In this hour long discussion, Josh and Ian speak to Chris Quigg about his book, ‘Grace in All Simplicity: Beauty, Truth, and Wonders on the Path to the Higgs Boson and New Laws of Nature’, with special guest Robert Rusack.

In this hour long discussion, Josh and Ian speak to Chris Quigg about his book, ‘Grace in All Simplicity: Beauty, Truth, and Wonders on the Path to the Higgs Boson and New Laws of Nature’, with special guest Robert Rusack.
Originally aired October 11, 2022.
It’s an Ian extravaganza! Ian opens the show with the spectacular return of Peter Geye, most recently the author of novel Ski Jumpers, followed by a discussion with Curtis DeBerg about his illustrated memoir Traveling the World with Hemingway.
Originally aired October 5, 2021.
Ian Graham Leask takes center stage this week, interviewing David Backes about editing A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson. After the break, Leask is joined by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, short-fiction author and great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway himself.
Originally aired September 7, 2021.
Ian welcomes Larry Watson onto the show to discuss his new novel, Lives of Eddie Pritchard, and the new film of his book Let Him Go.
After the break, Josh welcomes astronomer and author Caleb Scharf to discuss his new book, Ascent of Information.
Originally aired August 3, 2021.
First, Noel Obiora joins Liz to discuss his novel A Past That Breathes and its political implications as well as its plot.
After the break, Bill Strusinski discusses his time as a combat medic in his memoir Care Under Fire with Ian.
Originally aired June 29, 2021.
Are Scandinavians really the happiest people on earth? Ian and Eric Dregni start off the show by discussing For the Love of Cod, Dregni’s thoughtful and comical new travelogue.
After the break, Liz digs into a mystery—specifically the mystery novels of Camilla Trinchieri and their Italian ties.
Originally aired June 22, 2021.
Things get extraterrestrial RIGHT away when paranormal writer and researcher Martin Keller joins Ian to discuss his new work, Space Pen Club.
After the break, Liz and Brian Malloy revisit the pain of the AIDS pandemic of the 80’s in Minneapolis and NYC while discussing Malloy’s After Francesco.
Originally aired June 1, 2021.
Liz starts the show with Kaira Rouda, discussing Rouda’s suspenseful new novel, The Next Wife.
After, Ian welcomes Lin Enger to talk about Enger’s timeless and topical American Gospel.