This episode featured Abraham Reisman, author of “True Believer, the Rise and Fall of Stan Lee,” out now from Random House. This episode first aired on April 8, 2021.

This episode featured writer and artist Jim Terry, author of “Come Home Indio,” a graphic novel out now from Street Noise Press. This episode first aired on April 1, 2021.

This episode featured Stephen Heyman, author of “The Planter of Modern Life,” out now from Norton. This episode first aired on March 11, 2021.

This episode featured Chelsea G Summers, author of "A Certain Hunger" out now from UnNamed. This episode first aired on February 25, 2021.

This episode featured Dolores Reyes and Julia Sanches in discussion of Reyes’ novel “Earth Eater,” out now from Harper Collins. This episode first aired on February 11, 2021.

This episode featured David Kamp, author of “Sunny Days,” out now from Simon and Schuster. This episode first aired on January 24, 2021.

This episode featured William Hazelgrove, author of “Sally Rand, American Sex Symbol,” out now from The Lyons Press. This episode first aired on January 14, 2021.

This episode featured Kevin Matson, author of “We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan and the Real Culture War of 1980's America,” out now from Oxford. This episode first aired on January 7, 2021 to open our Fifth Season.

This episode featured Deesha Philyaw, author of the National Book Award-nominated “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” out now from West Virginia University Press. This episode completed Season Four and first aired on December 17th, 2020.

This episode featured Phil Christman, author of “Midwest Futures” out now from Belt Publishing, This episode first aired on December 3, 2020.