Author and anthropologist Jason De León joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling and his work with the Undocumented Migration Project.  To learn more about Jason De León, visit his official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses various initiatives by public libraries in Massachusetts during the past year, including cat photos replacing late fees and hiring social workers, and how they're evolving into multi-service community centers.  Author and screenwriter Gary Goldstein then joins Daniel Ford to chat about his latest book Please Come to Boston.  To learn more about Gary Goldstein, visit his official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Author and New York Times television editor Jeremy Egner chats with Daniel Ford about his book Believe: The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way into Our Hearts. To learn more about Jeremy Egner, read his work with The New York Times.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Authors and journalists Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels join Daniel Ford on the show to discuss their Pulitzer Prize-winning book His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Toluse Olorunnipa is the White House Bureau Chief of The Washington Post. He joined The Post in 2019 and has covered the last three presidents. Previously, he spent five years at Bloomberg News, where he reported on politics and policy from Washington and Florida. Olorunnipa has reported from five continents and more than 30 countries as part of the presidential press corps. He started his career at The Miami Herald. Robert Samuels is a staff writer at The New Yorker who focuses on stories about politics, policy, and the changing American identity. He co-authored His Name Is George Floyd while he was a national enterprise reporter for The Washington Post, where he worked for nearly 12 years. He grew up in the Bronx and is an alumnus of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern, where he was editor in chief of the school newspaper, the Daily Northwestern. He has also worked as a staff writer at The Miami Herald. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, established by President Joe Biden in 2023.  Author and journalist Wright Thompson (Pappyland, The Cost of These Dreams) then joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi. To learn more about Wright Thompson, visit his official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Author and journalist Julie Fingersh joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her debut memoir Stay: A Story of Family, Love, and Other Traumas. To learn more about Julie Fingersh, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers (The Overstory, Bewilderment) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his latest novel Playground.  To learn more about Richard Powers, visit his official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses the annual Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. Author and cartoonist Teresa Wong then joins Daniel Ford to chat about her latest graphic memoir All Our Ordinary Stories. To learn more about Teresa Wong, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Legendary author and storyteller Alan Moore joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his new novel The Great When, the first book in the Long London series. Follow Alan Moore on Facebook.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing.   

Author Snowden Wright returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest novel The Queen City Detective Agency.  To learn more about Snowden Wright, visit his official website. Also listen to our first interview with the author.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

On today's Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit uses impressionism as a jumping off point to discuss what humanity loses when we're bound more to shareholders, capitalism, and war rather than equity; economic, environmental, housing, and food security; art and creativity; and joy.   Sebastian Smee, art critic at The Washington Post, then chats with Daniel Ford about his book Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her new novel The Mighty Red (out today from Harper Collins).  You can learn more about Louise Erdrich and her bookstore Birchbark Books by visiting their website, liking their Facebook page, and following them on Instagram. Also listen to our first discussion with the author in Episode 505. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

As you’re about to discover, we’re doing something a little different on our channel today. We've been looking for ways to highlight and promote shows across the Writer’s Bone universe and don’t you know it, we’ve got a passionate, informed, and engaged audience right here on our airwaves, why not share stand out episodes like the one you’re about to hear. Daniel Paisner has been on quite the heater on his show As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast. The conceit of his show is talking to ghosts like him about how they got into this kind of work, how they interact with their well known clients, what material they produce from their own imaginations, and how one goes about building a writing life in service of someone else’s voice. He’s talked to the likes of Michelle Burford, Frank Santopadre, Seth Davis, Amy Ephron, Jodi Lipper, Jon Sternfeld, and the granddaddy of ghostwriters William Novak. Almost a year ago, Daniel called us and said that he was in talks with Jeff Daniels to appear on the show to discuss his audible original “Alive and Well Enough.” And as an added wrinkle, this all happened during the writers’ strike in Hollywood, so we couldn’t do a deep dive into his oeuvre, which actually led to a more intimate, in-depth conversation. Please enjoy this conversation that originally aired Oct. 10, 2023. Also subscribe to As Told To and continue the conversation with us.  Note: This episode of As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast features narrative and song excerpts from Jeff Daniels’s audio memoir “Alive and Well Enough,” presented courtesy of Audible Originals. Jeff Daniels photo credit: Sam Jones More from Jeff Daniels:  Jeff Daniels & Jonathan Hogan, “Together Again” Website Facebook Please support the sponsors who support As Told To: Daniel Paisner's Balloon Dog & Horizontal Hold Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall by Lindsey Jacobellis Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Libro.fm (ASTOLDTO) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership Film Freaks Forever! podcast, hosted by Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton A Mighty Blaze podcast The Writer's Bone Podcast Network Misfits Market (WRITERSBONE) | $15 off your first order  Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Wizard Pins (WRITERSBONE) | 20% discount Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Author Alison Espach (Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance, The Adults) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her best-selling novel The Wedding People, which was also Read With Jenna pick. To learn more about Alison Espach, visit her official website.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

In the latest Friday Morning Coffee episode, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses online violence and abuse experienced by female journalists and the growing number of deepfake attacks against them. Author Amy Reading joins Daniel Ford on the show and chats about her book The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker.  To learn more about Amy Reading, visit her official website. Order the book through local indie cooperative Buffalo Street Books, where Reading serves on the Executive Board. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

We recorded in-person interviews recently from The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center in downtown Reading, Mass., during the annual Reading Fall Street Faire. We chatted with course leads Nancy Parsons, Evea Raye, and Asa Sutton. To learn more about The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center, visit the official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Erica Wright returns! She chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel Hollow Bones.  To learn more about Erica Wright, visit her official website. Also listen to our previous interview with the author.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit discusses an uptick in Hawaii's tourism industry following last year's devastating wildfires is displacing native Hawaiians because of rising costs and limited opportunities. Learn more from Our Hawaii, a nonprofit social welfare organization founded in 2021, that aims to hold politicians accountable. Author Kimi Cunningham Grant then joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her latest novel The Nature of Disappearing.  To learn more about Kimi Cunningham Grant, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack join Daniel Ford on the show to discuss their book What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service. Melissa Fitzgerald is an actor, producer and social justice advocate. As an actor, Melissa is best known for her seven-year role as Carol on the award-winning television series, "The West Wing." In 2013, Melissa left Hollywood to champion justice system reform at All Rise where she is at the forefront of engaging the public in the expansion of treatment courts and advancing justice system responses for individuals impacted by substance use and mental health disorders. Mary McCormack is an actor, producer, and activist who played Deputy National Security Advisor Kate Harper on "The West Wing." A Tony-nominated Broadway actress, she is known for a diversity of roles across film, television, and theater. Mary is an outspoken advocate for a whole host of causes, from social justice and women’s rights to veterans’ issues and criminal justice reform. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author and artist Heather McCalden joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her memoir The Observable Universe.  To learn more about Heather McCalden, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

On today's Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit discusses "The Great Postal Heist," a 2022 documentary about the toxic work environment (thanks to USPS management) faced by postal workers. Author and journalist Jesselyn Cook then joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her book The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family. To learn more about Jesselyn Cook, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author Lena Valencia chats with Daniel Ford about her short story collection Mystery Lights.  To learn more about Lena Valencia, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author Kristopher Jansma (Why We Came to the City) returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his new novel Our Narrow Hiding Places, out today from Ecco. To learn more about Kristopher Jansma, visit his official website. Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 186. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

On the latest episode of Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit discusses the approaching global warming threshold in 2026, AI's environmental impact, and the term "greenwashing." Then author Kate Risse chats with Daniel Ford about her book Inland.  To learn more about Kate Risse, visit her official website.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author Alexander Boldizar (The Ugly) wrinkles our brain again during our discussion about his new book The Man Who Saw Seconds. To learn more about Alexander Boldizar, visit his official website. Also read our print interview with the author from 2016. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Historian and author Jacqueline Jones joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her Pulitzer Prize-winning book No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Audio storyteller and author Lissa Soep joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss her memoir Other People's Words.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author Asha Thanki chats with Daniel Ford about her debut novel A Thousand Times Before.  To learn more about Asha Thanki, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author Catherine Joy White chats with Daniel Ford about her book This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood. To learn more about Catherine Joy White, follow her on Instagram.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit talks about the current state of cinema (sigh). She mentions an article from More Perfect Union titled Why Hollywood Can't Stop Making Sequels, Prequels and Reboots (published in June 2023) that is well worth your time. Author Scott Ryan then talks to Daniel Ford about his book The Last Decade of Cinema, in which he makes the argument that feature films peaked in the 1990s. To learn more about Scott Ryan, visit his official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author Nash Jenkins joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his debut novel Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos, which is now out in paperback.  To learn more about Nash Jenkins, visit his official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author Liz Moore (Long Bright River, The Unseen World) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her novel The God of the Woods, out today from Riverhead Books. To learn more about Liz Moore, visit her official website and read our first interview with the author in 2016. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit and her guest co-anchor Scott Cassell discuss the passing of Major League Baseball legend Willie Mays, the Rickwood Field game held in Birmingham, Ala., the game's troubled history of racism, and the recent integration of Negro League statistics into baseball's official record book.  Author and historian Kevin Baker (The Fall of a Great American City: New York and the Urban Crisis of Affluence, Paradise Alley) then joins Daniel Ford to chat about his book The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City. To learn more about Kevin Baker, visit his official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and filmmaker Chelsea Devantez joins Daniel Ford to chat about her memoir I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) and her podcast Glamorous Trash.  To learn more about Chelsea Devantez, visit her official website. Also listen to her appearance on As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast with Daniel Paisner. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author John Vercher (After the Lights Go Out, Three-Fifths) returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about his latest novel Devil Is Fine, out today from Celadon Books. To learn more about John Vercher, visit his official website and listen to our previous interview with the author in Episode 535. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Caitlin Malcuit discusses the 16 mass killings in the United States in 2024, including the 11 that involved a firearm, and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.  Then author Eric Rickstad (I Am Not Who You Think I Am, The Names of Dead Girls) returns to chat with Daniel Ford about his explosive new novel Lilith.  To learn more about Eric Rickstad, visit his official website. Also listen to our previous interview with the author in Episode 518. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author Clare Pooley (Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting, The Authenticity Project) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her new book How to Age Disgracefully, out today from Pamela Dorman Books. To learn more about Clare Pooley, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Best-selling author and Emmy-nominated scribe George Pelecanos joins Daniel Ford to chat about his latest book Buster: A Dog.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Award-winning author Morgan Talty (Night of the Living Rez) returns to the show and talks with Daniel Ford about his debut novel Fire Exit, out now from Tin House. To learn more about Morgan Talty, visit his official website and listen to our first interview with the author. Also read his essay about blood quantum in Esquire.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author Elizabeth O’Connor joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss about her debut Whale Fall.  Guest host Daniel Paisner, prolific ghostwriter and host of As Told To, also chats about his upcoming conversation with author and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, as well as his book with Olympian Lindsey Jacobellis, Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Kate Feiffer—writer, illustrator, television and event producer, ice cream scooper—joins Daniel Ford to write about her fiction debut Morning Pages.  To learn about Kate Feiffer, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line, Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.  

Author Fiona Warnick joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her debut novel The Skunks. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line, Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Journalist and critic Noah Gittell joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his book Baseball: The Movie. To learn more about Noah Gittell, visit his official website.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line, Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Amy Lin joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her moving and lyrical memoir Here After.  Caitlin Malcuit also discusses pending legislation in Massachusetts and Connecticut aimed at improving wheelchair repair delays and why disabled customers struggle to get their equipment fixed in a timely manner. To learn more about Amy Lin, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line, Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Filmmaker D.J. Caruso joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about the new Peacock documentary “Bronx Zoo ‘90: Crime, Chaos and Baseball." The three-episode series is based on New York Post columnist Joel Sherman’s series of articles about the New York Yankees' disastrous 1990 season. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line, Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Newly minted Pulitzer Prize-winner Jayne Anne Phillips joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her novel Night Watch.  To learn more about Jayne Anne Phillips, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line, Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.  

Former White House Social Secretary and advocate Deesha Dyer joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her book Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble.  To learn more about Deesha Dyer, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line, Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

Author Tricia Romano joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book The Freaks Came Out To Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture.  To learn more about Tricia Romano, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line, Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.