From Whence It Came

✓

Beweren

I've never been to the Deep South, and I'll be honest, us yanks don't learn a lot about it in school. Tell you what though, Snowden Wright's American Pop and Queen City Detective Agency have gotten me interested. Drawn from his personal life and familial experiences, Snowden for…

I had never considered that life after prison could be so...Buddhist. That's not the normal story you hear, but, frankly, none of our conversation today should be considered, quote-unquote, normal. In one of my best conversations to date, Douglas Cole, author of The White Field, reveals not ju…

I had never considered that life after prison could be so...Buddhist. That's not the normal story you hear, but, frankly, none of our conversation today should be considered, quote-unquote, normal. In one of my best conversations to date, Douglas Cole, author of The White Field, reveals not ju…

I’ve got a lot of crazy family stories, but I’m not quite sure if any of them are interesting enough to write about, for me at least. Kimberly Nixon, on the other hand, definitely has one worth talking about. Join us today to discuss Rock Bottom, Tennessee and find out how her grandma robbed a trai…

I've yet to interview a soldier, but I think this episode cuts pretty close. Today I speak with Andy Smart, author of The More You Hate Me, for a genuinely radically honest and complicated discussion about the effects of trauma born out of a single movie, Full Metal Jacket.

I've yet to interview a soldier, but I think this episode cuts pretty close. Today I speak with Andy Smart, author of The More You Hate Me, for a genuinely radically honest and complicated discussion about the effects of trauma born out of a single movie, Full Metal Jacket.

Memory is a tricky thing, isn't it. In most cases, memory is thought of as a reflection of your past, but have you ever considered it a reflection of your present, or even your future? Today I speak with Kirby Porter, author of Frances Creighton: Found and Lost, about, perhaps, the greatest oc…

Today we go on a journey, a voyage, back in time and through to the present of our guest's life and ancestry. Lyn Patterson shares the bits of her and her family's history in her latest work, The Postcards I Never Sent. Lyn's poetic memoir makes for an interesting conversation about …

For William Keeling, author of The Gay Street Chronicles, the terror of five finger sandwiches is accompanied by some of his most joyous memories: today, we're talkin' tea parties. Yeah, tea parties, and a heck of a lot more that he slipped into his work. Fancy cravats, anyone?