Episode 115: Mary Ladd’s “disrespectful cancer book”
In this special episode of the GrottoPod, author and former GrottoPod co-host Bridget Quinn interviews writer Mary Ladd and San Francisco Chronicle “Bad Reporter” cartoonist Don Asmussen for the Betab...
12 Nov 201935min
Episode 114: Spooky Reads for Halloween
What’s scarier: an abusive father imposing the re-enactment of an iron-age human-sacrifice ritual on his teenage daughter, an idealistic young man imprisoned and brutalized for a crime he clearly did ...
29 Okt 201929min
Episode 113: You and AI—David Ewing Duncan and our Robotic Futures
The future is already here—but there's another one, two, or three futures right around the corner. David Ewing Duncan's new book, Talking to Robots: Tales from our Human Robot Futures, speculates on t...
8 Okt 201921min
Episode 112: Talking Books with The Stacks host Traci Thomas
Rummaging through piles of books has never been more fun than with books podcaster Traci Thomas, whose ebullient personality and searing smarts have grown her show, The Stacks, into a true indie media...
24 Sep 201926min
Episode 111: Writing Humor and Action
Write funnier -- and livelier! Today’s episode is the second of two special podcasts about a new series of books from the Writers Grotto called Lit Starts, which are available on September 10, 2019. E...
10 Sep 201921min
Episode 110: Writing Dialogue and Character
Want to take your writing to the next level? Today’s episode is the first of two special podcasts about a new series of books from the Writers Grotto called Lit Starts, available starting September 10...
3 Sep 201935min
Episode 109: Joshua Furst on Writing the Counterculture
Joshua Furst is an aficionado of American counterculture. His 2008 novel, The Sabotage Cafe, was a story of then-and-now punks defining themselves in opposition to the mainstream: dumpster-divers livi...
27 Aug 201931min
Episode 108: Sara Schneider on the Language of Wine
Sara Schneider has been a wine, food, and general lifestyle editor and writer for 25 years, most recently as Consulting Wine and Spirits Editor for Robb Report. Before that, Schneider was Sunset magaz...
2 Juli 20191h 11min
