S9 Ep. 49 Sam A. Miller on YouTube Storytelling and Choosing Science Fiction
Fiction writer and popular YouTuber Sam A. Miller joins co-hosts Christian Barter and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his debut story collection, Still Lost: Tales from the Year 2080, as well as his...
24 Syys 40min
S9 Ep. 48 Emily McBride on Maternal Mental Health and the Lindsay Clancy Trial
Fiction writer Emily McBride joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her debut novel, Queen Mab, and maternal mental health. McBride talks about the media frenzy around the t...
17 Syys 33min
S9 Ep. 47 Robert Moor on Rethinking Environmentalism Tree by Tree
Nonfiction writer Robert Moor joins co-hosts Christian Barter and Jennifer Maritza McCauley to talk about his new book, In Trees, and the power of “tree thinking,” a concept developed by the evolution...
10 Syys 43min
S9 Ep. 46 G’Ra Asim on 99 Problems Finding the 1
Nonfiction writer G’Ra Asim joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about his new book, 99 Problems Finding the 1: a love story (sort of). Asim discusses Afropessimism, heterope...
3 Syys 44min
S9 Ep. 45 Aruni Kashyap on India’s Cockroach Youth Movement
Novelist Aruni Kashyap joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Jennifer Maritza McCauley to talk about the surprising surge of a new youth movement in India. Kashyap, the author of a new novel, How to ...
27 Elo 45min
S9 Ep. 44 Claudia Rankine on Triage, Antigone, and Collapse
Poet, essayist, and playwright Claudia Rankine joins co-hosts Christian Barter, Jennifer Maritza McCauley and Whitney Terrell to talk about her new book Triage. Rankine outlines the decades-long rela...
20 Elo 37min
S9 Ep. 43 Dino Martins on Cyclospora, Screwworms, and Our Lives with Parasites
Entomologist Dino Martins joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about the Cyclospora outbreak that has sickened thousands of people across the U.S., as well as the New World sc...
13 Elo 45min
S9 Ep. 42 Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on Harry Belafonte’s Extraordinary Art & Activism
Non-fiction writer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Christian Barter to talk about the life of performer and activist Harry Belafonte, who died in 2023. Jelly-Schapiro, the...
6 Elo 53min
