Episodes
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“You can feel the weather.”
Wrapping up COB’s summer, David and Torie are joined by WashPost Film Critic Ann Hornaday. Ann breaks down the pandemic impact on film. Legendary author, director, screenwriter and actor John Sayles talks about being an “Original Independent” and his new book Yellow Earth. “All hell breaks loose” in a small North Dakota town when layers of shale oil are discovered. Deserted Island mixes authors, movies and John Sayles’ genius.
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“Write from where you are.”
Best selling author Scott Turow joins Chatter Alum Angie Kim, David and Torie. They talk books they pretend they’ve read, and Scott wins the pop quiz (Iceland, really?). Scott and Angie trade legal thriller angles – it’s a master class. Torie raves about Scott’s latest book, The Last Trial, and everyone loves David!
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“Reads like an August Wilson play.”
Chatter alums Tope Folarin and Chuck Culpepper join David and Torie on Zoom. David starts with “the” NFL team name change. Tope reflects on how BLM impacts his work. Chuck reminisces about Arthur Ashe. Torie rants about the Bolton book. And Margot Lee Shetterly delights with the back stories on bringing to the world’s attention the remarkable women who helped America dominate space.
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“My first grade teacher gave me extra paper.”
Jamie McIntyre explains the Russia bounty story (we feel somewhat better). David debriefs name changes for certain pro teams and what it means when NFL Commissioner Goodell says “Black Lives matter.” NYT best selling author Jennifer Weiner talks pandemics, motherhood, internet culture and her latest terrific book, Big Summer. Frenemies meet social media and the truth.
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“Oh my God!”
Racing through summer, Chatter Zooms again. Marc Sterne gets his military history buff-ness on for loyal listeners. News exec Mark Whitaker joins and breaks down his Washington Post piece on books on race racing up best sellers lists. Hollywood vets Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns talk about the strange and shocking and bizarre deaths of performers on stage in their book The Show Won’t Go On! The gang does Fourth of July recs for Deserted Island.
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“The trouble with humans.” Wash Post reporter Chuck Culpepper joins in fresh off covering (quiet) golf. David curates books on Michael Jordan and says he would focus on the father-son relationship. Frank Wilderson enlightens with Afropessimism, part memoir, part philosophy and all important.
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You want to believe in magic.”
Zoom’s the new normal. Angie Kim returns; Miracle Creek getting lots of love from Edgars and Anthony awards. Angie and David talk The Last Dance (of course!). Alma Katsu leans on her intel background to crush historical fiction like The Deep (add ghosts to the Titanic). The gang ponders how they’d tell the pandemic story.
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“Grace Hopper loved her Manhattans.”
The love affair with David in The Last Dance continues. Jamie McIntyre zooms in to debrief on the DOD.
Calling on over 40 years of distinguished service in the U.S. Navy, Admiral Stavridis talks leadership and character through the lives of 10 illustrious admirals, from Ancient Greece to modern day, in his book Sailing True North. Deserted Island is all about disasters.
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“I’m wearing pants.” Zooming in, David Aldridge takes starring role in The Last Dance. Historical fiction writer Louis Bayard talks quarantines (not too different for writers) and the virtual Pen/Faulkner Awards. The gang is awed by comedy legend Alan Zweibel, genius for Gilda Radner, Garry Shandling, Billy Crystal and more. His book Laugh Lines kills, and he has the best Deserted Island ever.
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"Geese, geese, geese.” Fresh off CBS Sunday Morning fame, Wash Post book critic Ron Charles talks Pulitzers (Colson Whitehead rocks again) and knuckleheads banning books. Award winning and delightful Lily King joins from Portland, Maine. She and David compare writing angst and inspirational teachers. Ron calls her book Writers and Lovers “one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.” Deserted Island is books for 2020 disrupted grads.
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“O’Desperado”
Liz Clarke joins David and Torie for another socially distant show. Liz debriefs virtual NASCAR, David the NFL draft and The Last Dance. They dispense book club therapy for middle aged guys. Award winner Joe Drape of the New York Times talks real and virtual Kentucky Derbies and his terrific book American Pharoah. Secretariat wins Deserted Island.
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“I checked the tires in my car.”
David, Torie and Jamie recap quarantining week four. H-O-R-S-E failed and Crozier may be back. Hannah Oliver Depp of Loyalty Books shares how they’re still getting books to customers (thank you post office). Five time author Karin Tanabe talks opium, avarice and exploitation in 1930s Indochine in her terrific new book A Hundred Suns. The gang wraps up with their favorite social distancing videos.
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“Don’t Be Fooled by the Bonnet.” David and Torie talk about when life returns to normal (ish). It’s complicated. From self imposed lockdown Lewis Black dishes on Torie and plugs his favorite Indies. Featured author Alexis Coe enlightens and upends conventional wisdom about George Washington with her book You Never Forget Your First. And David wraps up with praise for Calvert Woodley.
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“This country is built by immigrants.”
Week 3 of Covid-19. Unlike anything we’ve ever seen. David and MIchael talk sports knowns and unknowns. Station Eleven sales up (thank you Michael and your virtual book club). East City Bookshop owner Laurie Gillman breaks down Indies in the time of pandemics (shipping and local deliveries). DC fiscal star Natwar Gandhi shares his life story, his optimism and his inspiring memoir “Still the Promised Land.”
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“He probably should be building respirators right now...”
Social distance means Chatter by Skype. David and Torie debrief impacts on their lives (we’re lucky). Michael Sands of Calvert Woodley cares for staff and customers. Lelia Nebeker of One More Page says it’s a whole new world for indies but they are selling books! Awesome YA author Zack Smedley talks about sexuality, religion and his terrific book Deposing Nathan. David wins “Angels and Demons.”
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“Timely and scary” The team does its covid-19 update: concerned and wash your hands. Michael forgives slacker Torie and discusses virtual book club pick Station Eleven with David. Aspiring golf architect and veteran journalist Tom Rosenstiel talks media, politics, journalism and his Washington thriller Oppo, what to read if you weren’t already scared about politics!
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“Fake it til you make it. Not!”
COB pops up at Georgetown’s McDonough School Of Business. Michael makes Station Eleven frightenly current. What is it about the snow? Professor Peter Jaworski says it’s okay to pay (for lots of things). Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner John Carreyrou talks the fraud and conceit of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos in his stunning book Bad Blood. Everyone should read it. And Deserted Island is more cautionary tales.
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“It was the little things he did every day.”
Chatter pops up at Loyalty Books in Silver Spring! Jamie dishes on Jack Reacher and what happens now. Michael kicks off the as Station Eleven virtual book club — no angst allowed! Loyalty owner Hanna Depp Oliver talks medieval, clowns and what makes local Indies thrive. Andrea Chamblee, wife of slain journalist John McNamara, finishes his book – The Capital of Basketball – and finds new role as gun safety advocate.
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“We are different...we are one.”
Pop up at East City Books on Capitol Hill! Michael intros the new Chatter book club. Emailers recommend and amaze. East City owner Laurie Gillman talks about what keeps her going. Author, teacher, legal expert Jeffrey Rosen shares his relationship with RBG and her views on just about everything. Check out the Natl Constitution Center!
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