This week, Erik sits down with web serial novelist David Verburg about his two series; A Practical Guide to Evil and Pale Lights. They discuss the differences in format between a traditional novel and a serial novel, the challenges of work schedules, and the difficulties involved in deconstructing a genre.
This week, Liz will be sitting down with Craig R. Evans, to talk about his new book Old Time Conversations: Finding Health, Happiness, and Community Through Traditional Music. In this interview, Liz and Evans discuss creativity, health, and community, as well as the joy people can find in music and art.
This week, Josh sits down with author John Brandon, to discuss his new novel Penalties of June, an exciting thriller about ex-con Pratt. In this book, Brandon uses his feel for the underbelly of his home state of Florida to give the genre of noir a sweltering southern twist.
This week, Josh sits down with Agustina Paglayan and Vince Beiser, to discuss their books –Raised to Obey: The Rise And Spread of Mass Education and Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future, respectively. Raised to Obey is about how the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control it’s subjects. Power Metal is about how the move to green energy relies on specific metals that are causing ecological and economic damage today, and how we can improve this situation.
Erik sits down with Blue Delliquanti, creator of the webcomic O Human Star, to discuss comics, androids, and being a professional cartoonist.
Josh sits down with Peter Godfrey-Smith to talk about his new book, Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World. In this book, Godfrey-Smith discusses how other living beings have shaped the world that we as humans have come to think of as natural.
Erik talks with web serial novelist D.D. Webb – author of The Gods are Bastards, Only Villains Do That, and Hoard – about serialized fiction, writing on the internet, and mental health.
Josh records an event entitled ‘Do Not Forget Us’, which was a poetry and music benefit for victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
