Best Jo Reeves Podcasts (2024)

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8.3 Aspire to Magic but End Up With Madness: Adam Ehrlich Sachs speaks with Sunny Yudkoff (JP) 30:20

1d ago30:20

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What happens when a novelist wants “nonsense and joy” but his characters are destined for a Central European sanatorium? How does the abecedarian form (i.e. organized not chronologically or sequentially but alphabetically) insist on order, yet also embrace absurdity? Here to ponder such questions with host John Plotz are University of Wisconsin–Mad…

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Megan Staffel, "The Causative Factor" (Regal House, 2024) 25:31

2d ago25:31

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Sparks fly in Megan Staffel’s novel, The Causative Factor (Regal House 2024), when Rachel is randomly paired with Rubiat, a fellow student, for an assignment in their college art class. After a heavenly night together, they go hiking, and he dives off a cliff, disappearing without a trace. Although Rachel graduates with an art degree, moves to New …

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Tim Ecott, "Sigmundur and the Golden Ring" (Sprotin, 2024) 38:15

5d ago38:15

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Tim Ecott, who is well-known as a journalist and writer, has, in his last several books, turned his attention to the history and culture of the Faroe Islands. High in the North Atlantic, half-way between Scotland and Iceland, the islands' inhabitants remain closely connected to the Viking settlers who established communities on Faroe over one thous…

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Unlocking the Wealth Blueprint: How to Maximize Your Mortgage, Build Equity, and Navigate Today’s Real Estate Market 48:23

5h ago48:23

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In this inaugural episode of The Wealth Blueprint, real estate developer and investor Nathan Howery shares invaluable insights into the mortgage industry, strategies for building equity, and tips for navigating an ever-shifting real estate market. Joined by his business partner, Howery reveals the benefits of partnering with a mortgage broker, debu…

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Bonnie Jo Campbell, "The Waters: A Novel" (Norton, 2024) 26:18

8d ago26:18

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Hermine “Herself” Zook is a healer who rules over an island in a swampy area of Michigan known as “The Waters.” People, including her three grown daughters, fear her, but her powerful herbal and plant-based medicines have cured the townspeople for decades of viruses, pains, and unwanted pregnancies. Her first two daughters Molly and Prim were found…

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Kristopher Jansma, "Our Narrow Hiding Places" (Ecco, 2024), "Revisionaries" (Quirk Books, 2024) 49:19

3d ago49:19

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Kristopher grew up in Lincroft, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Fiction from Columbia University. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed novels, OUR NARROW HIDING PLACES (Ecco/2024) WHY WE CAME TO THE CITY (Viking/2016) and THE UNCHANGEABLE SPOTS OF LEOPARDS, (Viking/2013…

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To Gallop Again and Again into Failure: Kaveh Akbar and Pardis Dabashi (SW) 48:11

7d ago48:11

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An unforgettable horse gallops through the pages of Kaveh Akbar’s best-selling novel Martyr! (2024), but it is a figurative hastening toward failure and the limitations of language that Akbar discusses with critic Pardis Dabashi. In their conversation, Kaveh considers writing both as an escape from the confines of the self and as a vehicle for expr…

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Nat Reeve, "Earlyfate" (Cipher Press, 2024) 51:02

15d ago51:02

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Pip Property is no stranger to disaster. Typically, they’ve got a plan, but now Dallyangle’s favourite dandy & part-time criminal is locked in the morgue of the crime-fighting Division gone rogue, accused of far more crimes than they’ve actually committed, with (at least) two bucolic burglars out to strangle them with their own cravat. Their lover …

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S. L. Wisenberg, "The Adventures of Cancer Bitch" (Tortoise Books, 2024) 25:22

8d ago25:22

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It’s 2006, and S. L. Wisenberg is teaching writing at one of Chicago’s great universities and living a busy life when she’s gobsmacked by a sudden cancer diagnosis. In small but powerful journal entries, she bemoans friends who’ve died, expresses disdain for her body, worries about her future, recalls previous adventures, and jokes about the seriou…

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Vanessa Kelly, "Murder in Highbury" (Kensington, 2024) 50:25

9d ago50:25

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For a woman who published only four novels during her lifetime, with two others appearing shortly after her death and several incomplete or shorter works released into print much later, Jane Austen has had an astonishing and enduring legacy, with spinoffs, sequels, prequels, and remakes galore. Vanessa Kelly’s Murder in Highbury (Kensington Books, …

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CK Westbrook, "The Aftermath" (4 Horsemen Publications, 2024) 57:10

10d ago57:10

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It's been almost five years since a wrathful extraterrestrial called Rex perpetrated a mass shooting that caused hundreds of millions of people to take their own lives. The world has mourned its losses and moved on, trying to adhere to The Pledge to save themselves from more violence. But when a solar storm conceals the dangerous activities being d…

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Jennifer Lang, "Landed: A Yogi's Memoir in Pieces & Poses" (Vine Leaves Press, 2024) 44:43

14d ago44:43

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In her latest memoir, Landed: A Yogi's Memoir of Places & Poses (2024, Vine Leaves Press), American-born Jennifer traces her journey-both on and off the yoga mat-reckoning with her adopted country (Israel), midlife hormones (merciless), cross-cultural marriage (to a Frenchman) and their imminent empty nest (a mixed blessing), eventually realizing t…

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Cynthia Reeves, "The Last Whaler" (Regal House, 2024) 28:42

16d ago28:42

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After losing their young son in a tragic accident, Astrid, a Norwegian botanist specializing in Arctic flora, decides to join her husband, Tor, at a remote whaling station in the Arctic, where he spends every whaling season hunting belugas. In heartfelt journal entries, Astrid describes being stranded in a whaling hut through the dark season of 193…

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P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes 29:55

17d ago29:55

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P. Djèlí Clark is the author of acclaimed and award-winning speculative fiction, including the much-loved Dead Djinn universe books, Ring Shout, and his most recent, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins. We speak with him about why he writes, how he sees speculative fiction as a genre, whether we can expect to see more Dead Djinn books, the origins of his a…

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Kevin Kruger on Leadership, Coaching UNLV Basketball, and How NIL is Changing College Sports 48:08

22d ago48:08

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In this episode of Anyone Have a Pencil, we dive into an insightful conversation with Kevin Kruger, head coach of UNLV Men's Basketball, as he shares his unique journey from player to coach. Kevin discusses the leadership skills he's developed over time, the challenges of coaching in today's evolving NCAA landscape, and how NIL (Name, Image, Likene…

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V. Domontovych, "On Shaky Ground" (CEU Press, 2024) 28:10

25d ago28:10

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In this episode host, Andrea Talabér (CEU Press) sits down with Oksana Rosenblum, the translator of the new addition to our CEU Press Classics series, On Shaky Ground by V. Domontovych. We talk about Domontovych’s background, the process of translation, and about Oksana’s own memories of reading the book for the first time in the early 1990s. On Sh…

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Anna Rasche, "The Stone Witch of Florence" (Park Row, 2024) 35:30

17d ago35:30

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Anna Rasche's debut novel A Stone Witch of Florence (2024, Park Row) brings reader on a historical fiction adventure to Florence. As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile. Ginevra has a gift--harnessing the hidden powers of gemstones, she can heal the sick. But when word spr…

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Ursula Villarreal-Moura, "Like Happiness" (Celadon Books, 2024) 39:50

25d ago39:50

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Ursula Villarreal-Moura is the author of Math for the Self-Crippling (2022), selected by Zinzi Clemmons as the Gold Line Press fiction contest winner, and Like Happiness (Celadon Books, 2024). A graduate of Middlebury College, she received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and was a VONA/Voices fellow. Her stories, essays, and reviews have appear…

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Dirt Bag Novels: Lydia Kiesling in Conversation with Megan Ward (CH) 48:18

29d ago48:18

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What does it mean for a novel to think globally? And can a global novel concerned with the macro movements of capital and labor still exist in the form of a bildungsroman? This conversation between Lydia Kiesling and Megan Ward takes up questions of form and political consciousness in the novel, globality and rootedness, capitalism and the yearning…

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Rohit Manchanda, "The Enclave: A Sharp and Hilarious Portrait of Womanhood in India" (Fourth Estate, 2024) 45:58

20d ago45:58

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Maya, the protagonist of Rohit Manchanda’s novel The Enclave (Fourth Estate: 2024), should be happy with her life. She’s newly single, her net worth steadily rising in the booming India of the 2000s. She has a cushy, if slightly unfulfilling, job in academia. But she struggles: She wants to write, but can’t summon the energy to do so. She juggles s…

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Esinam Bediako, "Blood on the Brain" (Red Hen Press, 2024) 28:42

22d ago28:42

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Today I talked to Esinam Bediako about here novel Blood on the Brain (Red Hen Press, 2024). When Akosua, a 24-year-old grad student in New York, falls and bangs her head, she has too much drama in her life to pay attention to her headaches and exhaustion. She’s just broken up with Wisdom, her boyfriend, she learns that her long-estranged Ghanian fa…

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From Minor Leagues to MLB Stardom: How Brandon Kintzler Defied the Odds to Become a Top MLB Closer 1:10:55

25d ago1:10:55

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In this episode of Anyone Have a Pencil, we bring you the incredible journey of MLB All-Star Brandon Kintzler, a player who transformed from a 40th-round draft pick to one of the league’s top closers. Brandon shares how he overcame repeated setbacks, including injuries and being released, only to find himself grinding it out in independent leagues …

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Recall This Story: Part 2 of Linda Schlossberg on Alice Munro's "Miles City, Montana" (JP) 54:51

28d ago54:51

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You will want to start with Part 1 of episode 135; it can be found right here. Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Y…

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Emma Hinds, "The Knowing" (Bedford Square Publishers, 2024) 33:04

1M ago33:04

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In the slums of 19th-century New York. A tattooed mystic fights for her life. Her survival hangs on the turn of a tarot card. Powerful, intoxicating and full of suspense. The Knowing (Bedford Square Publishing, 2024) by Emma Hinds is a darkly spellbinding novel about a girl fighting for her survival in the decaying criminal underworlds. Whilst work…

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Recall This Story: Part 1 of Linda Schlossberg on Alice Munro's "Miles City Montana" (JP) 48:23

28d ago48:23

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Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles City, Montana" in our new series, Recall This Story. The discussion ranges widely. This story first appeared in The New Yorker (1/6/1985) and was reprinted in The Progress of Love (1986) one Munro's m…

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Maaria Sayed, "From Pashas to Pokemon" (Vishwakarma Publications, 2024) 44:14

1M ago44:14

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From Pashas to Pokemon (Vishwakarma Publications, 2024), Maaria Sayed’s first novel, is a coming-of-age story. Aisha grows up in the Muhammad Ali Road neighborhood of Mumbai in the Nineties–a time when India was starting to grapple with liberalization, globalization, and polarization. In Mumbai and London, Aisha tries to learn what it means to grow…

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Self Care Following the CALM Roadmap 13:01

1M ago13:01

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In the last episode of this season I am reflecting on how I am following my own advice relating to self care. I will discuss: what I have learnt through this first season why I am taking a break why walking my talk is powerful I can't wait to be back for season 2 in the future. About Maria: Maria, a retired nurse, now works with women in midlife to…

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8.3 Aspire to Magic but End Up With Madness: Adam Ehrlich Sachs speaks with Sunny Yudkoff (JP) 30:20

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Megan Staffel, "The Causative Factor" (Regal House, 2024) 25:31

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Tim Ecott, "Sigmundur and the Golden Ring" (Sprotin, 2024) 38:15

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Unlocking the Wealth Blueprint: How to Maximize Your Mortgage, Build Equity, and Navigate Today’s Real Estate Market 48:23

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Bonnie Jo Campbell, "The Waters: A Novel" (Norton, 2024) 26:18

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Kristopher Jansma, "Our Narrow Hiding Places" (Ecco, 2024), "Revisionaries" (Quirk Books, 2024) 49:19

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To Gallop Again and Again into Failure: Kaveh Akbar and Pardis Dabashi (SW) 48:11

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Nat Reeve, "Earlyfate" (Cipher Press, 2024) 51:02

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S. L. Wisenberg, "The Adventures of Cancer Bitch" (Tortoise Books, 2024) 25:22

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Vanessa Kelly, "Murder in Highbury" (Kensington, 2024) 50:25

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CK Westbrook, "The Aftermath" (4 Horsemen Publications, 2024) 57:10

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Jennifer Lang, "Landed: A Yogi's Memoir in Pieces & Poses" (Vine Leaves Press, 2024) 44:43

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Cynthia Reeves, "The Last Whaler" (Regal House, 2024) 28:42

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P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes 29:55

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Kevin Kruger on Leadership, Coaching UNLV Basketball, and How NIL is Changing College Sports 48:08

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V. Domontovych, "On Shaky Ground" (CEU Press, 2024) 28:10

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Anna Rasche, "The Stone Witch of Florence" (Park Row, 2024) 35:30

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Ursula Villarreal-Moura, "Like Happiness" (Celadon Books, 2024) 39:50

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Dirt Bag Novels: Lydia Kiesling in Conversation with Megan Ward (CH) 48:18

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Rohit Manchanda, "The Enclave: A Sharp and Hilarious Portrait of Womanhood in India" (Fourth Estate, 2024) 45:58

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Esinam Bediako, "Blood on the Brain" (Red Hen Press, 2024) 28:42

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From Minor Leagues to MLB Stardom: How Brandon Kintzler Defied the Odds to Become a Top MLB Closer 1:10:55

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Recall This Story: Part 2 of Linda Schlossberg on Alice Munro's "Miles City, Montana" (JP) 54:51

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Emma Hinds, "The Knowing" (Bedford Square Publishers, 2024) 33:04

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Recall This Story: Part 1 of Linda Schlossberg on Alice Munro's "Miles City Montana" (JP) 48:23

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Maaria Sayed, "From Pashas to Pokemon" (Vishwakarma Publications, 2024) 44:14

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Self Care Following the CALM Roadmap 13:01

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