Best Pam Mandel Podcasts (2024)

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S1 E13: Victim's Advocate 36:45

19h ago36:45

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Melissa isn't fooled, she knows what that **** is about. Learn more about the Great Skate Tour on Instagram.By Pam Mandel

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Ferdia Lennon on Glorious Exploits 42:04

3h ago42:04

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Our guest in the writer’s studio this week is Ferdia Lennon, whose debut novel Glorious Exploits depicts the ancient world in a way readers will never have experienced it before. Set in Syracuse in 412 BC, after the catastrophic attempt by Athens to invade the city, Lampo and Gelon, two out-of-work potters, have the harebrained idea of staging a pr…

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S1 E12: Office Assistant 14:37

8d ago14:37

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Sarah's manager is right there, I mean, RIGHT there.By Pam Mandel

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Roxy Dunn on As Young As This 37:35

8d ago37:35

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Our guest this week is Roxy Dunn, whose debut novel As Young As This is a meticulous examination of the lives and loves of young women today. Told, strikingly, in the second person, it is structured by the the succession of first boys, then men in the protagonist Margot’s life, and populated by dysfunctional friends and a wisecracking, but deeply c…

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S1 E11: Catering Help 39:04

15d ago39:04

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CeCe tries to save the day. Spoiler alert, the day was not saved.By Pam Mandel

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Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson reads from and discusses School of Instructions 47:31

15d ago47:31

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School of Instructions, the latest work by Ishion Hutchinson, draws from the time he spent in the archive of the Imperial War Museum, to foreground the experience—brutal, significant, but long overlooked—of West Indian volunteers in the First World War. This book length poem is a sensorial voyage into the convoys, garrisons and trenches of the Midd…

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S1 E10: Radio Producer 37:46

22d ago37:46

37:46

Keith wakes up from his dream job.By Pam Mandel

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Michael Donkor on Grow Where They Fall 1:00:38

22d ago1:00:38

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This week’s guest is Michael Donkor whose new novel Grow Where They Fall is a meticulous and tender exploration of two formative moments in the life of one Kwame Akromah, twenty years apart. Kwame is Black, Gay, British of Ghanian descent, a dedicated teacher, a dependable friend—character traits and conditions of life that weave around each other …

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S1 E9: Reporter 37:30

29d ago37:30

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Sari takes the fall.----more---- Find Sari's work at Oldster, Memoir Land, and Adventures in Journalism.By Pam Mandel

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Writing Against Normality, with Samanta Schweblin 1:02:53

21d ago1:02:53

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The seven stories in Samanta Schweblin’s Seven Empty Houses are not just about houses—how they contain us, how they constrain us—but are also about the families compressed in them, the objects stored in them, the neighbours that circle them…and the trauma that has soaked into their walls over years past, and that is now seeping slowly out, poisonin…

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S1 E8: Busboy/Dishwasher 16:24

1M ago16:24

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Andrew takes the dessert cart for one last spin around the dining room. ----more---- Andrew Evans is the author of The Black Penguin.By Pam Mandel

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Parenting in the age of AI, with Helen Phillips 52:34

25d ago52:34

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So much has been written about the imminent transformation that Artificial Intelligence will bring to our world. But it is often hard to get much of a sense of what that will mean on a personal level—for our work, for our leisure and, perhaps most importantly of all, for our families. What improvements will result? What new tensions will arise? Wha…

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Interlude 1: A Little Therapy 26:41

1M ago26:41

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Grant helps us navigate the messy feelings of getting fired. Get in touch with Grant at Counseling 4 Nerds. Find a therapist at Psychology Today. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Ca…

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Creating Life from Art, with Catherine Lacey 58:12

1M ago58:12

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We recently welcomed Catherine Lacey to the bookshop to discuss her vertiginous latest novel Biography of X. Ostensibly the quest of a journalist, C.M. Lucca, to discover more about the life of her late wife—an artist who went by many names, but who she knew only as X—it quickly becomes clear that, in Biography of X, it’s not just one life being ca…

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S1 E7 Air Guardsman 46:14

2M ago46:14

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Frank doesn't trust the man. At all. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug MackBy Pam Mandel

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Paul Murray on The Bee Sting 1:05:31

2M ago1:05:31

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Set in small-town, post-crash Ireland, The Bee Sting follows the Barnes family—Dickie, Imelda, Cass and PJ—as the fabric of their lives first frays at the edges, then begins to unravel completely. The Barnes’ are endearing, and complex, and funny, and infuriating… In short, one of the most realistic and memorable portrayals of a family you’ll find …

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S1 E6: Remodeling Project Coordinator 22:54

2M ago22:54

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Katie still flips off the building when she drives by. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug MackBy Pam Mandel

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S1 E5 English Teacher 17:29

2M ago17:29

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Shauna's safe choice ends up being not so safe. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug MackBy Pam Mandel

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S1 E4: Marketing Director 22:22

2M ago22:22

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Scott has had better New Year's greetings. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug MackBy Pam Mandel

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S1 E3: Restaurant Waitstaff 15:59

2M ago15:59

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Che's name just isn't on the schedule. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug MackBy Pam Mandel

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Claire Kilroy on Parenting under the Patriarchy 54:57

1M ago54:57

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A woman tells her son about his early life. About the months and years that he will by now have forgotten. When he was a baby, then a toddler, and when she was going into battle every day. For him first, and only then for herself. It’s a battle fought on many fronts. Against exhaustion, against time, against the loss of selfhood, against an increas…

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S1 E2: Senior Technical Writer 26:47

2M ago26:47

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Kevin spends some time in the BBQ joint parking lot. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug MackBy Pam Mandel

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S1 E1: Travel Content Creator 26:35

2M ago26:35

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Jessica has few regrets but she wishes she hadn't hugged her asshole ex-boss. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug Mack…

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Chuck Gay loves Buck Owens 1:00:23

2M ago1:00:23

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Chuck Gay, a musician, writer and actor, joins Leah to introduce her to Buck Owens and the Buckaroos. Chuck can be seen in Elvis of the Yukon (as Elvis) written by guest Pam Mandel and produced by Amy Guth. Keep up with Chuck online Instagram @charlespgay Facebook @chuckgaymusic ChuckGayMusic.com Show Notes Elvis of the Yukon: https://www.imdb.com/…

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Rachel Cusk on Art, Violence and Freedom through Destruction 1:00:16

3M ago1:00:16

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The biographies of several artists, all named G, form a kind of exoskeleton to Rachel Cusk’s latest novel Parade, encasing the book’s other captivating strands—the story of an unprovoked attack on a Parisian street, the story of a couple on a remote island, the story of a suicide at a museum, the story of the death of a mother. Elements which thems…

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Darrin Doyle loves Horror Movies 59:52

3M ago59:52

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Author Darrin Doyle returns to celebrate a new book and his love of horror movies. Keep up with Darrin online Darrin's website: https://www.darrindoyle.com/ Darrin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDarrinDoyle Darrin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrindoylewriter/ Let Gravity Seize the Dead pre-order: https://regal-house-publis…

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When Radical Art meets Obscene Wealth, with Hari Kunzru 56:55

3M ago56:55

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Last week we were joined in the bookshop by Hari Kunzru, whose new novel Blue Ruin is a deeply unsettling, and intensely thought provoking reflection on the impact capital has on people, but also on art, and those who create it. It is the perfect final instalment—alongside White Tears and Red Pill—in Hari Kunzru’s own trois couleurs —a loose trilog…

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Pam Mandel loves ebikes 49:56

3M ago49:56

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Author and film maker Pam Mandel is here to convince us all to add an ebike to our garage for local errands and more freedom of movement. Her debut short film Elvis of the Yukon debuted in New York and has just been selected for the Seattle Film Festival. We will be visiting with her collaborators throughout the summer as we celebrate road trips. K…

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