Drinks with Tony

Chip Jacobs is the author of Arroyo, out now on Rare Bird Books. His other books include Smogtown, Strange As It Seems, and The People’s Republic of Chemicals.

I teach a free online creative writing workshop April 1st at 6pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern, go to TonyDuShane.com for more information and join us wherever you are in the big wide world.

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Michael Shermer is the author of Giving The Devil his Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. He’s also the founder of Skeptic Magazine and used to be a Born Again Christian, so we got to bond on our Jesus Christ roots.

Remember April 1st at 6pm I’m doing my creative writing workshop that I usually do at the Los Angeles Public Library live online. Go to tonydushane.com for information on that.

Enjoy the show, take care of each other, there’s a lot of fear and anxiety out there, so remember to give people a break, we’re all in this together, and one day we will ALL HUG IT OUT.

Robert Anasi, the author of Last Bohemia, Scenes From the Life of Williamsburg and The Gloves: A Boxing Chronicle, joins me this week on the show.

This was recorded a few weeks ago to give context, in simpler times, or, are these simpler times? The eternal question. Anasi is a fine fella, we teach together at UCLA Extension and for some odd reason we tend to drink lots of coffee together, even at a bar.

I have upcoming classes at UCLA Extension, online, and book coaching options, so check out the link if you’re interested.

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Sands Hall is the author of the memoir Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology. She is also the author of the novel Catching Heaven and Tools of the Writer’s Craft.

Thanks for listening. Novel and memoir coaching information IS AT THIS LINK. 

I hope you enjoy the interview, you can listen and download it from here or enjoy the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets.

Charlie Buhler is the director of the film Before The Fire. She also played Jasmine in the film Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk, directed by Eric Stoltz, written by me, based loosely on my life growing up a Jehovah’s Witness.

Before The Fire plays this week at Cinequest, so, if you’re in the Bay Area, definitely check out the film.

Thanks for listening. Novel and memoir coaching information IS AT THIS LINK. 

I hope you enjoy the interview, you can listen and download it from here or enjoy the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets.

Danko Jones is the author of I’ve Got Something To Say: 10 Years of Rock and Roll Ramblings. He’s also the frontman for the band Danko Jones.

In this episode we talk about Three’s Company, one of my favorite subjects, as well as what it’s like to write about music, the skills and thrills of performing live, and so much more.

I hope you enjoy the interview, you can listen and download it from here or enjoy the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets.

Tom Lutz is the author of Born Slippy. He’s also the founding editor of Los Angeles Review of Books and his non-fiction books including And the Monkey Learned Nothing: Dispatches from a Life in Transit, Doing Nothing, and more.

We went loco over a couple of ginger beers and the result is captured on tape for your pleasure.

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Chana Porter is the author of The Seep. She’s also a playwright and definitely knows the art of veering conversation. It’s what we strive for here on the show.

Go to www.drinkswithtony.com/book for info regarding my one-on-one book coaching program.

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W. Bruce Cameron is the author of A Dog’s Promise, the third book in the A Dog’s Purpose Series, which is also a film. He created 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter that later ran as a TV series starring John Ritter on ABC.

I hope you enjoy the interview, you can listen and download it from here or enjoy the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets.

Chloe Hilliard is the author of F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me. She’s also a standup comic and used to be a warm up comic for a morning chat show. Of which we discuss in this episode, along with so, so much more.

Chloe performs February 10-12 at the Comedy Cellar in New York City.

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