Bookin’
by Jason JefferiesAuthor interviews and book discussion with host Jason Jefferies. Presented by Page 158 Books.
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Episodes
250--Bookin’ w/ Sarah Rose Etter
36m · PublishedThis week is Bookin's 250th episode! Host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning & bestselling author Sarah Rose Etter, who discusses her new novel Ripe, which is published by our friends at Scribner. Topics of conversation include moving, the smell of a train in San Francisco, class divides, tech industry Believers, screen time, Voyager, parental relationships, black holes, panic attacks, religion, abortions, and more. Copies ofRipecan be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
249--Bookin’ w/ Stephen Markley
25m · PublishedThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Stephen Markley, who discusses his new novelThe Deluge, which is published by our friends at Simon and Schuster. Topics of discussion include remarkable reading experiences, methane hydrates, Easter as a "lesser holiday", text abuse,LOST, audiobooks, Tom Cruise, usingBlood Meridianto pick up dates, Tinder, Opie, Kanye West, Nikola Jokic, and much more. Copies ofThe Delugecan be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
248--Bookin’ w/ Ben Purkert
36m · PublishedThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ben Purkert, author of The Men Can't Be Saved, which is published by our friends at The Overlook Press. Topics of conversation include Hanif Abdurraqib, jobs and what they do to our souls, 15 minutes of fame, adult men's diapers, David Foster Wallace, Nabokov, non-profits, workplace romances, video games, and more! Copies ofThe Men Can't Be Savedcan be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
247--Bookin’ w/ Wilton Barnhardt
34m · PublishedThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Wilton Barnhardt, who discusses his new novel Western Alliances, which is published by our friends at St. Martin's Press. Topics of conversation include North Carolina, William T. Vollmann, bourbon, travel, photography, the 2008 financial collapse, the bond market, Henry Miller, European elevators, Zelda Fitzgerald, Norway, and much more. Copies ofWestern Alliancescan be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
246--Bookin’ w/ Lisa See
32m · PublishedThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, who discusses her new novelLady Tan's Circle of Women, which is published by our friends at Scribner. Topics of discussion include foot binding, medicine as practiced in China vs. the USA, suffering as love, gender roles in 15th century China, concubines, lavish homes, the Chinese zodiac, and more. Copies ofLady Tan's Circle of Women can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
245--Bookin’ w/ Adrienne Brodeur
26m · PublishedThis week's Bookin' features bestselling author, founder of Zoetrope, and Executive Director of Aspen Words Adrienne Brodeur, who discusses her new novelLittle Monsters, which is published by our friends at Simon & Schuster. Topics of discussion include Aspen Words, the nature of secrets, possession, privilege, the Barnes & Noble Book of the Month, art and science in literature, friends as editors, mania, choosing one's own family, and much more. Copies ofLittle Monsterscan be purchased from Explore Booksellers here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
244--Bookin’ w/ Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya
22m · PublishedThis week's Bookin' features Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya, author of The Holy Days of GregorioPasos, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of conversation include Two Dollar Radio, the relativity of time, sports novels, pain pills, basing one's decision to have or not have children on the news cycle, birds flying into windows, Colombia, dating teachers, the value of literature, and much more. Copies of The Holy Days of Gregory Pasoscan be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
243--Bookin’ w/ Jim Ruland
27m · PublishedThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Jim Ruland, who discusses his newest novelMake It Stop, which is published by our friends at Rare Bird. Topics of discussion include Bad Religion, Keith Morris, the intersection of music and literature, bars that offer tattoos, cults, hospital bills, shopping mall culture, work colleagues as family members, and much more. Copies of Make It Stop can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
242--Bookin’ w/ Kevin Gosztola
38m · PublishedThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kevin Gosztola, author ofGuilty of Journalism: The Political Case against Julian Assange, which is published by our friends at 7 Stories Press and The Censored Press. Topics of discussion include the Shadowproofnews outlet andUnauthorized Disclosure podcast, Julian Assange, whistleblowers and the prosecution of whistleblowers by the United States of America, Barack Obama's approach to governmental leaks vs. Donald Trump's, Joe Biden's assertion that journalists should not be in jail, citizenship, and much more. Copies of Guilty of Journalism can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
241--EMERGENCY CORMAC McCARTHY EPISODE w/ Dan Hawkins
1h 8m · PublishedThis week, host Jason Jefferies discusses one of the greatest authors to ever put pen to page, Cormac McCarthy, with Dan Hawkins, Librarian at the Daniel Library at The Citadel. Topics of conversation include the author as celebrity, violence, genre fiction vs. literary fiction, writing for film and the stage, the Coen Brothers, Faulkner vs. Hemingway, new year's resolutions, fatherhood, Oprah's Book Club, mythological underworld narratives, and a whole lot more. Cormac McCarthy's novels, including The Passenger and Stella Maris, can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
Bookin’ has 292 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 150:10:40. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on July 29th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on June 1st, 2024 07:16.