Chatter on Books

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Chatter on Books episodes

October 08, 2019 Zach Powers: First Cosmic Velocity
Jeanne’s on top of the Constitution. Torie challenges Jamie McIntyre and Jeanne to Whose Line is it Anyway? David joins from NATS Park and Zach Powers talks Soviet space fraud and his book First Cosmic Velocity.
44 min
October 01, 2019 Wil Haygood - Tigerland - 1968-1969: a Nation torn apart, and a Magical Season of Healing
“Oprah called me honey” Jeanne finds surprises on the best sellers list and David wins the whistleblower pop quiz. Award winning author Wil Haygood talks best pals Oprah and Denzel and awes the crowd at One More Page Books with Tigerland, the highly improbable story of young men whose basketball and baseball success healed a troubled city.
1 hr 14 min
September 24, 2019 Ed Aymar — The Unrepentant
Jamie McIntyre, Jeanne and Torie debate Edward Snowden and publishing errors gone wild. Ed Aymar talks crime and punishment and Cafe Noir and his latest thriller — The Unrepentant.
51 min
September 17, 2019 Liz Clarke - One Helluva Ride: How NASCAR Swept the Nation
We love and hate Agatha Christie. Liz Clarke gives David Aldridge tips on covering NASCAR and talks One Helluva Ride - her deep look into where racing was and where it's going. And the gang predicts who will write the best Jeffrey Epstein book.
59 min
September 10, 2019 Zach Powers - First Cosmic Velocity "Take One"
From classics to cosmonauts to missing in action. Michael’s stuck on the 9th tee so Liz Clarke fills in. The gang hates Handmaid’s Tale and questions the sequel. Jeanne rises above with classic best sellers. Novelist Zach Powers wants to talk Soviets and space and life and his book First Cosmic Velocity but phones fail, so he’ll come back another day. And David crushes celebrities read classics!
48 min
July 30, 2019 David Epstein - "Range:Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" - Live From East City Bookshop
Jeanne, David, Michael and Torie discussed thank you cards, Michael read excerpts of Benito Mussolini and the team discussed what books they believe Freshmen should be reading. Laurie Gillman, owner of East City Bookshop, shared her journey to opening the book store. The featured author this week was David Epstein; his latest book is Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World". "If you could come back in another life and was back on the island alone, what author would you like to come back as?" was the question for this edition of Deserted Island.
1 hr 17 min
July 23, 2019 Ron Charles - Book Critic for the Washington Post
Jeanne, David, Michael and Torie discussed Tom Brady's parenting decisions, played true or false and featured Ron Charles, Book Critic of the Washington Post. Deserted Island this week posed the questions "What books are in your guest room?"
52 min
July 16, 2019 Michael Croley — Any Other Place: Stories
Torie has random thoughts and questions. Michael Sands does CW wine and cheese in person. Jeanne, Marc and Michael mostly trash NYT “best” memoirs. And Professor Michael Croley covers golf, teaching and the displaced lives in his book Any Other Place: Stories.
1 hr 8 min
July 02, 2019 Angie Kim - Miracle Creek
Jeanne, David, Jamie McIntyre (filling in for Michael and Marc) and Torie spoke with Angie Kim, author Miracle Creek. With the Fourth of July right around the corner, for Deserted Island the crew suggested their favorite patriotic books.
1 hr 25 min
June 24, 2019 Susan Swain & Brian Lamb : Let's Get Presidential
Chatter on Books turns 30! On this episode the gang (minus Michael) give some book club therapy to a men's book club. Then they welcome in their guest authors : Susan Swain and Brian Lamb to discuss the book the out together with C-Span and a host of historians, "The Presidents" which ranks all the Presidents (except for President Trump, since he is still in the middle of his term of office). Then they close things out with some book recommendations for expecting parents!
57 min

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Chatter On Books is a weekly podcast hosted by Torie Clarke, with co-hosts Claude Jennings and David Aldridge, plus a rotating crew of writers, journalists, and the occasional welcome surprise.