The Chills at Will Podcast is a discussion of the visceral beauty of literature. The trailer sets up the subject matter and format of the podcast and name-checks some brilliant writers and texts that have given Pete and family and many others the visceral chills that bring us back to the page again and again. The episode also features the most beautiful song known to humankind, in the history of humankind.

Authors Mentioned and Allusions and Songs During the Episode:

S.E. Hinton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._E._Hinton

Joe Pesci's "Shinebox" Rant in Goodfellas: Uhh, I'll let you find it if you'd like-uh, yeah, quite explicit

Maya Angelou: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou

Mario Puzo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Puzo

Khaled Hosseini: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Hosseini

Elie Wiesel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel

Lorenzo Carcaterra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Carcaterra

Jess Walter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Walter

David Foster Wallace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace

Tobias Wolff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Wolff

Jamaica Kincaid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Kincaid

Junot Diaz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junot_D%C3%ADaz

Sherman Alexie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Alexie

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez

Antonya Nelson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonya_Nelson

Tillie Olsen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillie_Olsen

Ernest Hemingway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway

Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDAkIlZyWfw