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Waking Up To The Dark, Part 2 – Ep 56 with Clark Strand
May 08, 2019

Waking Up to the Dark is a book for those of us who awaken in the night and don’t know why we can’t get back to sleep, and a book for those of us who have grown uncomfortable in real darkness—which we so rarely experience these days,

Waking Up To The Dark, Part 1 – Ep 55 with Clark Strand
April 24, 2019

Waking Up to the Dark is a book for those of us who awaken in the night and don’t know why we can’t get back to sleep, and a book for those of us who have grown uncomfortable in real darkness—which we so rarely experience these days,

Leading Imperfectly – Ep 54 with James T. Robilotta
April 10, 2019

In today’s episode, Jon interviews author James T. Robilotta about his book Leading Imperfectly: The value of being authentic for leaders, professionals and human beings. There is a problem in today’s developing leaders-they think they need to be so...

The Body Papers (Part 2) – Ep 53 with Grace Talusan
March 28, 2019

Jon speaks with author Grace Talusan about her book The Body Papers. Born in the Philippines, young Grace Talusan moves with her family to a New England suburb in the 1970s. At school, she confronts racism as one of the few kids with a brown face.

The Body Papers (Part 1) – Ep 52 with Grace Talusan
March 13, 2019

Jon speaks with author Grace Talusan about her book The Body Papers. Born in the Philippines, young Grace Talusan moves with her family to a New England suburb in the 1970s. At school, she confronts racism as one of the few kids with a brown face.

The Stories of Their Lives – Ep 51 with Lisa Gornick
February 27, 2019

Jon interviews author Lisa Gornick about her newest novel, The Peacock Feast. Spanning the twentieth century and three continents, The Peacock Feast ricochets from Manhattan to San Francisco, from the decadent mansions of the Tiffany family to the dea...

Why Biodiversity is Good – Ep 50 with Rob Dunn
January 31, 2019

Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes,

Lands of Lost Borders – Ep 45 with Kate Harris
September 12, 2018

A brilliant, fierce writer makes her debut with this enthralling travelogue and memoir of her journey by bicycle along the Silk Road—an illuminating and thought-provoking fusion of The Places in Between, Lab Girl,

Dangerous Dystopias – Ep 44 with Siobhan Adcock
August 29, 2018

After months of disturbing behavior, Gardner Quinn has vanished. Her older sister Fredericka is desperate to find her, but Fred is also pregnant—miraculously so, in a near-future America struggling with infertility.

A Room Away From The Wolves – Ep 43 with Nova Ren Suma
August 15, 2018

Bina has never forgotten the time she and her mother ran away from home. Her mother promised they would hitchhike to the city to escape Bina’s cruel father and start over. But before they could even leave town,