Oct 17, 2024
Sometimes, a book meets you at exactly the right moment in your life. My guest this week, Russ Finkelstein, tells us how John Irving's The Hotel New Hampshire found him, and surfaced some foundational truths: that life, and people, are messy; that we can find ways to persevere in the face of great tragedy; and...
Sep 19, 2024
Can a book help us have more meaningful conversations? Can we learn how to hear each other better, even, or especially, when we don't see eye to eye? What could we need more, as we enter election season?! My guest—Learning and Development leader Brandon Roberson of Riot Games—explains how the strategies in...
Aug 14, 2024
What can literature--especially dystopian, young adult literature--teach us? My guest—artist, LGBTQIA+ mentor/activist, and makeover maven Dice Moreno—takes us through Lois Lowry's best-selling novel The Giver, and talks about its sneakily complex and moving themes of memory, community, and love. As we dig in, we...
Jul 31, 2024
Looking for a master class on Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's canonical graphic novel? You've come to the right place. This snack-sized, quick and dirty epsiode is part two of an earlier interview with Pat Harrigan, writer and Dr. Who podcaster extraordinaire. Here, we do a deep dive into the plot and artistry...
Jul 15, 2024
Welcome to Season Two! You know the magical feeling when something you do is easy and fantastic? Or, maybe you know the feeling of doing something that everyone says you're good at, but it makes you exhausted? Dr. Robin L. Owens visits to discuss the difference between excellence and genius, and how to know when...