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Conversations with authors and storytellers since 2002. DuShane is the author and screenwriter of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk, directed by Eric Stoltz, available on Amazon Prime.

Tony DuShane

Los Angeles, CA


    • May 20, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 318 EPISODES


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    Jon Ronson #316

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 33:58


    Jon Ronson is the author of So You've Been Publicly Shamed. I interviewed him in 2015 when the book came out and it's pretty mind blowing where cancel culture has […]

    Lucinda Berry #315

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 53:05


    Lucinda Berry is the author of One In Four: A Thriller. We chat child psychology, running marathons, how the brain works, and her transition to full time author. New creative […]

    Rachel Paris #314

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 59:44


    Rachel Paris is the author of See How They Fall: A Novel. We discuss the humiliating vulnerability of writing and why everyone should do it, why we should never write […]

    Chuck Klosterman #313

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 45:25


    Chuck Klosterman is the author of tons of books. This is a tape from my interview with him around 2012 when he was promoting The Visible Man. We met at […]

    Matthieu Ricard #312

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 35:32


    Matthieu Ricard is the author of Happiness. I interviewed him around 2003 and he introduced the idea of mindfulness to me. He is also assistant and translator for the Dalai […]

    Marlon James #311

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 55:21


    Marlon James won the Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. I caught up with him in 2005 when he was touring his first book […]

    Colum McCain #310

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 58:55


    Colum McCain is the author of Twist: A Novel. We had a great time talking NYC, Ireland, the obsessive structure of writing environments for novels, and his really cool organization […]

    Richard Hell #309

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 53:31


    Richard Hell is the author of Godlike. And this interview is old, like 2003 or 2004 taping. We met at a bar called The Argus in San Francisco, he was […]

    Miranda July #308

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 62:13


    Miranda July, two interviews from the archives. The first one is from 2015 regarding her novel The First Bad Man. The second one is from 2005 regarding her film Me […]

    Alex Higley #307

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 55:57


    Alex Higley is the author of True Failure: A Novel. We do a deep dive into the novel writing process and how we're always being manipulated by stories. On March 1st […]

    Angela Brown #306

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 58:24


    Angela Brown is the author of Some Other Time. We discuss how her and her husband met at 14 in high school, writing speculative fiction, do magic moments happen in […]

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    William Boyle #305

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 56:41


    William Boyle is the author of Saint of the Narrows Street. We chat Brooklyn Dodgers, Oxford Mississippi, James Joyce, the fun of NOT organizing personal libraries to indulge in the […]

    Paul Ollinger #304

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 57:43


    Paul Ollinger is the author of Reasonably Happy: The Skeptic's Guide to Achievable Contentment. He's also a podcaster and standup comic. We discuss specific details of when I lost my […]

    Francesca Lia Block #303

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 56:47


    Francesca Lia Block is the author of House of Hearts and many other books. We discuss love and heartbreak, her moment with David Byrne. LA punk rock and how The […]

    Craig Clevenger #302

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 55:25


    Craig Clevenger is the author of The Contortionist's Handbook, re-issued by Datura Books. On this episode we discuss the glorious holy temple where we worship which is the public library, […]

    Kim Dower #301

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 56:29


    Kim Dower is the author of What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria. We chat channeling our characters, why poetry gets a bad rap, visiting Baudelaire's grave, and […]

    Joe Clifford #300

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 54:00


    Joe Clifford is the author of Shadow People and many other books. We discuss the esoteric ways of writing novels, what success and failure in life can be, how high […]

    Hal Hartley #299

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 63:13


    Hal Hartley is one of the kings of indie cinema with films like Henry Fool and The Girl From Monday. I taped this about 20 years ago at Dalva in […]

    Tony’s Complaints to God #298

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 66:56


    Tony DuShane is the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk. This week I dive into greedy eyeballs of actors at industry screenings, how to make left turns in […]

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    Tony DuShane’s Book Smash #297

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 62:58


    From the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk comes Tony DuShane's Book Smash. It's my rundown on my favorite books of the year, my complaints about society and […]

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    David Leo Rice #296

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 61:53


    David Leo Rice is the author of The Berlin Wall: A Novel. We discuss Tim O'Brien's Short Story “On the Rainy River”, Flo from the Progressive commercials and how to […]

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    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 65:41


    Diego Gerard Morrison #295

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 65:41


    Diego Gerard Morrison is the author of Pages of Mourning. We chat the ups and downs of translating novels, the literary scene in Mexico City, how living on a remote […]

    Jean-Paul L. Garnier #294

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 60:15


    Jean-Paul L. Garnier is the author of Cardboard Spaceship. He also owns Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree. We talk Czech writers, starting a bookstore and publishing company, why living […]

    Sacha Mardou #293

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 59:22


    Sacha Mardou is the author of Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy, A Graphic Memoir. We discuss growing up in crazy families and religions, Internal Family […]

    Kes Trester #292

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 63:55


    Kes Trester is the author of To The Nines, Book 3 of The Nine series. We discuss how to safely chat with grocery clerks about suicidal thoughts, how to find […]

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    Gabriel Hart #291

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 60:29


    Gabriel Hart is the author of On High At Red Tide. He's also the lead singer of Jail Weddings and The Starvations. October 5th is the first Drinks with Tony […]

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    Krystal Kenney #290

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 48:04


    Krystal Kenney is the author of Paris, A Life Less Ordinary: A Memoir. We discuss tourist scams of Paris, where are the best neighborhoods, how Krystal moved to Paris from […]

    Marianne Leone #289

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 56:07


    Marianne Leone is the author of Five-Dog Epiphany: A Memoir. Marianne is an actor you may know from shows like The Sopranos. Her book tackles the grief of losing her […]

    Colleen McKeegan #288

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 58:47


    Colleen McKeegan is the author of Rip Tide: A Novel. We discuss what to do when you have a major brain crush on an author, training for mascots of sports […]

    Jessica Maguire #287

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 59:15


    Jessica Maguire is the author of The Nervous System Reset: Heal Trauma, Resolve Chronic Pain, and Regulate Your Emotions with the Power of the Vagus Nerve. We discuss the micro-communications […]

    John A. Dailey #286

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 62:56


    John A. Dailey is the author of Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations. We discuss the subconscious mind work of repetitive drills, the emotional […]

    Bobi Conn #285

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 59:06


    Bobi Conn is the author of Someplace Like Home. We discuss doing psychedelics, her family heritage of moonshiners, how to get out of the way of our characters, collective anger […]

    Alexander Boldizar #284

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 59:05


    Alexander Boldizar is the author of The Man Who Saw Seconds. We discuss living in a refugee camp after fleeing Slovakia in the 1979, the art of learning new languages, […]

    Peter Houlahan #283

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 62:22


    Peter Houlahan is the author of Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn. We discuss his coverage of Sagon Penn's case of being found not-guilty […]

    Paul Cody #282

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 59:44


    Paul Cody is the author of Walk The Dark. We take a deep dive into his time teaching in prison, what landed him in the psych ward and how it […]

    Nicholas Belardes #281

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 59:59


    Nicholas Belardes is the author of The Deading. We chat how a novel should feel like a song, approaching novel writing like an athlete, how to set yourself up before […]

    Joyce Maynard #280

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 60:14


    Joyce Maynard is the author of How the Light Gets In. She's a best selling author and her books To Die For and Labor Day have been adapted to films. […]

    Joe Clifford #279

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 60:06


    Joe Clifford is the author of A Moth To Flame. His novel Lamentation was recently translated to Italian and he just came back from an author tour of Italy. We […]

    Tony DuShane’s Writing Workshop #278

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 60:44


    Danielle and Kyler join my spontaneous writing course. We discuss being uncomfortable as a writer, the importance of journaling, the intimacy we have with our characters, how to rewrite, and […]

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    Ann Leary #277

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 59:40


    Ann Leary is the author of I've Tried to Be Nice: Essays. Join my Summer Online Novel Writing Workshop June 23 – August 4. We're all innate storytellers, learn how […]

    Matthew Daddona #276

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 59:14


    Matthew Daddona is the author of The Longitude of Grief: A novel. We discuss cafe culture in Sarajevo, the virtues of Philly, writing compelling characters, how to hit a deer […]

    Nicolás Medina Mora #275

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 58:14


    Nicolás Medina Mora is the author of América del Norte. We discuss being a debut novelist, the literary scene in Mexico City, the culture shock of living in the United […]

    Ari Gold #274

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 57:40


    Ari Gold is the co-author of Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems, with his late father and author Herbert Gold, and his brother Ethan Gold. Herbert died when he […]

    Sasha Vasilyuk #273

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 57:54


    Sasha Vasilyuk is the author of Your Presence is Mandatory. We discuss the generations of her family's experience in Ukraine, researching a novel based in true events, how pregnancy is […]

    Alex Kazemi #272

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 61:57


    Alex Kazemi is the author of New Millennium Boyz. We discuss social hierarchy, living the authentic artist life, book censorship, Kabbalah, Woodstock ‘99, when writing is emotionally damaging, and so […]

    Jeff Zentner #271

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 58:13


    Jeff Zentner is the author of Colton Gentry's Third Act: A Novel. Jeff started as a musician, then hung it up to work with organizations helping teenagers. That's when he […]

    Andrew Miller #270

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 60:51


    Andrew Miller is the author of Namaste Mart Confidential. We discuss: Sexy masculinity. How to take a punch. Why the year 2013 is important to his novel. Crime fiction…and so […]

    Cat Howell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 67:10


    Cat Howell is the author of Magic Source Codes: The Craft of Reality. We start the 8-Week Novel Writing Workshop on Monday, this is your last call. TWO spots left. […]

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    Cara Black #269

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 60:25


    Cara Black is the author of Murder at La Villette. It's the 21st novel in her Aimée Leduc Investigation series. Join my free Novel Writing Workshop March 9th at 10am […]

    Tony DuShane Answers Your Questions #268

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 60:39


    This week I answer a few questions from our listeners about outlining, finding the ending to your story, and more. I also include my interview with Robert McKee from last […]

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