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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 664: TK Joke With Chelsea Devantez

Episode 664: TK Joke With Chelsea Devantez

Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and filmmaker Chelsea Devantez joins Daniel Ford to chat about her memoir I Shouldn't Be Telling You This.

Episode 617: Micol Ostow, Author of Gilmore Girls: At Home in Stars Hollow

Episode 617: Micol Ostow, Author of Gilmore Girls: At Home in Stars Hollow

Author and pop culture obsessive Micol Ostow talks with Daniel Ford about her picture books Gilmore Girls: At Home in Stars Hollow, Life is Better With Friends, and Seinfeld: The Day of Nothing.

Episode 615: Saul Austerlitz, Author of Kind of a Big Deal

Episode 615: Saul Austerlitz, Author of Kind of a Big Deal

We welcome back author and journalist Saul Austerlitz, author of Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century.

Episode 596: Maureen Ryan, Author of Burn It Down

Episode 596: Maureen Ryan, Author of Burn It Down

Author and television critic Maureen Ryan joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood.

Episode 553: Jessica Radloff, Author of 'The Big Bang Theory' Oral History

Episode 553: Jessica Radloff, Author of 'The Big Bang Theory' Oral History

Author and journalist Jessica Radloff joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss about her book The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series.

Episode 548: Rasheed Newson, Author of My Government Means to Kill Me

Episode 548: Rasheed Newson, Author of My Government Means to Kill Me

Author, writer, and producer Rasheed Newson joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his debut novel My Government Means to Kill Me.

Episode 500: Lauren Groff, Author of Matrix

Episode 500: Lauren Groff, Author of Matrix

We celebrate our 500th episode with two-time National Book Award finalist Lauren Groff and the hosts of Pop Literacy.

Episode 459: Kimberly Potts Dishes On the Best Television of 2020

Episode 459: Kimberly Potts Dishes On the Best Television of 2020

Kimberly Potts joins Daniel Ford on the final regular episode of 2020 to chat about the best television of 2020, some of her comfort shows and what she's excited about in 2021,.

Episode 450: 'One Day at a Time' Showrunners Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce

Episode 450: 'One Day at a Time' Showrunners Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce

Television writers and producers Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce stopped by the show recently to chat with Daniel and Stephanie Ford about "One Day at a Time" premiering on CBS.

Episode 445: Michael Imperioli, The Nicotine Chronicles

Episode 445: Michael Imperioli, The Nicotine Chronicles

Actor, author, and podcaster Michael Imperioli joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his short story "Yasiri" in The Nicotine Chronicles.

Episode 415: Melissa R. Klapper, Author of Ballet Class: An American History

Episode 415: Melissa R. Klapper, Author of Ballet Class: An American History

In another special Sunday episode, author and historian Melissa R. Klapper talks with Daniel Ford about her new book Ballet Class: An American History.

Episode 414: Andy Greene, An Oral History of 'The Office'

Rolling Stone scribe Andy Greene joins the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his best-selling book The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History.

Before that interview, our friend Kimberly Potts, author of The Way We All Became the Brady Bunch and co-host of #Authoring and Pop Literacy, stops by to share her favorite episodes of 'The Office,' as well as which character she's love to be for a day.

We also give a special thank you to author Edwin Hill (The Missing Ones, Little Comfort) for hosting a terrific, Boston-themed Virtual Noir at the Bar on Monday night. It was well attended, all the writers who read their work were excellent, and it felt great being connected to a group of creative people for an hour. Watch the replay and stay tuned for our next event!

Learn everything you can about your area of passion so you write from the perspective of real knowledge and authority.
— Andy Greene

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Episode 395: 'The Toys That Made Us' Producer Brian Volk-Weiss

Episode 395: 'The Toys That Made Us' Producer Brian Volk-Weiss

Producer and director Brian Volk-Weiss chats with Daniel Ford about "The Toys That Made Us" and "The Movies That Made Us," which are currently streaming on Netflix.

Episode 394: Kimberly Potts, Author of The Way We All Became The Brady Bunch

Episode 394: Kimberly Potts, Author of The Way We All Became The Brady Bunch

We kick off the last month of 2019 with author, journalist, and Pop Literacy co-host Kimberly Potts!

Episode 381: Saul Austerlitz, Author of Generation Friends

Episode 381: Saul Austerlitz, Author of Generation Friends

Author and pop culture historian Saul Austerlitz chats with Daniel and Stephanie Ford about his new book Generation Friends.

Episode 323: From Away Author Phoef Sutton

Episode 323: From Away Author Phoef Sutton

Author, screenwriter, podcaster, proto-Millennial Phoef Sutton stops by for a special Halloween episode and chats about his novel From Away.

Episode 293: Sex and the City and Us Author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Episode 293: <i>Sex and the City and Us</i> Author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, author of Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted and Seinfeldia, returns to the podcast to discuss her new book Sex and the City and Us.

Episode 215: The Creators of “Comrade Detective”

Sean Tuohy talks to the minds behind Amazon’s new series “Comrade Detective”—writers and creators Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, and director Rhys Thomas.

To learn more about “Comrade Detective,” watch the trailer below or follow the show on Facebook and Twitter.

Episode 195: ‘Twin Peaks’ and Other Tales

Sean Tuohy and contributing editor Caitlin Malcuit talk about “Twin Peaks: The Return.” The pair also discusses “Jaws” (the movie and the book), 1970s television actors, and “Red Dawn.”

Follow Sean Tuohy and Caitlin Malcuit on Twitter @SeanTuohy2 and @badlycooked, respectively. Also read Caitlin’s most recent “Twin Peaks” recap.