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This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kevin Maloney, author of The Red-Headed Pilgrim, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of conversation include the line between fact and fiction, the fear of routine in adulthood, virginity and sex, Howl, Robotussin-induced spirit journeys, Pearl Jam vs. Sufjan Stevens, wanderlust, and much more.  Copies of The Red-Headed Pilgrim can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for member of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Dan Chaon, who discusses his latest novel Sleepwalk, which is published by Henry Holt and Co.  Topics of conversation include unreliable narrators, Hunter S. Thompson, aliases, burner phones and the desire to be untraceable, eccentric billionaires who start cultish non-profits, sperm banks, what amnesia would look like if it were a country, QAnon, and much more.  Copies of Sleepwalk can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.    

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by William MacAskill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University, Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur, and author of What We Owe the Future, which is published by our friends at Basic Books.  Topics of discussion include thought experiments, longtermism, clean energy, climate change, artificial intelligence, professional gambling, Roe vs. Wade, value lock-in, technological stagnation, and much more.  Copies of What We Owe the Future can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Guggenheim Fellow, NEA Fellow, MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award winning author Andrea Barrett, who discusses her new short story collection Natural History, which is published by our friends at W.W. Norton and Company.  Topics of discussion include preparing to write a novel vs. a short story collection, whether you can judge a book by its cover or not, color in literature, History, weather balloons in the Civil War, the role of butterflies and moths in literature, scissors, and much more.  Copies of Natural History can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Danny Ramadan, author of The Foghorn Echoes, which is published by our friends at Canongate.  Topics of conversation include growing up as a gay man in Syria, thoughts and prayers, military indoctrination, the perception of the American military in Syria, literary ghost stories, parental shaming, Randy Orton, video games as art, and much more.  Copies of The Foghorn Echoes can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Silas House, who discusses his new novel Lark, Ascending, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.  Topics of discussion include "With or Without You", maritime novels, the Trump-era, fundamentalists, dual-citizenship, Ireland, climate fiction, dogs, beliefs, and much more.  Copies of Lark, Ascending can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Edgar Award-winning author and host of The Moth George Dawes Green, who discusses his new novel The Kingdoms of Savannah, which is published by our friends at Celadon Books.  Topics of discussion include Savannah as a fairy-tale city, Omar from The Wire, mothers, Southern facades, slumlords, Thomas Wolfe, support for independent bookstores, and much more.  Copies of The Kingdoms of Savannah can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jeff Wagner, author of Destination Onward: The Story of Fates Warning, which is published by our friends at FYI Press.  Topics of conversation include buying records in the pre-Napster/streaming-era, Fates Warning, living a life defined by music fandom, the plight of the Native American, progressive metal, Radiohead, England's influence on popular music, the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, and much more.  Copies of Destination Onward can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Scott Gates, author of Gone, the Redeemer, which is published by our friends at Blue Ink Press.  Topics of conversation include Page 158 Books, sunsets, Cuban history, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Oprah Winfrey, A Picture of Dorian Gray, Colorado, and much more.  Copies of Gone, the Redeemer can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ray Robertson, author of Estates Large and Small, which is published by our friends at Biblioasis.  Topics of conversation include Biblioasis, the Grateful Dead, Hunterisms, virtual bookstores, leadership in the COVID-era, the used book business, the value of literary fiction in contemporary society, impersonations, and much more.  Copies of Estates Large and Small can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by legendary literary icon Michael Parker, author of I Am the Light of This World, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.  Topics of conversation include Randall Kenan, Chris Stamey, pawn shop guitars, clotheslines, Leadbelly, turnstiles, the word "world", differing perceptions of sexuality, drugs and alcohol, and much more.  Copies of I Am the Light of This World can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, Host Jason Jefferies is joined by Bookin' favorite Alex Pugsley, author of Shimmer, which is published by our friends at Biblioasis.  Topics of conversation include the James Joyce of Canada, 7-11, flip-phones, the Friends drinking game, pornography, Marlboro Ultra Lights, Courtney Love, guitar tablature, and much more.  Copies of Shimmer can be ordered here.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author B.A. Shapiro, author of Metropolis, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.  Topics of conversation include self-storage units, the process of writing multiple protagonists, research, artistic mediums, street photography, writing what you know vs. writing what you don't know, embezzlement, whether commercial success changes the artist's approach to creation, an much more.  Copies  of Metropolis can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ellyn Gaydos, author of Pig Years, which is published by our friends at Knopf.  Topics of conversation include writing about pigs, growing up in Vermont, small farms vs. factory farms, snakes on the bathroom floor, consuming pig hearts, acts of desecration, stock car speedways, global warming, and much more.  Copies of Pig Years can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers, Aspen's trusted community bookstore.  

This week, Host Jason Jefferies is joined by Davey Davis, author of X, which is published by our friends at Catapult.  Topics of conversation include Roe v. Wade, waterboarding, Abu Ghraib, Matt Riedl, whether sexiness is political, small talk about climate change, practiced dishonesty, bodily confusion, whether change is ever really possible, and much more.  Copies of X can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Lydia Millet, author of Dinosaurs, which is published by our friends at W.W. Norton and Co.  Topics of conversation include books that take place in Arizona, short novels, Batman, new places vs. old places, A Children's Bible and climate change legislation, glass houses, basketball & skateboarding, Fox News & Football, dinosaurs, and much more.  Copies of Dinosaurs can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Timothy C. Baker, author of Reading My Mother Back: A Memoir in Childhood Animal Stories, which is published by our friends at Goldsmiths Press.  Topics of conversation include Babar the elephant, Baltimore, Ronald Reagan, animal industries, Frog & Toad, The Lord of the Rings vs. Chronicles of Narnia, Watership Down, and much more.  Copies of Reading My Mother Back can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies welcomes Victoria Shepherd, author of A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband, and a Walking Corpse, which is published by our friends at Oneworld.  Topics of discussion include the difference between a fairy tale and a delusion, QAnon, paranoid schizophrenia, the connection between Fyodor Dostoevsky and Edgar Allen Poe, melancholy, the idea that one's body may be made of glass, and much more.  Copies of A History of Delusions can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Lara Williams, author of The Odyssey, which is published by our friends at Zando Projects.  Topics of discussion include The Odyssey as a title, wabi sabi, cruise ships, David Foster Wallace, boredom/inertia, oblivion, infantilization, scientology, designing your own money, shopping malls, and much more.  Copies of The Odyssey can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Christy Alexander Hallberg, author of Searching for Jimmy Page, which is published by our friends at Livingston Press.  Topics of discussion include Led Zeppelin as a rite of passage, Four Sticks, omens, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant's sandwich, Hammer of the Gods, Liv Tyler, and much more.  Copies of Searching for Jimmy Page can be ordered here from Explore Booksellers!