This week, host Jason Jefferies welcomes back Ray Robertson, author of All the Years Combine: The Grateful Dead in Fifty Shows, which is published by our friends at Biblioasis.  Topics of conversation include how a Grateful Dead concert is like life, the Grateful Dead vs. Taylor Swift and Beyonce, Bob Weir's approach to guitar vs. Jerry Garcia's, Phil Lesh as a cantankerous guy, tribute bands, the Grateful Dead's decision to record their shows, and much more.  Copies of All the Years Combine can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+. 

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by National Book Award winner William T. Vollmann, author of Shadows of Love and Shadows of Loneliness, which are published by our friends at An Unnamed Press and Rare Bird Books.  Topics of conversation include mortality, the price of convenience, hearts that are or are not troubled by atrocity, the perception of global warming in Bangladesh, American and Serbian views of Muslims, police with virtual recognition goggles, facing your problems vs. not facing them, writing vs. painting vs. photography, esoteric means of film development, how a photograph never ceases to be a fountain of questions, and much more.  Copies of Shadows of Love and Shadows of Loneliness can be ordered from Explore Booksellers with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Lexi Freiman, author of The Book of Ayn, which is published by our friends at Catapult.  Topics of conversation include Australia, Ayn Rand, cancel culture, narcissism, The Fountainhead, Michelangelo's David, Succession, yoga pants, and much more.  Copies of The Book of Ayn can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Bennett Sims, who discusses his new book Other Minds and Other Stories, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of conversation include the University of Iowa, flash fiction, mummies, zombie novels, David Foster Wallace and Carmen Maria Machado, cell phones, Alfred Hitchcock, and much more.  Copies of Other Minds and Other Stories can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Meredith Ritchie, author of Poster Girls, which is published by our friends at Warren Publishing.  Topics of conversation include acute empty nest syndrome, raising triplets, the World War II-era in Charlotte, NC, attitudes towards women and minorities in the 1940s, church, book clubs, and much more.  Copies of Poster Girls can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Nikki Marmery, author of Lilith, which is published by our friends at Alcove Press.  Topics of conversation include Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Adam as a man who was never satisfied, Diablo IV, Lilith Fair, Lilith as the first woman, logic and the Tower of Babel, The Matrix, and much more.  Copies of Lilith can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by coach Jeff Patterson, who discusses his new book The Big Thing Effect: How to Transform Your Life Forever, which is published by our friends at Aspen Success Press.  Topics of conversation include big things, how death can lend a new perspective to life, the Denver Nuggets and winning something vs. watching someone else win something, climbing a mountain, Worms, challenging authority, ESPN and Nickelodeon, Matt Rhule, second guessing, and much more.  Signed copies of The Big Thing Effect can be ordered from Explore Booksellers with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Farah Ali, author of The River, The Town, which is published by our friends at Dzanc Books.  Topics of conversation include geographical locations with no source of water, why a mother hates her son, men who hide themselves behind television, propaganda, religion, more money more problems, poetic deaths, and much more.  Copies of The River, The Town can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by former NC Piedmont Laureate David Menconi, who discusses his new book Oh, Didn't They Ramble: Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music, which is published by our friends at UNC Press.  Topics of conversation include IBMA and Wide Open Bluegrass, the Union Grove Old Time Fiddler's Convention, Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, the connection between music and politics, starting a record label in the 1960s vs. in 2023, concert going fashion, Russian literature, James Michener, the Grateful Dead, and much more!  Copies of Oh, Didn't They Ramble can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Christine Evans, author of Nadia, which is published by our friends at University of Iowa Press.  Topics of conversation include writing a novel vs. writing a play or an opera, Bosnia and Sarajevo, the perception of Russians in 1997 vs. 2023, working for temp agencies, Y2K, parenting with ghost stories, Nick Cave, immigration and immigrants, and much more.  Copies of Nadia can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Christine Lai, who discusses her new novel Landscapes, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of discussion include novels about art, what you can learn about a character based on their attitude towards another character's art (through the lens of Nabokov's Pale Fire), whether a critic can ever become a part of the art they are criticizing, Penelope as a name in literature, documentation, climate fiction, capitalism and possession, and much more.  Copies of Landscapes can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Nathan Hill, bestselling author of The Nix, who discusses his new novel Wellness, which is published by our friends at Alfred A. Knopf.  Topics of discussion include Florida, voyeurism, neckties as a positive or negative, present day internet vs. internet 1.0, hypertext literature, video games, reality vs. the ideal, Kidz Bop, Minecraft, truthiness, and much more.  Copies of Wellness can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Adam Bessie, author of Going Remote: A Teacher's Journey, which is published by our friends at Seven Stories Press and The Censored Press.  Topics of conversation include teaching in the COVID-era, the education system as a waterway, surviving brain cancer, the Matrix, Literature of the Apocalypse, the state of public education, and much more.  Copies of Going Remote can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies welcomes back New York Times bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk, who discusses his new novel Not Forever, But For Now, which is published by our friends at Simon & Schuster.  Topics of discussion include book tours, changing publishers, shock value, punk rock, nature films, kangaroos, Portland, OR, Amy Hempel, Winnie the Pooh, serial killers as pen pals, Pericles and Agamemnon, Kurt Cobain and Jonestown, and much more.  Copies of Not Forever, But For Now can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Hugh Hodges, author of The Fascist Groove Thing: A History of Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes, which is published by our friends at PM Press.  Topics of conversation include Bob Marley, music as a unifier, Margaret Thatcher, the BBC, Donald Trump, Heaven 17, mixed tapes, Chumbawamba, Rage Against the Machine, and much more.  Copies of The Fascist Groove Thing can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week is Bookin's 250th episode!  Host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning & bestselling author Sarah Rose Etter, who discusses her new novel Ripe, which is published by our friends at Scribner.  Topics of conversation include moving, the smell of a train in San Francisco, class divides, tech industry Believers, screen time, Voyager, parental relationships, black holes, panic attacks, religion, abortions, and more.  Copies of Ripe can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Stephen Markley, who discusses his new novel The Deluge, which is published by our friends at Simon and Schuster.  Topics of discussion include remarkable reading experiences, methane hydrates, Easter as a "lesser holiday", text abuse, LOST, audiobooks, Tom Cruise, using Blood Meridian to pick up dates, Tinder, Opie, Kanye West, Nikola Jokic, and much more.  Copies of The Deluge can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ben Purkert, author of The Men Can't Be Saved, which is published by our friends at The Overlook Press.  Topics of conversation include Hanif Abdurraqib, jobs and what they do to our souls, 15 minutes of fame, adult men's diapers, David Foster Wallace, Nabokov, non-profits, workplace romances, video games, and more!  Copies of The Men Can't Be Saved can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Wilton Barnhardt, who discusses his new novel Western Alliances, which is published by our friends at St. Martin's Press.  Topics of conversation include North Carolina, William T. Vollmann, bourbon, travel, photography, the 2008 financial collapse, the bond market, Henry Miller, European elevators, Zelda Fitzgerald, Norway, and much more.  Copies of Western Alliances can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, who discusses her new novel Lady Tan's Circle of Women, which is published by our friends at Scribner.  Topics of discussion include foot binding, medicine as practiced in China vs. the USA, suffering as love, gender roles in 15th century China, concubines, lavish homes, the Chinese zodiac, and more.  Copies of Lady Tan's Circle of Women can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week's Bookin' features bestselling author, founder of Zoetrope, and Executive Director of Aspen Words Adrienne Brodeur, who discusses her new novel Little Monsters, which is published by our friends at Simon & Schuster.  Topics of discussion include Aspen Words, the nature of secrets, possession, privilege, the Barnes & Noble Book of the Month, art and science in literature, friends as editors, mania, choosing one's own family, and much more.  Copies of Little Monsters can be purchased from Explore Booksellers here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week's Bookin' features Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya, author of The Holy Days of Gregorio Pasos, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of conversation include Two Dollar Radio, the relativity of time, sports novels, pain pills, basing one's decision to have or not have children on the news cycle, birds flying into windows, Colombia, dating teachers, the value of literature, and much more.  Copies of The Holy Days of Gregory Pasos can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Jim Ruland, who discusses his newest novel Make It Stop, which is published by our friends at Rare Bird.  Topics of discussion include Bad Religion, Keith Morris, the intersection of music and literature, bars that offer tattoos, cults, hospital bills, shopping mall culture, work colleagues as family members, and much more.  Copies of Make It Stop can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kevin Gosztola, author of Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case against Julian Assange, which is published by our friends at 7 Stories Press and The Censored Press.  Topics of discussion include the Shadowproof news outlet and Unauthorized Disclosure podcast, Julian Assange, whistleblowers and the prosecution of whistleblowers by the United States of America, Barack Obama's approach to governmental leaks vs. Donald Trump's, Joe Biden's assertion that journalists should not be in jail, citizenship, and much more.  Copies of Guilty of Journalism can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies discusses one of the greatest authors to ever put pen to page, Cormac McCarthy, with Dan Hawkins, Librarian at the Daniel Library at The Citadel.  Topics of conversation include the author as celebrity, violence, genre fiction vs. literary fiction, writing for film and the stage, the Coen Brothers, Faulkner vs. Hemingway, new year's resolutions, fatherhood, Oprah's Book Club, mythological underworld narratives, and a whole lot more.  Cormac McCarthy's novels, including The Passenger and Stella Maris, can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author and host of Jeopardy Ken Jennings, who discusses his new book 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife, which is published by our friends at Scribner.  Topics of conversation include religious skepticism, Dante and Milton vs. George Lucas and George R.R. Martin, the afterlife as the DMV, the Bardo (both traditionally and as written by George Saunders), The Leftovers vs. LOST, Grim Fandango, whether rivers made of milk and honey are supposed to appeal to vegans, and much more.  Copies of 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by legendary author T.C. Boyle, who discusses his new novel Blue Skies, which is published by our friends at Liveright.  Topics of discussion include using animals as jewelry, pets as substitutes for children, narrative structures, the desire to save the earth vs. the desire to keep consuming, raising insects as sources of food, Florida vs. California, "influencer" as a job title, writers as mentally disturbed individuals, cli-fi novels, and much more.  Copies of Blue Skies can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Junior Burke, author of Buddha Was a Cowboy, which is published by our friends at Gibson House Press.  Topics of conversation include zen koans, mindful instruction, gurus, the concept of Jesus of Nazareth rooting for a football squad, key holders, hypocrisy, writing for a market, Colorado Springs as the evangelical Vatican, and much more.  Copies of Buddha Was a Cowboy can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jinwoo Chong, author of Flux, which is published by our friends at Melville House.  Topics of discussion include Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, fake television shows, art that is ahead of its time, whether a relationship can succeed if one person is intolerant of the other person's passions, subscription rate hikes, whether society can handle a glitch in the infrastructure, retail therapy, fanny packs, social media influencers, and much more.  Copies of Flux can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by David Hollander, who discusses his newest book How Basketball Can Save the World, which is published by our friends at Harmony.  Topics of discussion include advising ESPNW, basketball as an existential matter, how basketball can save us from climate destruction, Nikola Jokic, the MVP award, James Naismith, Bill Russell vs. Wilt Chamberlain, Ja Morant, Draymond Green, and much more.  Copies of How Basketball Can Save the World can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Shelley Read, author of Go as a River, which is published by our friends at Spiegel & Grau.  Topics of discussion include long-term projects, how the bottom of a lake is like the moon, peaches in Colorado vs. peaches in the southeastern USA, parenting towards Judgement Day, farming, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, differing concepts of home and place, rooting for drama, and much more. Copies of Go as a River can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kathryn Bromwich, who discusses her new novel At the Edge of the Woods, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of conversation include Richard Powers' The Overstory, wilderness narratives that captivate our imaginations, a female protagonist living off the grid, how one's mind works first thing in the morning, a mountain as a sentient being, practicing one's smile in the mirror, guilt over not attending church, and much more.  Copies of At the Edge of the Woods can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by prize winning author Rita Zoey Chin, who discusses her new novel The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern, which is published by our friends at Melville House Publishing.  Topics of conversation include writing in the COVID-era, carnivals, elephants, South Carolina, the confederate flag, 21st birthdays, Eddie Murphy, contemplating infinity, midterm elections, and much more.  Copies of The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by American Poets Prize and Pushcart Prize-winning author Maggie Smith, who discusses her new memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, which is published by our friends at One Signal Publishers.  Topics of conversation include the literary scene in Columbus, the phrase "tell-all", the evolution of the creative process, how to tell when something seems off, growing apart, fried pickle spears with ranch dressing, and much more.  Copies of You Could Make This Place Beautiful can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Janice Obuchowski, who discusses her new short story collection The Woods, which is published by our friends at the University of Iowa Press.  Topics of discussion include authors in Middlebury, Vermont, the challenges of basing a book's setting on a town where one lives, feral cats, the spectral, confusion, the nature of time, Robert Frost, capital 'T' Truth, the Vermont Book Shop, the difference between a short story and a novel, and much more!  Copies of The Woods can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Emmy award-winning author Kate Manning, who discusses her new novel Gilded Mountain, which is published by our friends at Scribner.  Topics of conversation include Colorado, poodles in hair parlors and society clubs, similarities between Colorado and Vermont, selling beauty, writing about snow, unions in the early 1900s and in the current era, newspapers, and much more.  Copies of Gilded Mountain can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Robert Lopez, who discusses his new novel Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of discussion include the American experience in 2023, dispatches and Dispatches, whether Puerto Rico is a part of the United States in popular opinion, turning an insult into a word of power, tennis, the pledge of allegiance, and much more.  Copies of Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Pushcart Prize winning author Bill Cotter, who discusses his new book The Splendid Ticket, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's.  Topics of conversation include the difference in writing books for children vs. writing books for adults, towns that the world has moved on from, gamblers, whether women tend to marry their fathers, the question of why Texas loves guns, the principle of Checkov's gun, gun safety, moving on from tragedy, and much more.  Copies of The Splendid Ticket can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Marjorie Hudson, who discusses her new novel Indigo Field, which is published by our friends at Regal House Publishers.  Topics of conversation include the act of reading poetry to trees, giant clouds of pollen, recognized crabbiness, whether you can ever really know someone, witchcraft, foster children' rights, and much more.  Copies of Indigo Field can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

On this week's Bookin', host Jason Jefferies is joined by Origins Hall of Famer and one of Pyramid's most influential people of the millennium, and co-creator of the Dragonlance saga Margaret Weis, who discusses her latest novel Dragons of Deceit, which is published by our friends at Del Rey.  Topics of conversation include the growth of the fantasy genre, the popularity of D&D in the Stranger Things-era, planning for a trilogy vs. a single book, the process of co-writing with someone for 40 years, keeping up with four decades of lore, female protagonists in the fantasy genre, Huma, and much more.  Copies of Dragons of Deceit can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by multi-platinum record producer and cognitive neuroscientist Susan Rogers, who discusses her new book This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You, which is published by our friends at Norton.  Topics of discussion include seeing Led Zeppelin in concert, producing Prince, jamming with Miles Davis, record pulls and Listmas, Bach vs. The Shaggs, what happens in a person's mind when they listen to music, how DAWs changed music production, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and the novel popularity curve, the question of art vs. the artist, and much more.  Copies of This Is What It Sounds Like can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Courtney Zoffness, who discusses her new book Spilt Milk, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's.  Topics of conversation include memoirs, parental advice, anxiety, "Hot for Teacher", ownership of one's body, organized religion, Roe v Wade, raising a boy in the current political climate, truth vs. fantasy, and much more.  Copies of Spilt Milk can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Louise Willder, author of Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion, which is published by our friends at OneWorld.  Topics of conversation include T.S. Eliot, snowflakes, unfortunate titles that were left on the cutting room floor, bookselling during COVID-19, Stephen King as an underrated writer, Nicole Krauss, book cover trends, and much more.  Copies of Blurb Your Enthusiasm can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jody Rosen, author of Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle, which is published by our friends at Crown.  Topics of discussion include bicycling in the COVID-era, space travel, traveling vs. being traveled, women's emancipation movements throughout the world, bicycle pornography, e-bikes, climate change, bicycling in the winter, and much more.  Copies of Two Wheels Good can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Oregon Book Award winner and Emmy nominee Jon Raymond, who discusses his new book Denial, which is published by our friends at Simon and Schuster.  Topics of conversation include Portland's Literary Arts, the climate crisis, whether every revolution is destined to become a bureaucracy, the future of newspapers, beef and factory farming, bookstores in 2052, Mark Twain, Diego Rivera, and much more.  Copies of Denial can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kevin Maloney, author of The Red-Headed Pilgrim, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of conversation include the line between fact and fiction, the fear of routine in adulthood, virginity and sex, Howl, Robotussin-induced spirit journeys, Pearl Jam vs. Sufjan Stevens, wanderlust, and much more.  Copies of The Red-Headed Pilgrim can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for member of Explore More+.  

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Dan Chaon, who discusses his latest novel Sleepwalk, which is published by Henry Holt and Co.  Topics of conversation include unreliable narrators, Hunter S. Thompson, aliases, burner phones and the desire to be untraceable, eccentric billionaires who start cultish non-profits, sperm banks, what amnesia would look like if it were a country, QAnon, and much more.  Copies of Sleepwalk can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.    

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by William MacAskill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University, Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur, and author of What We Owe the Future, which is published by our friends at Basic Books.  Topics of discussion include thought experiments, longtermism, clean energy, climate change, artificial intelligence, professional gambling, Roe vs. Wade, value lock-in, technological stagnation, and much more.  Copies of What We Owe the Future can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.