Jun 29, 2023
It's a return to full nerdgasm here on TBMM! My guest is Pat Harrigan, a writer, podcaster, and reader extraordinaire. We talk at length about Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel Watchmen. Along the way, we discuss how narrative form works, the stakes of contemporary comic books/superhero culture, and there's...
May 16, 2023
In this Mother's Day-inspired episode, I interview mother/daughter, reader/writer team Lisa Metzgar and Sadie Forkner. They talk about Virginia Woolf's canonical novel Mrs. Dalloway, and the enduring impact that it has had on them as individuals, and together.
Along the way, we discuss:
May 4, 2023
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In this episode, I interview documentary filmmaker, artist, and dancer Mary Trunk. We talk about the profound effect that the book Yvonne Rainer, Work 1961-73, has on Mary's artistic process, and how it gave her the courage to experiment early on in her development...
Apr 9, 2023
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In this inaugural episode of the podcast, I explain how This Book Made Me sets out to discover the books that have changed people's lives--how they work, and why they matter. I'm joined by Drew Urbanek, a librarian/potter/game master from Auburn, New York, to talk...