“Be afraid.”

Coming back after the August hiatus, David and Claude join Torie to talk tennis, a potential curse on the Washington Football Team, and Dolly Parton – the goddess.  Akashic Books founder and publisher Johnny Temple zooms in to debrief on the advantages of independent publishers, musical inspiration and how he discovered Chatter alum Morowa Yejide. In a crazy “art imitates life” scenario, Nicole Perlroth, NYT cybersecurity reporter, has to reboot her featured author slot due to an Apple spyware breaking story. She comes back on day two to talk about This is How They Tell Me The World Ends, her thrilling take on cyber spies, hackers, arms dealers and the urgent threats we all face.