Episodes
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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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“This is not living room Scrabble!”
David, Michael and Torie talk and toast Kobe. They place Super Bowl prop bets (there will be lip synching at halftime), and laugh about abandoned books. Michael Sands of Calvert Woodley joins the group for wine and cheese and his life at CW. Bordeaux rules! Featured author Stefan Fatsis talks Word Freak (he’s an expert) and A Few Seconds of Panic, his remarkable story as a placekicker for the Denver Broncos.
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“Unfinished Business” The gang shares MLK Day experiences. Kids dominate library picks. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman breaks down the Book Festival and Gaithersburg reads American Dirt by hometowner Jeanine Cummins. And Dr. Clayborne Carson shares stories, insights and passions of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Looking up words. Michael goes all Tom Jones on college books that mattered. New year’s reading resolutions — more fiction for Torie, non-fiction for Michael and classics for David (but no Moby Dick!). Susan Page’s incomparable reporting and unparalleled access to Barbara Bush’s diaries make The Matriarch a stunner.
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“Snakes in the house.” Michael debriefs the President’s Cup briefly. Jeanne does Kerouac’s accidental review. The gang debates the decade’s best and worst of the decade. Erica Wright talks Tennessee, poetry and and her engrossing book Famous in Cedarville
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Stras leads; Michael smiles. Luke of Monumental talks all things literary at MSE — Elena writes, Natasha, Bradley and Sheldon read w/ kids. And we love Ted’s book, of course! The gang recalls sports books they loved. Media MVP Ben Raby covers the highs and lows and musts of true CAPs fans.
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“About that turkey smell...” Turkey Palooza! Lots of advice for Michael’s Tgiving. Politics doctor Jeanne Safer offers up sage advice for loved ones with political divides. Don’t mix politics and alcohol and keep your voice down! DC’s best, Nevin Martell, talks Founding Farmers/Red Truck cookbooks, the wonders of duck fat and calms Michael’s concerns about that turkey smell.
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“Captain Kirk Gets His Carpaccio.” Happy birthday Margaret Atwood — even if we don’t read your books. Jeanne, David, Michael and Torie all distrust blurbs. Richard Armstrong talks mobs and movie stars and Shakespeare and The Don Con, where mafia meets comic-con.
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Improbable! The NATS with David who is back! Michael loves “real” reading to the munchkins. Jeanne convinces Torie on Books of the Century. Kathleen Barber combines murder mystery w/ social media and crushes with Are You Sleeping, soon to be Truth Be Told on Apple TV.
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Moral of the story: Listen to the man next to you on the plane. NATS fever reigns at the undisclosed location. Pros and Cons of literary awards (mostly pro). Jamie, Jeanne and Torie give personalized book picks. Tope Folarin wows us with A Particular Kind of Black Man: A Novel, a gripping and unique take on identity in America.
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NATS, literary cocktails and a Dutch painter rediscovered.
David reports on “two games away” NATS. Rockstar mixologist Chantal creates cocktails that cover literary trains, Tara and trips. Jeanne curates impeachment books. Featured author Carrie Callaghan rediscovers a painting heroine from 17th century Holland.
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Jeanne’s on top of the Constitution. Torie challenges Jamie McIntyre and Jeanne to Whose Line is it Anyway? David joins from NATS Park and Zach Powers talks Soviet space fraud and his book First Cosmic Velocity.
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“Oprah called me honey” Jeanne finds surprises on the best sellers list and David wins the whistleblower pop quiz. Award winning author Wil Haygood talks best pals Oprah and Denzel and awes the crowd at One More Page Books with Tigerland, the highly improbable story of young men whose basketball and baseball success healed a troubled city.
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Jamie McIntyre, Jeanne and Torie debate Edward Snowden and publishing errors gone wild. Ed Aymar talks crime and punishment and Cafe Noir and his latest thriller — The Unrepentant.
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We love and hate Agatha Christie. Liz Clarke gives David Aldridge tips on covering NASCAR and talks One Helluva Ride - her deep look into where racing was and where it's going. And the gang predicts who will write the best Jeffrey Epstein book.
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From classics to cosmonauts to missing in action. Michael’s stuck on the 9th tee so Liz Clarke fills in. The gang hates Handmaid’s Tale and questions the sequel. Jeanne rises above with classic best sellers. Novelist Zach Powers wants to talk Soviets and space and life and his book First Cosmic Velocity but phones fail, so he’ll come back another day. And David crushes celebrities read classics!
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Jeanne, David, Michael and Torie discussed thank you cards, Michael read excerpts of Benito Mussolini and the team discussed what books they believe Freshmen should be reading. Laurie Gillman, owner of East City Bookshop, shared her journey to opening the book store. The featured author this week was David Epstein; his latest book is Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World". "If you could come back in another life and was back on the island alone, what author would you like to come back as?" was the question for this edition of Deserted Island.
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