Episodes

Monday Dec 18, 2023
267--Bookin’ w/ Joshua Mohr
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
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+.

Monday Dec 11, 2023
266--Bookin’ w/ Brooke Lockyer
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
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+.

Monday Dec 04, 2023
265--Bookin’ w/ Ray Robertson
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
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+.

Monday Nov 27, 2023
264--Bookin’ w/ William T. Vollmann
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
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+.

Monday Nov 20, 2023
263--Bookin’ w/ Lexi Freiman
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
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+.

Monday Nov 13, 2023
262--Bookin’ w/ Bennett Sims
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
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+.

Monday Nov 06, 2023
261--Bookin’ w/ Meredith Ritchie
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
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+.

Monday Oct 30, 2023
260--Bookin’ with Nikki Marmery
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Nikki Marmery, author of Lilith, which is published by our friends at Alcove Press. Topics of conversation include Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Adam as a man who was never satisfied, Diablo IV, Lilith Fair, Lilith as the first woman, logic and the Tower of Babel, The Matrix, and much more. Copies of Lilith can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

Monday Oct 23, 2023
259--Bookin’ w/ Jeff Patterson
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by coach Jeff Patterson, who discusses his new book The Big Thing Effect: How to Transform Your Life Forever, which is published by our friends at Aspen Success Press. Topics of conversation include big things, how death can lend a new perspective to life, the Denver Nuggets and winning something vs. watching someone else win something, climbing a mountain, Worms, challenging authority, ESPN and Nickelodeon, Matt Rhule, second guessing, and much more. Signed copies of The Big Thing Effect can be ordered from Explore Booksellers with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

Monday Oct 16, 2023
258--Bookin’ w/ Farah Ali
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Farah Ali, author of The River, The Town, which is published by our friends at Dzanc Books. Topics of conversation include geographical locations with no source of water, why a mother hates her son, men who hide themselves behind television, propaganda, religion, more money more problems, poetic deaths, and much more. Copies of The River, The Town can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.