AWM Author Talks
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Episodes: 233
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In this weekly series, we air previously recorded conversations with leading authors, poets, graphic novelists, playwrights, songwriters, historians and more about craft, processes, influences, inspirations, and what it's like to live as a writer. These episodes are edited and condensed versions of our programs and they are a great way to discover new writers, listen to a program you missed, or relive a program that you loved!
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Episode 232: Naoko Fujimoto
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May 11, 2026 |
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Episode 231: Marilyn Hacker & Deema K. Shehabi
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May 04, 2026 |
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Episode 230: Kati Curts
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Episode 229: Oscar Brown, Jr.
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Episode 228: Rima Vesely-Flad
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Episode 227: Lisa Marie Gring-Premble & Martha Watson
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Episode 226: Mary Ann Ahern
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Episode 225: Alan Light
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Episode 224: Christopher W. Hunt
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Episode 223: Divine Love
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Episode 222: Thomas A. Tweed
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Episode 221: Faith is Funny
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Episode 220: Susan Orlean
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Episode 219: Horror Writing and Religion
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Episode 218: Paul Elie
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Episode 217: Nicholas Meyer
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Episode 216: Dave Barry
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Episode 215: Making New Gods
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May 05, 2025 |
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Episode 214: Thi Bui, Vu Tran & Rita Bullwinkel
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Episode 213: Sash Bischoff
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Episode 212: Melvin Dixon & Black Queer Poetry
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Episode 211: Worlds and Words of Chicago – Immigrant Stories
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Episode 210: The Next Phase of Representation in Children’s Literature
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Episode 209: Eve L. Ewing
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Episode 208: Writing Love Stories
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Episode 207: Writing the Dark Testament – Black History
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Episode 206: Gail Crowther
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Episode 205: YA Lit Today
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Episode 204: Forms & Fissures
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Episode 203: Donna Seaman
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Best of 2024!
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Episode 202: Writing the Story of Jazz
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Episode 201: Mike Thomas and Rick Kogan
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Episode 200: Best of Episodes 101-199
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Episode 199: Writing Memoir
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Episode 198: Writing Family History
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Episode 197: Fake News & Media Literacy
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Episode 196: Writing Literary Fiction
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Episode 195: Toni Morrison and the Geopoetics of Place, Race, and Be/longing
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Episode 194: Indigenous History & Memory
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Episode 193: Writing True Crime
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Episode 192: Level Up – Writing & Gaming
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Episode 191: Freedom to Read
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Episode 190: Writing Latino History
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Episode 189: The Lasting Influence of Lorraine Hansberry
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Episode 188: Writing Labor History
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Episode 187: Writing About Writers
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Episode 186: New Fiction
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Episode 185: Polarizing America – Chicago 1968
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Episode 184: Ardent Dance Company
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Episode 183: Writing Other Worlds
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Episode 182: Making Up True Stories
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Episode 181: John Berendt and Taylor Mac
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Episode 180: Writing Politics Today
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Episode 179: Writing Chicago Food & Comedy
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Episode 178: Paul Tremblay
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Episode 177: R. O. Kwon
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Episode 176: Gods & Gaming
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Episode 175: Sara Paretsky
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Episode 174: Daniel de Visé
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Episode 173: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 172: Ed Zwick
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Episode 171: Tim Spofford
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Episode 170: Laurence Leamer
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Best of 2023!
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Episode 169: Gabriel Bump
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Episode 168: Clara Kumagai
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Episode 167: Jonathan Taplin & Michi Trota
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Episode 166: Curtis Chin
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Episode 165: Patti Hartigan
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Episode 164: Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Episode 163: Sterling L. Bland Jr.
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Episode 162: Pearl Cleage
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Episode 161: Patty Lin with Zibby Owens
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Episode 160: Joanne Leedom-Ackerman & Sara Paretsky
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Episode 159: Tom Piazza
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Episode 158: Kathleen Rooney
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Episode 157: Growing Up Chicago
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Episode 156: Small Odysseys
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Episode 155: Jabari Asim
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Episode 154: Todd Brewster
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Episode 153: Elizabeth Nunez
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Episode 152: Jocelyn Nicole Johnson and Rebecca Makkai
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Episode 151: Logan Steiner and Elizabeth Blackwell
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Episode 150: Juneteenth Celebration
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Episode 149: Juno Dawson
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Episode 148: Lisa See
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Episode 147: Zachary Zane
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Episode 146: Writing Across Borders
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Episode 145: The People’s Tongue
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May 29, 2023 |
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Episode 144: Nicole Chung
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May 22, 2023 |
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Episode 143: The Future of Black
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May 15, 2023 |
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Episode 142: John Scalzi & Michi Trota
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 141: Michael Warr
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May 01, 2023 |
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Episode 140: The Slippery Slope of Censorship
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Episode 139: National Student Poets
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Episode 138: Wherever I’m At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Episode 137: Amanda Flower
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Episode 136: Caits Meissner & Nicole Shawan Junior
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode 135: Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Episode 134: Deborah Cohen
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Episode 133: Natalie Y. Moore
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Episode 132: Clarence Lusane
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Episode 131: Will Jawando
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Episode 130: Ashley C. Ford and Eve L. Ewing
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Episode 129: Elie Mystal
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Episode 128: Richard Bradford
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 127: Brooks E. Hefner
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Episode 126: Leonard Moore
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Episode 125: Comedy Writing Panel
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode 124: The Best of 2022
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Episode 123: Jed Rasula
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode 122: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Episode 121: Ukrainian & Dissident Writers Tour
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Episode 120: Stuart N. Brotman
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Episode 119: Imani Perry
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 118: Fierce Reads Nonfiction Panel
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Episode 117: Ross Gay
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Episode 116: Dhonielle Clayton & Jacqueline Woodson
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Episode 115: Reyna Grande
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Episode 114: Carell Augustus
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Episode 113: Joy Harjo and Marie Arana
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Episode 112: Kelly Lytle Hernández
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Episode 111: David W. Blight
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode 110: David Maraniss
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Episode 109: Sara Paretsky
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Episode 108: Andrea Beaty
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Episode 107: Ingrid Michaelson & Bekah Brunstetter
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Episode 106: Schele Williams
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Episode 105: Kim Michele Richardson
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Episode 104: Kosoko Jackson
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Episode 103: Maxine Hong Kingston
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Episode 102: Sudhir Venkatesh
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Episode 101: Aaron Sorkin
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Episode 100: A Celebration Count Down!
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Episode 99: Archie Bongiovanni
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Episode 98: Vincent Tirado
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Episode 97: Aaron Sachs
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Episode 96: Karl Marlantes
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Episode 95: Gene Scheer
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May 30, 2022 |
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Episode 94: Douglas Conant and Amy Federman
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May 23, 2022 |
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Episode 93: Who’s Black and Why?
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May 09, 2022 |
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Episode 92: Jennifer Finney Boylan with Kathy Griffin
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May 02, 2022 |
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Episode 91: Joan Osborne
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 90: Katherine Schweit
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Episode 89: Lolita in the Afterlife
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Episode 88: Elizabeth Berg
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Episode 87: Daniel Ellsberg
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Episode 86: Deborah Blum
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode 85: Sarah Parcak
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 84: Deborah Nelson Linck
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Episode 83: Rebecca Hall
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Episode 82: Nancy Johnson
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Episode 81: Hanif Abdurraqib & Ashley Evans
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Episode 80: Angela Terry
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 79: Layla Saad
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Episode 78: Jonathan Lethem & Stacie Williams
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Episode 77: Gertrude Beasley
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Episode 76: Scott Turow
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Episode 75: Sigrid Nunez
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Episode 74: A. O. Scott & Rafia Zakaria
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Episode 73: Elliot Ackerman & Admiral James Stavridis
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Episode 72: Tom Roston
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Episode 71: Asali Solomon
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Episode 70: Scott Peeples on Edgar Allan Poe
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Episode 69: Joanne Lee Molinaro, The Korean Vegan
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Episode 68: Sarah Gubbins
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Episode 67: Juan Martinez
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Episode 66: Dear McSweeney’s
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Episode 65: Lilliam Rivera
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Episode 64: Shay Bravo
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Episode 63: Leonard S. Marcus & Meg Medina
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Episode 62: Elly Fishman
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Episode 61: Charles Ardai
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Episode 60: Christie Hefner
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode 58: Kathleen Rooney
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Episode 57: Dr. Haki Madhubuti
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Episode 56: Jess McHugh
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Episode 55: Dominic A. Pacyga
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Episode 54: Aaron Bobrow-Strain
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Episode 53: Khaled Mattawa
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Episode 52: Rebecca Deng
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 51: Nicole Chung
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May 31, 2021 |
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Episode 50: Sean Latham
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode 49: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan & T Kira Madden
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May 17, 2021 |
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Episode 48: June Hur
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May 10, 2021 |
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Episode 47: R. O. Kwon
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May 03, 2021 |
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Episode 46: Rigoberto González and Johanny Vázquez Paz
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Episode 45: Layli Long Soldier, Mark Turcotte, and Tanaya Winder
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Episode 44: Sahar Mustafah
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Episode 43: Billy Collins
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Episode 42: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Episode 41: Claudio Lomnitz
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Episode 40: Alice McDermott & Joseph O’Neill
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Episode 39: Nicole Perlroth
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Episode 38: Sara Paretsky
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Episode 37: Aarti Shahani
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Episode 36: Dr. John Stauffer
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Episode 35: Jasmine Guillory
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Walter Mosley
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Episode 33: Gary Paulsen
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Jacqueline Woodson
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Episode 31: Jacob Soboroff
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Episode 30: Uri Shulevitz
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Episode 29: Daniel Yergin
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Episode 28: Catharine Arnold
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Episode 27: Glory Edim
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Episode 26 – The Peanuts Papers
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Episode 25: Manisha Sinha
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Episode 24: Colin Asher on Nelson Algren
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Episode 23: Norman Mailer discussion
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Episode 22: Nicholas Buccola
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Episode 21: Baseball Writing
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Episode 20: Frank Waln & Tanaya Winder
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Episode 19: Juan Felipe Herrera
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Episode 18: Adrianna Cuevas
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Episode 17: Louie Pérez
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Episode 16: Julissa Arce
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode 15: Michelle Duster
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Episode 14: Isabel Ibañez
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Episode 13: John Scalzi
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Episode 12: Annalee Newitz
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Episode 11: J. Michael Straczynski
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Episode 10: Natasha Trethewey
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Episode 9: Tayari Jones
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Episode 8: Ross Gay & Eve L. Ewing
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Episode 7: Keah Brown
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Episode 6: Saeed Jones
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Episode 5: David Treuer
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Episode 4: Ngozi Ukazu
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Episode 3: Laila Lalami
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Episode 2: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Kao Kalia Yang & Vu Tran
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Episode 1: Sandra Cisneros & Fernando A. Flores
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Jun 01, 2020 |