A Novel Idea podcast

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John and Paul, a Love Story in Songs is Ian leslie's remarkable book on the creative and personal friendship of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Join Suzanne Lang in conversation with Ian Leslie on this insightful and moving book. Arnold Levine talks with Suzanne Lang about his book Banned by the BBC, How I became a Radio Pirate, a Memoir of 1970’s London . It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, April 20 th at 10am PT. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.…

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Nell Joslin and Susan Wiggs on A Novel Idea

19 days ago

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S uzanne Lang talks with Nell Joslin on her novel set in 1863, Measure of Devotion , a frank, beautifully told story of the unbeautiful time of the Civil War, and a timely reflection on the ramifications of societal and family divisions, the utter cruelty of war, and the humanity that rises above it. Suzanne also talks with internationally best-selling author of over thirty books, Susan Wiggs, with her latest, Wayward Girls , set in northwest New York state during the 1960’s in a “Magdalene Laundry”, a Catholic institution for wayward girls. It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, April 20 th at 10am PT. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.…

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Jean Shinoda Bolen, plus Bremond Berry MacDougall and Lisa Cooper on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Suzanne M Lang talks with Jean Shinoda Bolen, an internationally renowned Jungian analyst, speaker, activist for women’s empowerment, and prolific author. Her latest book is Ever Widening Circles and Mystical Moments, a deeply personal memoir of her nearly ninety years of living. Also featured is Bremond Berry MacDougall and Lisa Cooper, founders of Quite Literally Books, a small heritage press dedicated to bringing back forgotten books and authors that retain relevancy to this day and our absolutely good reads. It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third and fifth Sunday at 10:00am PT. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .…

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Terri Lewis and Janet Constantino on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Suzanne Lang talks with author Terri Lewis on her historical novel set in the early 13 th century in England, when King John abducts and marries the eleven year old Isabelle d’Angoulême to be his queen. The story, featuring a love triangle, is based on facts: Behold the Bird in Flight, a Novel of an Abducted Queen. Also featured is Janet Constantino talking about her novel spanning Sicily and San Francisco with lots of good food and wine in between. Becoming Mariella: a Novel is the story of a young person’s quest for fulfillment and independence. It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, March 30 th at 10am PT. Streaming and podcasting at KRCB.org .…

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Samantha Rose and Remembering Susan Swartz on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Suzanne Lang talks with best-selling author Samantha Rose on her memoir Giving Up the Ghost, a Daughter’s Memoir. Samantha is the daughter of author and syndicated columnist Susan Swartz, who died by suicide in early 2020. Also featured is a conversation Suzanne had with Swartz on her first novel, Laughing in the Dark, which had just been released at the time of her death. It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, March 16 th at 10am PDT on KRCB 104.9 .…

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CJ Cook on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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CJ Cook is an art collector, historian, publisher, rescuer of lost artists, and lover of the South Pacific. Suzanne Lang talks with CJ Cook on Edithe Beutler, who was one of the premier colorists during the days of black & white photography; the book is Edithe Beutler: Beautifying Hawaii with Color. They also talk about his previous work, Leeteg: Babes, Bars, Beaches, and Black Velvet Art on the artist Edgar Leeteg, also written about in James Michener’s Rascals in Paradise. The books are well researched, a bit of fun, and contain exquisite color images of the artists’ works. It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Sunday at 10:00am PST.…

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Elaine Neil Orr and Rosemary Manchester on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Africa in the early 1960’s was a place of transitions, political and personal. Suzanne Lang talks with Elaine Neil Orr on her novel, Dancing Woman, set in Nigeria during a time of political unrest and explores the longing of an energetic and artistic wife of an agricultural aid worker. Als o featured is Suzanne’s conversation with Rosemary Manchester on her memoir of life in the Congo during the revolution from Belgian rule, Turn Left at the Big Anthill. A Novel Idea, Sunday, February 2 nd at 10am PT. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .…

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Alice Rothchild and Susan Muaddi Darraj on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Suzanne Lang talks with activist and author Alice Rothchild, whose own feminist enlightenment was gained by persevering through a male dominated medical field to become an OB/GYN who reshaped women’s health through her subsequent work. She tells her story, in Inspired and Outraged, the Making of a Feminist Physician , a memoir in free verse. Also featured is Susan Muaddi Darraj with her novel Behind You is the Sea, a story of the Palestinian diaspora set in a Palestinian American community in Baltimore. It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday January 19 th at 10:00am PT. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .…

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Eiren Caffall and Amory Patrick Blaine on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Suzanne Lang talks with Eiren Caffall, a writer who also has a hereditary illness. She writes of the environment’s wounds that affect the life and health of our planet and of our ocean’s through the lens of her own life, struggles, and ultimate optimism, in her book The Mourner’s Bestiary. Amory Patrick Blaine joins Suzanne to talk about Book 1 of the trilogy American Renaissance, or Inquiry Concerning Political Justice in the Arts & its Influence on Morals and Happiness, a playful and philosophically probing story of art, culture, terrorism, and political intrigue. It’s A Novel Idea, first, third, and fifth Sundays at 10:00am PT. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .…

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Brian H Williams and Candi Milo on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Suzanne Lang brings you her conversation with trauma surgeon and policy advisor Brian H Williams about his intense and eye-opening revelations in his book The Bodies Keep Coming, Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal. Also featured is Candi Milo, voice over artist you probably heard on TV and film in her many cartoon roles, and she tells her story in Surviving the Odd, a memoir of growing up in a half way house, run by her dad, a New York entertainer who decided to support his family in an unusual way. Two authors with unique and meaningful stories. Sunday, December 29th at 10am PT.…

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David Tereshchuk and Stephen Most on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Suzanne Lang welcomes internationally acclaimed journalist and PBS & NPR commentator David Tereshchuk to talk about his memoir A Question of Paternity, My Life as an Unaffiliated Reporter. David has reported from all over the world, but his journalistic skills could not open the mystery of who his father was. Also featured is author and Emmy award winning documentarian Stephen Most with his book River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin. Four dams have just been removed from the Klamath River. The salmon are returning, and the lives of the tribes who live there are instrumental in the management of this watershed. Stephen and Suzanne discuss it all. It’s A Novel Idea. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .…

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Bill Amatneek and Jessi Haley on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Discovering Tony Rice is the biography of the virtuosic and enigmatic bluegrass guitarist, Tony Rice. Suzanne Lang talks with its author, Bill Amatneek, who is also a musician and played bass with the David Grisman Quintet, among others. Also featured is Jessi Haley, Editorial Director of Cita Press, an online library focused on discovery and rediscovery of female authors who may have been forgotten, marginalized, or simply un-discovered by contemporary readers. It’s A Novel Idea. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .…

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Poets Pelumi Olatinpo, Naomi Ko, and Cade Palmer on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Suzanne Lang talks with Pelumi Olatinpo -poet, activist, and entrepreneur, who has created a poetic form called the Soneta. Six lines on a page. Ten words per line. Within that, a universe of expression. He brings this to us in his recent publication expressing what it means to be human in the 21 st century, Poeta: Sonetas and Sonnets. Also featured are Naomi Ko and Cade Palmer, youth Poet Ambassadors working with the Marin County Youth Poet Laureate program, and the program’s coordinator, Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. It’s A Novel Idea, live on Sunday, November17th at 10am PT, streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .…

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Sheri T. Joseph and Barbara L. Baer on A Novel Idea

about a year ago

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Sheri T. Joseph joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her award winning novel, Edge of the Known World, set in the near future where geopolitics only vaguely resembles our own, and blood, DNA, and family loyalties challenge the global power structures. Barbara L Baer talks with Suzanne on her latest novel, Masha and Alejandro Crossing Borders, which follows the plight of an immigrant family who move to Trinity County California, looking for a more affordable life and encountering a segment of America they hadn’t anticipated. A Novel Idea with Suzanne M. Lang.…

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Iris Jamal Dunkle on A Novel Idea

about a year ago