Bookin’

270--Bookin’ w/ Kate Brody

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kate Brody, author of Rabbit Hole, which is published by our friends at SOHO Crime.  Topics of conversation include publishing one's first novel, covered bridges in Maine, why humans focus on the things they don't have vs. the things they do, capitalism, book design, drugs and addiction, Dave Matthews Band cover bands, inspirational works of literature, reddit, and much more.  Copies of Rabbit Hole can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

269--Bookin’ w/ Angela C. Sutton

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Angela C. Sutton, author of Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, which is published by our friends at Prometheus books.  Topics of conversation include making a career out of writing about pirates, research, Black Bart, captured slaves who became pirates, the African King who drank out of a chalice made from dutchmen’s skulls, playing European powers against one another, muskets, and much more.  Copies of Pirates of the Slave Trade can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

268--Bookin’ w/ Leonard Grob and John K. Roth

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Leonard Grob, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and John K. Roth, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College.  Their new book is Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy, which is published by our friends at Cascade Books.  Topics of conversation include Russia and Ukraine, why we are still talking about Donald Trump, Don Winslow and the 11th hour, the effect of COVID-19 deaths on the American economy and job market, Socrates, Trump vs. Putin vs. Hitler vs. Mussolini, using a poor educational system to control a populous, the potential for World War III, and much more.  Copies of Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

267--Bookin’ w/ Joshua Mohr

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by bestselling author Joshua Mohr, who discusses his new novel Farsickness, which is published by our friends at House of Vlad.  Topics of conversation include Two Dollar Radio, Aspen Words, art, voices in our heads, simile and metaphor, David Lynch, psychopath computers, what happens when someone pulls a knife around a child, and much more.  Copies of Farsickness can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

266--Bookin’ w/ Brooke Lockyer

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Brooke Lockyer, who discusses her new novel Burr, which is published by our friends at Nightwood Editions.  Topics of conversation include books that are like tarot cards, towns as POV characters, a young sibling death, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, trousers vs. pantaloons, the Wrestler's Code, self-realization, flat-earhters, and much more.  Copies of Burr can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

265--Bookin’ w/ Ray Robertson

This week, host Jason Jefferies welcomes back Ray Robertson, author of All the Years Combine: The Grateful Dead in Fifty Shows, which is published by our friends at Biblioasis.  Topics of conversation include how a Grateful Dead concert is like life, the Grateful Dead vs. Taylor Swift and Beyonce, Bob Weir's approach to guitar vs. Jerry Garcia's, Phil Lesh as a cantankerous guy, tribute bands, the Grateful Dead's decision to record their shows, and much more.  Copies of All the Years Combine can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+. 

264--Bookin’ w/ William T. Vollmann

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by National Book Award winner William T. Vollmann, author of Shadows of Love and Shadows of Loneliness, which are published by our friends at An Unnamed Press and Rare Bird Books.  Topics of conversation include mortality, the price of convenience, hearts that are or are not troubled by atrocity, the perception of global warming in Bangladesh, American and Serbian views of Muslims, police with virtual recognition goggles, facing your problems vs. not facing them, writing vs. painting vs. photography, esoteric means of film development, how a photograph never ceases to be a fountain of questions, and much more.  Copies of Shadows of Love and Shadows of Loneliness can be ordered from Explore Booksellers with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

263--Bookin’ w/ Lexi Freiman

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Lexi Freiman, author of The Book of Ayn, which is published by our friends at Catapult.  Topics of conversation include Australia, Ayn Rand, cancel culture, narcissism, The Fountainhead, Michelangelo's David, Succession, yoga pants, and much more.  Copies of The Book of Ayn can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

262--Bookin’ w/ Bennett Sims

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Bennett Sims, who discusses his new book Other Minds and Other Stories, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of conversation include the University of Iowa, flash fiction, mummies, zombie novels, David Foster Wallace and Carmen Maria Machado, cell phones, Alfred Hitchcock, and much more.  Copies of Other Minds and Other Stories can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

261--Bookin’ w/ Meredith Ritchie

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Meredith Ritchie, author of Poster Girls, which is published by our friends at Warren Publishing.  Topics of conversation include acute empty nest syndrome, raising triplets, the World War II-era in Charlotte, NC, attitudes towards women and minorities in the 1940s, church, book clubs, and much more.  Copies of Poster Girls can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.