S7 Ep. 44: Ellie Palmer and Elle Everhart on the Rise of Romance
Romance novelists Elle Everhart and Ellie Palmer join co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about the genre’s increasing popularity. Everhart, the London-based author of the new boo...
1 Aug 202442min
S7 Ep. 43: Harry Siegel on the Supreme Court, Bribery, and Scofflaws
New York Daily News columnist Harry Siegel joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about his recent piece about the Supreme Court’s decision to permit what he has du...
25 Jul 202450min
S7 Ep. 42: Sally Franson and Emily Nussbaum on Reality TV
Novelist Sally Franson and critic Emily Nussbaum join host V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about reality television. Franson, a recent reality TV show winner whose new novel, Big in Sweden, is from the po...
18 Jul 202457min
S7 Ep. 41: Phil Elwood on Doing PR for All the Worst Humans
In the wake of the recent Trump-Biden debate, public relations operative Phil Elwood joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about his career spinning stories in fav...
11 Jul 202449min
From the Archives: S1 Ep. 6: Kiki Petrosino and Jess Walter on All the President's Shakespeare
As Literary Hub observes July 4, we return to our archives for a 2017 episode that remains relevant today. We will return with a new episode July 11.In episode 6, V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terre...
4 Jul 20241h 9min
S7 Ep. 39: Maxim Loskutoff on the Unabomber and the Myth of the American West
Novelist Maxim Loskutoff joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about his new novel, Old King, which is about Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, who moved to Montana to withd...
27 Jun 202448min
S7 Ep. 38: Nicolás Medina Mora on Mexico’s First Woman President and the Country’s Political Future
Journalist and novelist Nicolás Medina Mora joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about Mexico’s president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be the first woman and...
20 Jun 202449min
S7 Ep. 37: Karen Solt on Being Gay in the Navy, ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ and Hiding for Her Life
In this Pride Month episode, Navy veteran and author Karen Solt joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about her experience of being gay while serving in the milita...
13 Jun 202442min
