The episode starts off with an explosion, continues with copious quantities of "get off my lawn", and ends with a deal on grandchildren-sharing.

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A short peek inside the making of the podcast...

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Creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, and altogether ooky! Real estate porn. 11222 Dilling St, Studio City, CA 91602. Ed's Nor'easter cocktail recipe.

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Melanie and Ed discuss GONE WITH THE WIND and its complicated legacy.

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Melanie and Ed discuss storytelling, from hunter-gatherer campfires to today's online streaming. Melanie reveals the literary origin of her name and Ed battles a toy airplane.

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THE AVIATOR'S WIFE is a vividly imagined novel of a complicated marriage—revealing both its dizzying highs and its devastating lows. In this "behind the book" episode, podcast co-host Melanie Benjamin talks about the origin of this highly-acclaimed NYT Bestselling novel.

A love story and a literary mystery, ALICE I HAVE BEEN brilliantly blends fact and fiction to capture the passionate spirit of a woman who was truly worthy of her fictional alter ego, in a world as captivating as the Wonderland only she could inspire. In this bonus "behind the book" episode, podcast co-host Melanie Benjamin talks about the origin of her first historical novel.

NYT Bestselling authors Edward Kelsey Moore and Melanie Benjamin share book tour war stories and discuss books about authors. An existential question answered: Is a writer who they are on social media or are they who they are when they sit down in front of the computer to write?

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Is a writer defined by the books they have published or by the manuscripts that remain unpublished? Ed murders an orchestra member, Melanie's agent abandons ship to sell real estate.

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Melanie and Ed discuss their complicated relationship with food…Chun King and Chef Boyardee vs Home Cooking. Also, a tasty conversation about food in books, books about food, books with food on the cover, writing about food. Ed's Limoncello Fizz recipe is revealed. Send comments and show topic suggestions to [email protected]

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