fly, and other fun stuff. Free online creative writing workshop for May will be announced on dushane.substack.com later this week. If you live in the Los Angeles area the next two creative writing workshops I’m teaching...
2025-05-07
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Chuck Klosterman #313
Chuck Klosterman is the author of tons of books. This is a tape from my interview with him around 2012 when he was promoting The Visible Man. We met at Zam Zam in San Francisco. I’m having fun just going through a bunch of old interviews that I found. Next week my guest is Rachel Paris so we’re back on current authors for the show. Go to dushane.substack.com to enjoy some book articles as well as upcoming free creative writing workshops via zoom. There’s a lot planned there popping up in May and June.
2025-05-06
45 min
Drinks with Tony
Chuck Klosterman #313
Chuck Klosterman is the author of tons of books. This is a tape from my interview with him around 2012 when he was promoting The Visible Man. We met at Zam Zam in San Francisco. I’m having fun just going through a bunch of old interviews that I found. Next week my guest is Rachel Paris so we’re back on current authors for the show. Go to dushane.substack.com to enjoy some book articles as well as upcoming free creative writing workshops via zoom. There’s a lot planned there popping up in May and June.
2025-05-06
45 min
Drinks with Tony
Matthieu Ricard #312
Matthieu Ricard is the author of Happiness. I interviewed him around 2003 and he introduced the idea of mindfulness to me. He is also assistant and translator for the Dalai Lama. I was lucky his publicist got in touch with me for the book and you’ll probably hear what a mess I was when trying to command an interview. I even refer to “mindfulness” as “timelessness” at some point. I was that out of it. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs eve...
2025-04-08
35 min
Drinks with Tony
Matthieu Ricard #312
Matthieu Ricard is the author of Happiness. I interviewed him around 2003 and he introduced the idea of mindfulness to me. He is also assistant and translator for the Dalai Lama. I was lucky his publicist got in touch with me for the book and you’ll probably hear what a mess I was when trying to command an interview. I even refer to “mindfulness” as “timelessness” at some point. I was that out of it. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs eve...
2025-04-08
35 min
Drinks with Tony
Marlon James #311
Marlon James won the Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. I caught up with him in 2005 when he was touring his first book John Crow’s Devil. So, another tape from the archives we have fun exploring this week on Drinks with Tony. I’m still putting together the final details on my world famous workshop: Write Your Novel in Three Years or More. Stay Tuned. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tues...
2025-03-31
55 min
Drinks with Tony
Marlon James #311
Marlon James won the Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. I caught up with him in 2005 when he was touring his first book John Crow’s Devil. So, another tape from the archives we have fun exploring this week on Drinks with Tony. I’m still putting together the final details on my world famous workshop: Write Your Novel in Three Years or More. Stay Tuned. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tues...
2025-03-31
55 min
Drinks with Tony
Colum McCain #310
Colum McCain is the author of Twist: A Novel. We had a great time talking NYC, Ireland, the obsessive structure of writing environments for novels, and his really cool organization Narrative 4 that taps the storytelling in our hearts to young people. Yes, storytelling is everything. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and Friday at 11am on 92.9FM, Los Gatos and 101.9FM, Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio.
2025-03-26
58 min
Drinks with Tony
Colum McCain #310
Colum McCain is the author of Twist: A Novel. We had a great time talking NYC, Ireland, the obsessive structure of writing environments for novels, and his really cool organization Narrative 4 that taps the storytelling in our hearts to young people. Yes, storytelling is everything. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com and listen to Drinks with Tony on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4pm and Friday at 11am on 92.9FM, Los Gatos and 101.9FM, Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio.
2025-03-26
58 min
Drinks with Tony
Richard Hell #309
Richard Hell is the author of Godlike. And this interview is old, like 2003 or 2004 taping. We met at a bar called The Argus in San Francisco, he was mad at me that it wasn’t a radio studio, but we chatted and he became lovely. He was mad that the cab ride cost him $15, so, I told him how to take Muni back to where he’s staying and he didn’t have cash, so I gave him bus money and waited with him until his correct bus came. And it was glorious. I’m glad to share it with you...
2025-03-19
53 min
Drinks with Tony
Richard Hell #309
Richard Hell is the author of Godlike. And this interview is old, like 2003 or 2004 taping. We met at a bar called The Argus in San Francisco, he was mad at me that it wasn’t a radio studio, but we chatted and he became lovely. He was mad that the cab ride cost him $15, so, I told him how to take Muni back to where he’s staying and he didn’t have cash, so I gave him bus money and waited with him until his correct bus came. And it was glorious. I’m glad to share it with you...
2025-03-19
53 min
Drinks with Tony
Miranda July #308
Miranda July, two interviews from the archives. The first one is from 2015 regarding her novel The First Bad Man. The second one is from 2005 regarding her film Me and You and Everyone We Know. I thought the 2005 interview was lost, I can’t believe I found it. And the photos in the graphic are ones I took of her after recording that interview, they’re very low-res as I don’t have the originals from my camera, remember, it was 2005 kids. I’m so excited to present this to you this week. I have one more int...
2025-03-13
1h 02
Drinks with Tony
Miranda July #308
Miranda July, two interviews from the archives. The first one is from 2015 regarding her novel The First Bad Man. The second one is from 2005 regarding her film Me and You and Everyone We Know. I thought the 2005 interview was lost, I can’t believe I found it. And the photos in the graphic are ones I took of her after recording that interview, they’re very low-res as I don’t have the originals from my camera, remember, it was 2005 kids. I’m so excited to present this to you this week. I have one more int...
2025-03-13
1h 02
Drinks with Tony
Francesca Lia Block #303
Francesca Lia Block is the author of House of Hearts and many other books. We discuss love and heartbreak, her moment with David Byrne. LA punk rock and how The Go-Go’s inspired her to become a writer, Weetzie Bat, and so much more. February Book Smash is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, join us. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2025-01-23
56 min
Drinks with Tony
Craig Clevenger #302
Craig Clevenger is the author of The Contortionist’s Handbook, re-issued by Datura Books. On this episode we discuss the glorious holy temple where we worship which is the public library, mental health, how to look back at our books as authors, and so much more. Join Book Smash January 2025, our book is Berlin Blues by Sven Regener, which we’ll discuss on zoom at the end of the month. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP...
2025-01-16
55 min
Drinks with Tony
Kim Dower #301
Kim Dower is the author of What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria. We chat channeling our characters, why poetry gets a bad rap, visiting Baudelaire’s grave, and so much more. Recorded hours before the fires in LA and due to my lack of sleep and processing all of the events I didn’t record an intro and used the direct audio from the radio show broadcast. Prayers for all in Los Angeles affected and hope for speedy recovery. dushane.substack.com to join our Book Smash and more. Su...
2025-01-10
56 min
Drinks with Tony
Kim Dower #301
Kim Dower is the author of What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria. We chat channeling our characters, why poetry gets a bad rap, visiting Baudelaire’s grave, and so much more. Recorded hours before the fires in LA and due to my lack of sleep and processing all of the events I didn’t record an intro and used the direct audio from the radio show broadcast. Prayers for all in Los Angeles affected and hope for speedy recovery. dushane.substack.com to join our Book Smash and more. Su...
2025-01-10
56 min
Drinks with Tony
Joe Clifford #300
Joe Clifford is the author of Shadow People and many other books. We discuss the esoteric ways of writing novels, what success and failure in life can be, how high stakes alleviates anxiety, and so much more. Join us for Book Smash January 2025 as we read and discuss Berlin Blues by Sven Regener. Happy New Year and welcome to episode 300 of the reboot of Drinks with Tony. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los...
2025-01-02
54 min
Drinks with Tony
Joe Clifford #300
Joe Clifford is the author of Shadow People and many other books. We discuss the esoteric ways of writing novels, what success and failure in life can be, how high stakes alleviates anxiety, and so much more. Join us for Book Smash January 2025 as we read and discuss Berlin Blues by Sven Regener. Happy New Year and welcome to episode 300 of the reboot of Drinks with Tony. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los...
2025-01-02
54 min
Drinks with Tony
Hal Hartley #299
Hal Hartley is one of the kings of indie cinema with films like Henry Fool and The Girl From Monday. I taped this about 20 years ago at Dalva in San Francisco. Very happy to find the tape and put it out into the wild again. Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller. Zoom meeting is December 28 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 8pm GMT / 9pm EU Online chat all month long. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other...
2024-12-19
1h 03
Drinks with Tony
Hal Hartley #299
Hal Hartley is one of the kings of indie cinema with films like Henry Fool and The Girl From Monday. I taped this about 20 years ago at Dalva in San Francisco. Very happy to find the tape and put it out into the wild again. Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller. Zoom meeting is December 28 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 8pm GMT / 9pm EU Online chat all month long. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other...
2024-12-19
1h 03
Drinks with Tony
Tony’s Complaints to God #298
Tony DuShane is the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk. This week I dive into greedy eyeballs of actors at industry screenings, how to make left turns in Los Angeles, Knocking on doors as a Jehovah’s Witness, nostalgia for kicking cars of shit drivers, and so much more. Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller. Zoom meeting is December 28 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 8pm GMT / 9pm EU Online chat all month long. Subscribe to the...
2024-12-12
1h 06
Drinks with Tony
Tony’s Complaints to God #298
Tony DuShane is the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk. This week I dive into greedy eyeballs of actors at industry screenings, how to make left turns in Los Angeles, Knocking on doors as a Jehovah’s Witness, nostalgia for kicking cars of shit drivers, and so much more. Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller. Zoom meeting is December 28 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 8pm GMT / 9pm EU Online chat all month long. Subscribe to the...
2024-12-12
1h 06
Drinks with Tony
Tony DuShane’s Book Smash #297
From the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk comes Tony DuShane’s Book Smash. It’s my rundown on my favorite books of the year, my complaints about society and some guests, a guide to improving your focus, yammering about Alexandre Dumas, Michel Houllebecq, Henry Miller, Elfriede Jelinek, Marcel Proust, Sayaka Murata, Andrew Miller, Alexander Boldizar, Thomas Perry, Mark Haskell Smith, and more. Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller. Zoom meeting is December 28 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 8pm GM...
2024-12-05
1h 02
Drinks with Tony
Tony DuShane’s Book Smash #297
From the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk comes Tony DuShane’s Book Smash. It’s my rundown on my favorite books of the year, my complaints about society and some guests, a guide to improving your focus, yammering about Alexandre Dumas, Michel Houllebecq, Henry Miller, Elfriede Jelinek, Marcel Proust, Sayaka Murata, Andrew Miller, Alexander Boldizar, Thomas Perry, Mark Haskell Smith, and more. Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller. Zoom meeting is December 28 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 8pm GM...
2024-12-05
1h 02
Drinks with Tony
David Leo Rice #296
David Leo Rice is the author of The Berlin Wall: A Novel. We discuss Tim O’Brien’s Short Story “On the Rainy River”, Flo from the Progressive commercials and how to find authenticity as an artist, John Travolta from Look Who’s Talking to Pulp Fiction, Knut Hamsun and traveling through Norway, snd so much more. November 2024 – Read Along with Tony Book: The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek Online meeting time: November 30th 9am PT/ 12pm ET Reserve your spot now. December 2024 – Read Along with Tony Book: A Time of Assassin...
2024-11-21
1h 01
Drinks with Tony
David Leo Rice #296
David Leo Rice is the author of The Berlin Wall: A Novel. We discuss Tim O’Brien’s Short Story “On the Rainy River”, Flo from the Progressive commercials and how to find authenticity as an artist, John Travolta from Look Who’s Talking to Pulp Fiction, Knut Hamsun and traveling through Norway, snd so much more. November 2024 – Read Along with Tony Book: The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek Online meeting time: November 30th 9am PT/ 12pm ET Reserve your spot now. December 2024 – Read Along with Tony Book: A Time of Assassin...
2024-11-21
1h 01
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2024-11-14
1h 05
Drinks with Tony
Diego Gerard Morrison #295
Diego Gerard Morrison is the author of Pages of Mourning. We chat the ups and downs of translating novels, the literary scene in Mexico City, how living on a remote farm as a kid made him an insatiable reader, and so much more. November 2024 – Read Along with Tony Book: The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek Online meeting time: November 30th 9am PT/ 12pm ET Reserve your spot now. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR...
2024-11-07
1h 05
Drinks with Tony
Diego Gerard Morrison #295
Diego Gerard Morrison is the author of Pages of Mourning. We chat the ups and downs of translating novels, the literary scene in Mexico City, how living on a remote farm as a kid made him an insatiable reader, and so much more. November 2024 – Read Along with Tony Book: The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek Online meeting time: November 30th 9am PT/ 12pm ET Reserve your spot now. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR...
2024-11-07
1h 05
Drinks with Tony
Jean-Paul L. Garnier #294
Jean-Paul L. Garnier is the author of Cardboard Spaceship. He also owns Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree. We talk Czech writers, starting a bookstore and publishing company, why living in the desert reminds you of how insignificant we are in the universe, how quantum physics can help you find god, and so much more. Read Along with Tony DuShane October 11 – 26, 2024 Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich Zoom meeting October 26th, join us. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also a...
2024-10-24
1h 00
Drinks with Tony
Jean-Paul L. Garnier #294
Jean-Paul L. Garnier is the author of Cardboard Spaceship. He also owns Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree. We talk Czech writers, starting a bookstore and publishing company, why living in the desert reminds you of how insignificant we are in the universe, how quantum physics can help you find god, and so much more. Read Along with Tony DuShane October 11 – 26, 2024 Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich Zoom meeting October 26th, join us. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also a...
2024-10-24
1h 00
Drinks with Tony
Sacha Mardou #293
Sacha Mardou is the author of Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy, A Graphic Memoir. We discuss growing up in crazy families and religions, Internal Family Systems therapy, the violence porn of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Pillowgate, and so much more….it’s loads of laughs and a wail of weeping. Read Along with Tony DuShane October 11 – 26, 2024 Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich Zoom meeting October 26th, join us. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every T...
2024-10-17
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Sacha Mardou #293
Sacha Mardou is the author of Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy, A Graphic Memoir. We discuss growing up in crazy families and religions, Internal Family Systems therapy, the violence porn of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Pillowgate, and so much more….it’s loads of laughs and a wail of weeping. Read Along with Tony DuShane October 11 – 26, 2024 Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich Zoom meeting October 26th, join us. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every T...
2024-10-17
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Kes Trester #292
Kes Trester is the author of To The Nines, Book 3 of The Nine series. We discuss how to safely chat with grocery clerks about suicidal thoughts, how to find a husband at Hollywood parties, to structure or not structure a novel, and so much more. Sign up for: Read Along with Tony DuShane October 11 – 26, 2024 Last Summer in the City (1970) by Gianfranco Calligarich Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in San...
2024-10-10
1h 03
Drinks with Tony
Kes Trester #292
Kes Trester is the author of To The Nines, Book 3 of The Nine series. We discuss how to safely chat with grocery clerks about suicidal thoughts, how to find a husband at Hollywood parties, to structure or not structure a novel, and so much more. Sign up for: Read Along with Tony DuShane October 11 – 26, 2024 Last Summer in the City (1970) by Gianfranco Calligarich Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in San...
2024-10-10
1h 03
Drinks with Tony
Gabriel Hart #291
Gabriel Hart is the author of On High At Red Tide. He’s also the lead singer of Jail Weddings and The Starvations. October 5th is the first Drinks with Tony Bookclub, we’re reading Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age and we’ll discuss the book as well as do a writing exercise. October 3rd join Gabriel Hart for his Los Angeles release event for his novel at Stories bookstore and cafe in Echo Park. On this episode we discuss how time is more important than money, the trap of corporate Americ...
2024-09-19
1h 00
Drinks with Tony
Gabriel Hart #291
Gabriel Hart is the author of On High At Red Tide. He’s also the lead singer of Jail Weddings and The Starvations. October 5th is the first Drinks with Tony Bookclub, we’re reading Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age and we’ll discuss the book as well as do a writing exercise. October 3rd join Gabriel Hart for his Los Angeles release event for his novel at Stories bookstore and cafe in Echo Park. On this episode we discuss how time is more important than money, the trap of corporate Americ...
2024-09-19
1h 00
Drinks with Tony
Krystal Kenney #290
Krystal Kenney is the author of Paris, A Life Less Ordinary: A Memoir. We discuss tourist scams of Paris, where are the best neighborhoods, how Krystal moved to Paris from Baltimore without an EU citizenship, and so much more. Remember to join the Drinks with Tony Book Club, this month we’ll discuss Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age by Bohumil Hrabal on October 5, 2024. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa...
2024-09-12
48 min
Drinks with Tony
Krystal Kenney #290
Krystal Kenney is the author of Paris, A Life Less Ordinary: A Memoir. We discuss tourist scams of Paris, where are the best neighborhoods, how Krystal moved to Paris from Baltimore without an EU citizenship, and so much more. Remember to join the Drinks with Tony Book Club, this month we’ll discuss Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age by Bohumil Hrabal on October 5, 2024. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa...
2024-09-12
48 min
Drinks with Tony
Marianne Leone #289
Marianne Leone is the author of Five-Dog Epiphany: A Memoir. Marianne is an actor you may know from shows like The Sopranos. Her book tackles the grief of losing her son with her husband actor Chris Cooper and how their son Jesse brought dogs into their lives. We discuss how her an her husband have stayed together for 41 years, when they met in acting school exactly how their romance started, her push for Chris to take the groundbreaking part in American Beauty, her activism to create inclusive classrooms for the quadriplegic and how that manifested...
2024-09-05
56 min
Drinks with Tony
Marianne Leone #289
Marianne Leone is the author of Five-Dog Epiphany: A Memoir. Marianne is an actor you may know from shows like The Sopranos. Her book tackles the grief of losing her son with her husband actor Chris Cooper and how their son Jesse brought dogs into their lives. We discuss how her an her husband have stayed together for 41 years, when they met in acting school exactly how their romance started, her push for Chris to take the groundbreaking part in American Beauty, her activism to create inclusive classrooms for the quadriplegic and how that manifested...
2024-09-05
56 min
Drinks with Tony
Colleen McKeegan #288
Colleen McKeegan is the author of Rip Tide: A Novel. We discuss what to do when you have a major brain crush on an author, training for mascots of sports teams, the definition of a book hangover, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-08-29
58 min
Drinks with Tony
Colleen McKeegan #288
Colleen McKeegan is the author of Rip Tide: A Novel. We discuss what to do when you have a major brain crush on an author, training for mascots of sports teams, the definition of a book hangover, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-08-29
58 min
Drinks with Tony
Jessica Maguire #287
Jessica Maguire is the author of The Nervous System Reset: Heal Trauma, Resolve Chronic Pain, and Regulate Your Emotions with the Power of the Vagus Nerve. We discuss the micro-communications that happens with our eyes, face, and hands, how to calm a 15 month old baby, how to look within ourselves after bad romantic relationships, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-08-21
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Jessica Maguire #287
Jessica Maguire is the author of The Nervous System Reset: Heal Trauma, Resolve Chronic Pain, and Regulate Your Emotions with the Power of the Vagus Nerve. We discuss the micro-communications that happens with our eyes, face, and hands, how to calm a 15 month old baby, how to look within ourselves after bad romantic relationships, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-08-21
59 min
Drinks with Tony
John A. Dailey #286
John A. Dailey is the author of Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations. We discuss the subconscious mind work of repetitive drills, the emotional response of combat, his deployment to Afghanistan after 9/11, what movies about war are closest to portraying the real thing, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-08-17
1h 02
Drinks with Tony
John A. Dailey #286
John A. Dailey is the author of Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations. We discuss the subconscious mind work of repetitive drills, the emotional response of combat, his deployment to Afghanistan after 9/11, what movies about war are closest to portraying the real thing, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-08-17
1h 02
Drinks with Tony
Bobi Conn #285
Bobi Conn is the author of Someplace Like Home. We discuss doing psychedelics, her family heritage of moonshiners, how to get out of the way of our characters, collective anger of sports fans, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-08-08
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Bobi Conn #285
Bobi Conn is the author of Someplace Like Home. We discuss doing psychedelics, her family heritage of moonshiners, how to get out of the way of our characters, collective anger of sports fans, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-08-08
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Alexander Boldizar #284
Alexander Boldizar is the author of The Man Who Saw Seconds. We discuss living in a refugee camp after fleeing Slovakia in the 1979, the art of learning new languages, keeping authenticity as a writer while still entertaining the reader, Commedia dell’arte, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-07-31
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Alexander Boldizar #284
Alexander Boldizar is the author of The Man Who Saw Seconds. We discuss living in a refugee camp after fleeing Slovakia in the 1979, the art of learning new languages, keeping authenticity as a writer while still entertaining the reader, Commedia dell’arte, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-07-31
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Peter Houlahan #283
Peter Houlahan is the author of Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn. We discuss his coverage of Sagon Penn’s case of being found not-guilty of shooting and killing a police officer, how our brains are being hacked by data collection, when happens when you don’t back up your work, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-07-25
1h 02
Drinks with Tony
Peter Houlahan #283
Peter Houlahan is the author of Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn. We discuss his coverage of Sagon Penn’s case of being found not-guilty of shooting and killing a police officer, how our brains are being hacked by data collection, when happens when you don’t back up your work, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-07-25
1h 02
Drinks with Tony
Paul Cody #282
Paul Cody is the author of Walk The Dark. We take a deep dive into his time teaching in prison, what landed him in the psych ward and how it changed his life, when after 25 years of sobriety he fell off the wagon to dire consequences, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-07-10
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Paul Cody #282
Paul Cody is the author of Walk The Dark. We take a deep dive into his time teaching in prison, what landed him in the psych ward and how it changed his life, when after 25 years of sobriety he fell off the wagon to dire consequences, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-07-10
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Nicholas Belardes #281
Nicholas Belardes is the author of The Deading. We chat how a novel should feel like a song, approaching novel writing like an athlete, how to set yourself up before getting an MFA in writing, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-07-04
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Nicholas Belardes #281
Nicholas Belardes is the author of The Deading. We chat how a novel should feel like a song, approaching novel writing like an athlete, how to set yourself up before getting an MFA in writing, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat Radio, KPCR-LP.
2024-07-04
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Joyce Maynard #280
Joyce Maynard is the author of How the Light Gets In. She’s a best selling author and her books To Die For and Labor Day have been adapted to films. We chat: How to be an authentic writer, embracing that life is messy, her hotel in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, her affair with J. D. Salinger, being on set for To Die For, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in San...
2024-06-27
1h 00
Drinks with Tony
Joyce Maynard #280
Joyce Maynard is the author of How the Light Gets In. She’s a best selling author and her books To Die For and Labor Day have been adapted to films. We chat: How to be an authentic writer, embracing that life is messy, her hotel in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, her affair with J. D. Salinger, being on set for To Die For, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in San...
2024-06-27
1h 00
Drinks with Tony
Joe Clifford #279
Joe Clifford is the author of A Moth To Flame. His novel Lamentation was recently translated to Italian and he just came back from an author tour of Italy. We pine for cafe culture in Italia We whine about phonies and the suck of life We pontificate about our artistic integrity We diss Kanye West …..and so much more… Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2024-06-19
1h 00
Drinks with Tony
Joe Clifford #279
Joe Clifford is the author of A Moth To Flame. His novel Lamentation was recently translated to Italian and he just came back from an author tour of Italy. We pine for cafe culture in Italia We whine about phonies and the suck of life We pontificate about our artistic integrity We diss Kanye West …..and so much more… Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2024-06-19
1h 00
Drinks with Tony
Tony DuShane’s Writing Workshop #278
Danielle and Kyler join my spontaneous writing course. We discuss being uncomfortable as a writer, the importance of journaling, the intimacy we have with our characters, how to rewrite, and so much more. Join my Summer Online Novel Writing Workshop June 16 – August 4. We’re all innate storytellers, join absolute beginners and grizzled intermediate writers coming together to ultimately craft your novel. Register at www.tonydushane.com. Limited to 10 students. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2024-06-13
1h 00
Drinks with Tony
Tony DuShane’s Writing Workshop #278
Danielle and Kyler join my spontaneous writing course. We discuss being uncomfortable as a writer, the importance of journaling, the intimacy we have with our characters, how to rewrite, and so much more. Join my Summer Online Novel Writing Workshop June 16 – August 4. We’re all innate storytellers, join absolute beginners and grizzled intermediate writers coming together to ultimately craft your novel. Register at www.tonydushane.com. Limited to 10 students. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2024-06-13
1h 00
Drinks with Tony
Ann Leary #277
Ann Leary is the author of I’ve Tried to Be Nice: Essays. Join my Summer Online Novel Writing Workshop June 16 – August 4. We’re all innate storytellers, learn how to harness what you already have onto the page and ultimately craft your novel. Register at www.tonydushane.com. Limited to 10 students. Ann Leary and I discuss: When her and her husband Denis Leary went to couples counseling during a rough patch in their marriage, what playing games can teach us about ourselves and others, how her true love is writing the novel, and so much m...
2024-05-30
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Ann Leary #277
Ann Leary is the author of I’ve Tried to Be Nice: Essays. Join my Summer Online Novel Writing Workshop June 16 – August 4. We’re all innate storytellers, learn how to harness what you already have onto the page and ultimately craft your novel. Register at www.tonydushane.com. Limited to 10 students. Ann Leary and I discuss: When her and her husband Denis Leary went to couples counseling during a rough patch in their marriage, what playing games can teach us about ourselves and others, how her true love is writing the novel, and so much m...
2024-05-30
59 min
Drinks with Tony
Matthew Daddona #276
Matthew Daddona is the author of The Longitude of Grief: A novel. We discuss cafe culture in Sarajevo, the virtues of Philly, writing compelling characters, how to hit a deer in Hungary, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2024-05-17
55 min
Drinks with Tony
Matthew Daddona #276
Matthew Daddona is the author of The Longitude of Grief: A novel. We discuss cafe culture in Sarajevo, the virtues of Philly, writing compelling characters, how to hit a deer in Hungary, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2024-05-17
55 min
Drinks with Tony
Nicolás Medina Mora #275
Nicolás Medina Mora is the author of América del Norte. We discuss being a debut novelist, the literary scene in Mexico City, the culture shock of living in the United States and moving back to Mexico, what it means to heed the calling as a writer, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2024-05-08
58 min
Drinks with Tony
Nicolás Medina Mora #275
Nicolás Medina Mora is the author of América del Norte. We discuss being a debut novelist, the literary scene in Mexico City, the culture shock of living in the United States and moving back to Mexico, what it means to heed the calling as a writer, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2024-05-08
58 min
Drinks with Tony
Ari Gold #274
Ari Gold is the co-author of Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems, with his late father and author Herbert Gold, and his brother Ethan Gold. Herbert died when he was 99, in November 2023. We discuss how living in San Francisco leads to longevity of life, how poetry created a communication bond that was extremely intimate, the 4:39 rule to poetry, living under the legacy of his father, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los...
2024-04-24
57 min
Drinks with Tony
Ari Gold #274
Ari Gold is the co-author of Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems, with his late father and author Herbert Gold, and his brother Ethan Gold. Herbert died when he was 99, in November 2023. We discuss how living in San Francisco leads to longevity of life, how poetry created a communication bond that was extremely intimate, the 4:39 rule to poetry, living under the legacy of his father, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los...
2024-04-24
57 min
Drinks with Tony
Sasha Vasilyuk #273
Sasha Vasilyuk is the author of Your Presence is Mandatory. We discuss the generations of her family’s experience in Ukraine, researching a novel based in true events, how pregnancy is a great deadline for writers, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2024-04-18
57 min
Drinks with Tony
Sasha Vasilyuk #273
Sasha Vasilyuk is the author of Your Presence is Mandatory. We discuss the generations of her family’s experience in Ukraine, researching a novel based in true events, how pregnancy is a great deadline for writers, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.
2024-04-18
57 min
STARGAZER: a podcast about astrology, alchemy, and magic
Episode 32 - Writing as Alchemy w/ Tony Dushane
32I met Tony Dushane a couple years ago when he enrolled in my class on creative alchemy. It was inspired by the idea that artists are alchemists: explorers of the invisible realms and spiritual healers. And like alchemy, the power of art transforms and transmutes. As I got to know Tony, I learned how his life-story is a beautiful demonstration of art as alchemy. Tony was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, an apocalyptic Christian sect that most people describe as a cult. For the first 20+ years of his life, Tony was a true b...
2023-09-10
1h 53
Filmcourage
Beginner's Guide To Being A Writer - Tony DuShane
Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T40VatyO6xk Want more writing videos? Check out our collection on Youtube here: https://bit.ly/2JZJXTi Tony DuShane is the author and award-winning screenwriter of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk. The book was published by Soft Skull Press and the feature film, directed by Eric Stoltz, was released in 2018 and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. His journalism and essays has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Penthouse, The Rumpus, The Believer, and other media outlets. He teaches writing at UCLA...
2023-04-03
2h 47
Drinks with Tony
Kurt Baumeister #167
Kurt Baumeister is the author of Pax Americana. He’s also an editor at 7.13 Books. New Screenwriting classes are now available at www.tonydushane.com. I’m also accepting new coaching clients for novels and screenplays over the holidays. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.
2022-03-09
56 min
Drinks with Tony
Kurt Baumeister #167
Kurt Baumeister is the author of Pax Americana. He’s also an editor at 7.13 Books. New Screenwriting classes are now available at www.tonydushane.com. I’m also accepting new coaching clients for novels and screenplays over the holidays. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.
2022-03-09
56 min
Salt Lake Dirt
Tony DuShane - Episode 06
Tony DuShane is the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk. He also wrote the screenplay for the film of the same title (directed by Eric Stolz) which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. His literary podcast Drinks with Tony releases new episodes every Wednesday. Our print interview with Tony from early this year can be found HERE. --------------------------------------- This week's book recommendation is The Marvel Universe by Bruce Wagner. -------------------------------------- Visit us at www.saltlakedirt.com
2020-11-17
58 min
Sup Doc: A Documentary Podcast
20,000 DAYS ON EARTH w writer Tony DuShane
Today we sat down with writer Tony DuShane. Tony is the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk, published by Soft Skull Press and now a feature film directed by Eric Stoltz.His writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, The Rumpus, and The Believer. He was a music columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle and wrote hundreds of articles covering books, film, and music. He also teaches novel writing at UCLA Extension.Tony wanted to discuss the 2014 experimental music documentary 20,000 Days On Earth (directed by Iain Forsyth...
2018-03-05
1h 13
Music
Ep 82 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH with writer Tony Dushane
Our guest is author Tony Dushane and we talk about 20,000 Days On Earth the film that examines a day in the life of music icon Nick Cave. We get into music, religion, creativity and even writing tips from Tony, who teaches novel writing at UCLA Extension. Tony DuShane is the author and screenwriter of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk.
2018-03-05
00 min