Drinks with Tony

Drinks with Tony

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Drinks with Tony episodes

  • Duncan Birmingham #229

    Duncan Birmingham is the author of The Cult In My Garage and writer and director of Who Invited Them.

    We discuss:

    Being shamed by our fathers.
    Working on Blunt Talk and Maron.
    HIs new film WHO INVITED THEM.
    Our mutual, pubescent desires for Jamie Lee Curtis.
    And so much more.

    Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

    59 min
  • Iris Smyles #228

    Iris Smyles is the author of Droll Tales.

    We discuss:
    Writing first drafts.
    Online dating.
    Sad lives of disconnected people.
    We plan our date for April.
    …and so much more.

    Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

    1 hr 12 min
  • Kelly Dessaint #227

    Kelly Dessaint is the author of Dispatches from Behind the Wheel: The Omnibus: The Complete Zine Series about Driving for Hire in San Francisco.

    Kelly and I Discuss:

    Driving for Lyft, Uber, and becoming a taxi driver in San Francisco.
    The problem with what has become of ride sharing.
    How Kelly ended up getting into drugs and a dark place and his recovery.
    It’s not a good idea to call your wife a bitch in a column when you’re separated because that’s just another thing to apologize for when you get back together.
    And so much more.

    Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

    1 hr 34 min
  • Cecil Castellucci #226

    Cecil Castellucci is the author of Shifting Earth as well as many other comics including Batgirl on DC Comics.

    My free creative writing workshop happens Feb. 8th at 6pm at the Los Feliz branch library in Los Angeles. Join us just by showing up.

    And now, Cecil and I discuss:

    The craft of creating comics
    Film clubs in Los Angeles in the 1990s
    How to collaborate with artists and illustrators as a writer
    How to write an opera, yes, and opera
    ..and so much more.

    Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

    1 hr
  • Joe Donnelly #225

    Joe Donnelly is the co-author of God of Sperm: Cappy Rothman’s Life in Conception with Cappy Rothman.

    We discuss:

    Ethics question of donating sperm.
    Are we but specs on a small planet amidst billions of stars? And what do we do with that knowledge?
    Cappy Rothman’s medical achievements in fertility.
    If Cappy chose a different branch of the military, how millions of people alive might not be in existence.
    And of course, the magnificent title: God of Sperm

    Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Elissa Bassist #224

    Elissa Bassist is the author of Hysterical: A Memoir.

    January 14th @ 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern, join my online workshop:

    Kickstart Your Novel 2023.
    $15, register here.

    Elissa and I discuss:

    Why college students should do more drugs and have more sex
    The laws of attraction
    The genius of Ally McBeal
    Radical acceptance of her father
    Teaching comedy writing
    And so much more.

    Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

    1 hr
  • David Leaf #223

    David Leaf is the author of God Only Knows: The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and the California Myth.

    January 14th @ 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern, join my online workshop:

    Kickstart Your Novel 2023.
    $15, register here.

    David and I discuss:

    The Beach Boys.

    Behind the scenes of TV production including a live Frank Sinatra special.
    His first job writing sports journalism.
    How he learned to tell stories by hiding contraband from his parents.
    How to know when you’ve fallen in love.
    And so much more.

    Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

    1 hr 5 min
  • Douglas Abrams #222

    Douglas Abrams is the co-author of The Little Book of Joy with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu.

    January 14th @ 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern, join my online workshop:

    Kickstart Your Novel 2023. $15, register here.

    And now, Doug and I discuss:

    How joy comes from struggle
    Desmond Tutu as a father figure for Douglas
    The controversy of the Dalia lama taking communion
    How to find meaning in life and death
    When living with the Dalia lama and archbishop tutu, did either of them fart?
    And so much more.

    Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Jon Bennett #221

    Jon Bennett is the author of the poetry collection Leisure Town. He’s also my neighbor from when I lived in the Tenderloin in San Francisco.

    We discuss:

    Leonard Cohen novels
    Kombucha bars in Oregon
    CPAPs and sex
    Dharma Punx
    San Francisco college and pirate radio
    Drugs in the Tenderloin
    ……And so much more.

    Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Allison Landa #220

    Allison Landa is the author of Bearded Lady: When You’re a Woman with a Beard, Your Secret is Written All Over Your Face.

    We discuss:

    What is was like for her to have a beard and the complications of dating.
    How she felt ashamed to write the book, but pushed through anyway.
    What it’s like to be married to Adam Sandler.
    The hard truth of being a mother.
    And so much more.

    Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

    Photo: Adam Sandler

    1 hr

About Drinks with Tony

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Tony DuShane chats with authors and storytellers. Started in 2002, Drinks with Tony has aired on KFJC, Pirate Cat Radio, and Radio Valencia. DuShane is the author and screenwriter of Confessions of a…