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Episode 737: Julian Brave NoiseCat

Episode 737: Julian Brave NoiseCat

Author and Academy Award-nominee Julian Brave NoiseCat joins Daniel Ford on the final show of 2025 to discuss his book We Survived the Night and his documentary film "Sugarcane."

Episode 736: Alafair Burke

Episode 736: Alafair Burke

Author Alafair Burke joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book The Note.

Episode 735: R.L. Maizes

Episode 735: R.L. Maizes

Author R.L. Maizes returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel A Complete Fiction.

Episode 734: Gina Chung

Episode 734: Gina Chung

Author Gina Chung (Sea Change) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her short collection Green Frog.

Episode 731: Celeste Ng and Nicole A. Lamy

Episode 731: Celeste Ng and Nicole A. Lamy

In this episode, we celebrate the short story and the recently published The Best American Short Stories 2025 with author and guest editor Celeste Ng and series editor Nicole A. Lamy.

Episode 730: Ambassador Michael McFaul

Episode 730: Ambassador Michael McFaul

Ambassador Michael McFaul joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his new book Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.

Episode 729: Jeff Pearlman

Episode 729: Jeff Pearlman

Author and journalist Jeff Pearlman returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.

Episode 725: Peter Ames Carlin

Episode 725: Peter Ames Carlin

Author and journalist Peter Ames Carlin joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run.

Episode 724: Sara Reish Desmond

Episode 724: Sara Reish Desmond

Author Sara Reish Desmond joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut short story collection What We Might Become.

Episode 723: Finding Emotional Courage With Dave Patterson

Episode 723: Finding Emotional Courage With Dave Patterson

Author Dave Patterson returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his short story collection Euphoria.

Episode 722: C.M. Kushins

Episode 722: C.M. Kushins

Author C.M. Kushins joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Cooler Than Cool: The Life and Work of Elmore Leonard.

Episode 721: Claudette Sabbag

Episode 721: Claudette Sabbag

Local Reading, Mass., author Claudette Sabbag chats with Daniel Ford at the Writer's Collaborative Learning Center about her debut novel A Deer in the Road.

Episode 717: Greg Grandin

Episode 717: Greg Grandin

Author and historian Greg Grandin joins Daniel Ford to discuss his latest book America, América.

Episode 714: Jess Walter

Episode 714: Jess Walter

Author Jess Walter returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his new novel So Far Gone.

Episode 712: Suzanne Cope

Episode 712: Suzanne Cope

Author and journalist Suzanne Cope joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis.

Episode 709: Elon Green

Episode 709: Elon Green

Author and journalist Elon Green returns to the show and talks with Daniel Ford about his latest book The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York.