Brad Warner is a Soto Zen priest. He is the author of Letters To a Dead Friend About Zen as well as Hardcore Zen, and Sit Down and Shut Up.

He runs the Angel City Zen Center in Echo Park, Los Angeles and gives talks and lectures all over the world.

We had a great discussion, enjoy the show.

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Kim Krizan is the author of Spy in the House of Anais Nin. She’s also the co-writer of the fabulous films Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight. In fact, listen to the show to get the low down on her true life story that became Before Sunrise. (Spoiler: It involves a Norwegian.)

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Matthew Specktor is the author of That Summertime Sound and American Dream Machine. He’s a founding editor at Los Angeles Review of Books and just a damn good person.

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Peter Houlahan is the author of NORCO ’80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History. It’s a fantastic real story that reads like a multidimensional Hollywood action thriller.

Along with his writing career, he’s an EMT in Connecticut….he’s also working on a top secret book for his next project, and he wouldn’t even tell me what it was about off-mic. That’s someone you want on your side in a lawsuit.

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Liska Jacobs is the author of The Worst Kind of Want coming out on November 5th on hardcover from FSG. It’s her second book and it rocks.

And definitely check out her first novel Catalina.

See her in person as she discusses her latest novel in Los Angeles at Skylight Books on November 8th and Book Soup on November 11th.

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Annalee Newitz is the author of The Future of Another Timeline and Autonomous. Annalee co-hosts the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct with Charlie Jane Anders. Newitz was also editor of io9.

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Peter Seth is the author of When I Got Out. It’s a sequel to his first novel What It Was Like.

He’s also written for TV and film, and, as you’ll notice, he’s a fellow member of the mustache club. We are strong, we are proud, we will not shave our upper lips!

Thanks for listening and enjoy the show.

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Nicholas Meyer is the author of The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols. His previous books include The View From the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, and Confessions of a Homing Pigeon.

He wrote and directed many films including Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and Time After Time.

Nicholas directed the 1983 TV Movie The Day After. More than 100 million people watched the initial broadcast and it set the record as the highest-rated TV film in history. And, it may have literally saved us from getting nuked.

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Madame Pamita is the author of Madame Pamita’s Magical Tarot: Using the Cards to Make Your Dreams Come True.

She provides readings and other services here at www.parlourofwonders.com.

She’s also part of The Neptunas, a band that actually performed at my old college radio station KFJC on Phil Dirt’s Saturday evening surf show.

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Rob Zabrecky is the author of Strange Cures: A Memoir. He’s a magician, a regular performer at The Magic Castle, and was the frontman of the band Possum Dixon.

As an actor he has appeared in TV shows like GLOW, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY. He’s also appeared the films A Ghost Story, Lost River, and Decay.

Gather the family around the podcast receiver and listen intently as Rob explains the meaning of everything. Enjoy the show.

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