JEM interviews Writer and retired Judge Mary Beth O'Conner about her inspiring memoir From Junkie to Judge and about her road to recovery and overcoming trauma. 

JEM interviews Dennis Callaci about his life as a writer, musician and publisher and how music inspires us to greater heights. They also discuss his recently released book Lost Reflection & his book 100 Cassettes.

JEM interviews Writer, Professor and former firefighter Ruth Nolan about her chapbook After the Dome Fire, a book about the California desert and the importance of writing about the environment. 

JEM interviews Writer and Musician Laurie Markvart about her writing, about mental health and how music plays a role in her memoir Somewhere in the Music I'll Find Me.

JEM interviews Bestselling Author Dave Pelzer about writing about the pandemic in his latest book, the memoir Return to the River: Reflections on Life Choices During A Pandemic.

JEM interviews Toni Ann Johnson about her award winning autobiographical fiction book, Light Skin Gone to Waste, and her path from screenwriter to novelist.

JEM interviews Writer Christian Livermore about her moving memoir in essays about poverty, We Are Not Okay.

JEM interviews the amazing activist and Writer Minal Hajratwala about her work as a life coach and her Unicorn Authors Club and about her book Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents.