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Episodes
Daniel Pollack-Pelzner on 'Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist'
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Pollack-Pelzner joins me to discuss his debut book Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist. How did Lin-Manuel Miranda, the sweet, sensi...
Lincoln Michel on 'Metallic Realms'
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lincoln Michel joins me to discuss his second novel Metallic Realms. Perennially single, socially awkward, and drowning in debt, Michael Lincoln finds...
Sara Levine on 'Treasure Island!!!'
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Levine joins me to discuss her novel 'Treasure Island!!!' When a college graduate with a history of hapless jobs (ice cream scooper, gift wrapper...
Johannes Lichtman on 'Calling Ukraine'
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Johannes Lichtman joins me to discuss his novel "Calling Ukraine." National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and author of Such Good Work Johannes ...
Lauren Oliver on 'Panic'
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Oliver joins me to discuss her novel 'Panic.' Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, ...
Lincoln Michel on 'The Body Scout'
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lincoln Michel joins me to discuss his novel 'The Body Scout.' In the future you can have any body you want—as long as you can afford it. But in a ...
Teddy Wayne on 'Apartment'
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Teddy Wayne joins me to discuss his novel 'Apartment.' In 1996, the unnamed narrator of Teddy Wayne's Apartment is attending the MFA writing program a...
Carmen Maria Machado on 'In the Dream House'
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Carmen Maria Machado joins me to discuss her memoir 'In the Dream House.' 'In the Dream House' is Machado's wildly innovative account of a relationshi...
Ryan Chapman on 'Riots I Have Known'
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Chapman joins me to discuss his debut novel 'Riots I Have Known.' An unnamed Sri Lankan inmate has barricaded himself inside a prison computer la...
Namwali Serpell on 'The Old Drift'
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Namwali Serpell joins me to discuss her debut novel 'The Old Drift.' 1904. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria ...
Nathan Englander on 'Kaddish.com'
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Englander joins me to discuss his new novel 'Kaddish.com.' Larry is the secular son in a family of Orthodox Brooklyn Jews. When his father di...
Sam Lipsyte on 'Hark'
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Lipsyte joins Stephen to discuss his new novel 'Hark.' In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental collapse, an...
Lauren Wilkinson on 'American Spy'
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Wilkinson joins Stephen to discuss her debut novel 'American Spy'. It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence ...
Garth Greenwell on 'What Belongs to You'
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Garth Greenwell joins Stephen to discuss his debut novel 'What Belongs to You. 'What Belongs to You' follows an American teacher who enters a public b...
Ling Ma on 'Severance'
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ling Ma joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss her debut novel 'Severance.' 'Severance' follows Candace Chen, a 20 something New Yorker who works as...
Teddy Wayne on 'Loner'
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Teddy Wayne joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss his novel 'Loner.' 'Loner' follows Harvard freshman David Federman, who becomes increasingly obsess...
Jaclyn Gilbert on 'Late Air'
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jaclyn Gilbert joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss her debut novel 'Late Air.' When Murray - a Yale college running coach - finds his star athlete ...
Joshua Max Feldman on 'Start Without Me'
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Max Feldman joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss his novel 'Start Without Me.' Joshua Max Feldman is a writer of fiction and theater. Start ...
Jeff VanderMeer on 'Annihilation'
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the debut episode, author Jeff VanderMeer joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss his novel 'Annihilation.' Jeff is the author dozens of novels, sho...