Open Book with Maggie Downs & Tod Goldberg

We're back from a brief summer hiatus! We're joined in studio by award-winning artist Jeff Frost to talk about his career, his passion for fire, and how he's managed to stay creative when stuck at home.

We're back after a brief vacation to sit down with writer Tom Zoellner, whose new book, Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire, was released to rave reviews in May. Plus, we fill you in on all the cool stuff we've been doing...in our houses, just like the rest of you...

This week we're joined again by writer Michael Scott Moore, author of the Desert and the Sea, about his 977 held captive by Somalian pirates. But this time, he's telling us strategies for long term confinement...something that seems more and more likely.

This week we're joined by the novelist Ivy Pochoda to talk about her acclaimed new book These Women...but also, we talk a lot about the weird food she's cooking during quarantine, because Maggie and Tod can't keep on topic.

In this very special episode, recorded in front of a live audience on Zoom, Tod & Maggie are joined by...well, this is awkward...Maggie! It's release day for Maggie's memoir BRAVER THAN YOU THINK, which you've heard all about over these last few seasons, and now it's here! So Tod sits Maggie down for a candid conversation about her hit debut.

In this very special show, we're joined by John Martin Fischer to talk about his book Death, Immortality and Meaning in Life...in front a of a live on-line audience.

Writer Kathryn McGee runs the popular horror book club at the Last Bookstore in Los Angeles, so we sat down to discuss how those things we love in real life can be replicated online, while we're all in our pajamas 24/7...

This week we veer a little off the path to talk with writer and teacher Rob Bowman about what life in a virtual high school classroom is like here in the Coachella Valley. It's a must listen to understand the broad challenges facing high school education in America today.

This week, Open Book @ Home brings Erin Khar to your earbuds! Erin is the author of the new memoir Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies that Nearly Killed Me, which the NY Times raved about: "There is an honesty here that can only come from, to put it in the language of 12-step programs, a 'searching and fearless moral inventory.' This is a story she needed to tell; and the rest of the country needs to listen."

In our second edition from our living rooms, we're joined by novelist Edan Lepucki to talk about her new book, Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers as We Never Saw Them, which she adapted from her popular Instagram page. Plus, we cover topics as important as bread making and our dreams!