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Episode 689: Brea Baker

Episode 689: Brea Baker

Activist and author Brea Baker closes out our 2024 with an in-depth conversation about her book Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership.

Episode 688: Melissa Ludtke

Episode 688: Melissa Ludtke

Author and journalist Melissa Ludtke joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside.

Episode 687: Shaun Hamill

Episode 687: Shaun Hamill

Author Shaun Hamill returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his book The Dissonance.

Episode 686: Traci Thomas, The Stacks

Episode 686: Traci Thomas, The Stacks

Traci Thomas gives Daniel Ford a behind-the-scenes look at The Stacks podcast and the incredible community she's fostered.

Episode 685: Jason De León

Episode 685: Jason De León

Author and anthropologist Jason De León joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling and his work with the Undocumented Migration Project.

Episode 684: Jeremy Egner

Episode 684: Jeremy Egner

Author and New York Times television editor Jeremy Egner chats with Daniel Ford about his book Believe.

Episode 683: Toluse Olorunnipa & Robert Samuels

Episode 683: Toluse Olorunnipa & Robert Samuels

Authors and journalists Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels join Daniel Ford on the show to discuss their Pulitzer Prize-winning book His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

Episode 682: Julie Fingersh

Episode 682: Julie Fingersh

Author and journalist Julie Fingersh joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her debut memoir Stay: A Story of Family, Love, and Other Traumas.

Episode 681: Richard Powers

Episode 681: Richard Powers

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his latest novel Playground.

Episode 680: Creating Entire Universes With Alan Moore

Episode 680: Creating Entire Universes With Alan Moore

Legendary author and storyteller Alan Moore joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his new novel The Great When, the first book in the Long London series.

Episode 679: Snowden Wright

Episode 679: Snowden Wright

Author Snowden Wright returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest novel The Queen City Detective Agency.

Episode 678: Louise Erdrich

Episode 678: Louise Erdrich

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her new novel The Mighty Red.

Episode 677: Our Sagas of Indecision With Alison Espach

Episode 677: Our Sagas of Indecision With Alison Espach

Author Alison Espach joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her best-selling novel The Wedding People.

Episode 676: The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center

Episode 676: The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center

We recorded in-person interviews recently from The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center in downtown Reading, Mass., during the annual Reading Fall Street Faire. We chatted with course leads Nancy Parsons, Evea Raye, and Asa Sutton.

Episode 675: Blindly Optimistic With Erica Wright

Episode 675: Blindly Optimistic With Erica Wright

Erica Wright returns! She chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel Hollow Bones.

Episode 674: Melissa Fitzgerald & Mary McCormack

Episode 674: Melissa Fitzgerald & Mary McCormack

Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack join Daniel Ford on the show to discuss their book What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service.

Episode 673: Not Flirting With Darkness With Heather McCalden

Episode 673: Not Flirting With Darkness With Heather McCalden

Author and artist Heather McCalden joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her memoir The Observable Universe.

Episode 672: Lena Valencia

Episode 672: Lena Valencia

Author Lena Valencia chats with Daniel Ford about her short story collection Mystery Lights.

Episode 670: Alexander Boldizar

Episode 670: Alexander Boldizar

Author Alexander Boldizar wrinkles our brain again during our discussion about his new book The Man Who Saw Seconds.

Episode 669: Jacqueline Jones

Episode 669: Jacqueline Jones

Historian and author Jacqueline Jones joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her Pulitzer Prize-winning book No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era.