Jonathan Safran Foeris an American novelist. He is known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Eating Animals and We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast. Jonathan sits down with the armchair expert to discuss his struggle to eat vegetarian, his first book gettingrejected by every publisher and he walk ... Show More
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Dave Eggers (writer and publisher)
Dave Eggers (Contrapposto, The Circle, and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius) is a bestselling author, founder of McSweeney’s, and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Dave joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the strange family lore behind McSweeney’s, growing up in John Hughes-era ... Show More
2h 3m
May 2017
Ep 238 - Everything is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer
NOTE: A short stretch of fairly explicit sex talk earns this one the "Explicit" tag, though as usual we avoid cussing. You've been warned! This week, we illuminate everything about Jonathan Safran Foer's debut novel. It's not Andrew's cup of tea, exactly, but we try our best to d ... Show More
1h 15m
May 2022
John Waters Talks About His First Novel
<p>The filmmaker, artist, author and general cultural icon John Waters visits the podcast this week to talk about his first novel, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/books/review-liarmouth-john-waters.html" target="_blank">“Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance.”</a> The book fe ... Show More
33m 23s
Nov 2016
John Green
The author of The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, and more discusses discovering young adult fiction, the invention of characters, how his stories take shape, his earnest love of The Babysitters Club books, and more; he even drops some hints about his next no ... Show More
1h 37m
Dec 2021
214. A Long Train to the Library, with Jon Ronson
In a Fortunately first, the writer Jon Ronson joins Fi and Jane for his second appearance on the podcast. The author of So You've Been Publicly Shamed and host of The Last Days of August tells them about his new podcast Things Fell Apart, exploring tales form the culture wars. Be ... Show More
56m 1s
Dec 2021
61. John Green: The Fault in Our Birbiglias
<p>In addition to his new hit book “The Anthropocene Reviewed,” John Green has written several novels that have debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list including “The Fault in Our Stars” which was adapted into an indie blockbuster with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, ... Show More
1h 4m
Jan 2019
How Do We Touch Untouchable Topics? with Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult is an American writer who currently has approximately 14 million copies of her books in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages. She joins Jonathan to talk the process of writing, what goes into being a successful author, tackling tough subjects, and more.
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47m 42s
May 2023
The Podcaster (and The Novelist)
<p>Jordan Castro joins the pod to discuss his novel The Novelist, poop, alt-literature, the death of the sacred, our humorless generation, swallowing the responsibility pill, and being Christ-pilled.</p>
<p>Follow him on IG @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jordancastroofficual ... Show More
1h 3m