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Rick Kleffel:The Agony Column Interviews, Book Reviews, News and Commentary. In association with NPR Affiliate KUSP.

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    Latest episodes from Rick Kleffel:Agony Column

    2252: A 2025 Interview with Laurie R. King

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025


    Laurie R. King discusses her new novel Knave of Diamonds.

    2251: A 2025 Interview with Richard Cytowic on The Art of Doing Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025


    Richard Cytowic discusses his article The Art of Doing Nothing.

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    2250: A 2025 Interview with Holly Gramazio

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025


    Holly Gramazio discusses her novel, The Husbands.

    2249: A 2025 Interview with Scott Guild, #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025


    Scott Guild discusses Plastic.

    2247: A 2025 Interview with Eric Stener Carlson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025


    Eric Stener Carlson discusses his collection of short stories, Tales from the Coming War.

    2246: A 2025 Interview with ames Fadiman and Jurgen Gruber

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025


    James Fadiman and Jurgen Gruber discuss their book Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance.

    2245: A 2025 Interview with Steve Aylett

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025


    Steve Aylett discusses his novel The Book Lovers.

    2245: A 2025 Interview with Steve Aylett

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025


    Steve Aylett discusses his novel The Book Lovers.

    2244: A 2025 Interview with Jorge Cham and Dwayne Godwin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025


    Jorge Cham and Dwayne Godwin discuss their book Out of Your Mind: The Biggest Mysteries of the Human Brain.

    2243: A 2025 Interview with Reggie Oliver

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025


    Reggie Oliver discusses his short story collection This Haunted Heaven.

    2241: A Second 2024 Interview with Johnny Compton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025


    Johnny Compton discusses his novel The Spite House.

    2242: A 2025 Interview with Liza Monroy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025


    Liza Monroy discusses her novel The Distractions.

    2240: A 2024 Interview with Remy Ngamije

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024


    Rémy Ngamije discusses his literary mixtape Only Stars Know The Meaning Of Space

    2240: A 2024 Interview with Mark Morris

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024


    Mark Morris discusses his novel That Which Stands Outside.

    2239: A 2024 Interview with Nicole Kobie

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024


    Nicole Kobie discusses her book The Long History of the Future: Why tomorrow's technology still isn't here.

    2238: A 2024 Interview with Ray Russell

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024


    Ray Russell discusses his novel The Woman Who Fell to Earth.

    2237: A 2024 Interview with Nick Cutter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024


    Nick Cutter discusses his novel The Queen.

    2236: A 2024 Interview with Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024


    Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor discuss their book Charging Forward: Lithium Valley, Electric Vehicles, and a Just Future

    2235: A 2024 Interview with Jedediah Berry.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024


    Jedediah Berry discusses his novel The Naming Song.

    2234: A 2024 Interview with Jeff Vandermeer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024


    Jeff Vandermeer discusses his new Southern Reach novel, Absolution.

    2233: A 2024 Interview with Alan Moore

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024


    Alan Moore discusses his novel The Great When.

    2232: A 2024 Interview with Cara Giaimo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024


    Cara Giaimo discuses Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders.

    2232: A 2024 Interview with Char Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024


    Char Miller discusses his book Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning.

    2231: A 2024 Interview with Catherynne M. Valente

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024


    Catherynne Valente discusses her novels Space Opera and Space Oddity.

    2230: A 2024 Interview with Richard Cytowic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024


    Neuroscientist Richard Cytoowic discusses his book Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age: Coping with Digital Distraction and Sensory Overload.

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    2229: A 2024 Interview with Johnny Compton

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024


    Johnny Compton discusses his novel Devils Kill Devils.

    2228: A 2024 Interview with Sarah Pinsker

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024


    Sarah Pinsker discusses her books Haunt Sweet Home and Lost Places.

    2227: A 2024 Interview with Annalee Newitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024


    Annalee Newitz discusses her book Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind

    2226: A 2024 Interview with Dan Slater

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024


    Dan Slater discusses his novel The Incorruptibles.

    2225: A 2024 Interview with Iris Yamashita

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024


    Iris Yamashita discusses her novel Village in the Dark.

    2224: A 2024 Interview with Keith Donohue

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024


    Keith Donohue discusses his novel The Girl in the Bog.

    2222: Kamala Harris 2009 and Muhammed Yunus 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024


    Re-podcast of edited interviews with Kamala Harris discussing her book Smart on Crime and Muhammed Yunus discussing his book A World of Three Zeros.

    2223: A 2024 Interview with Martin Hogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024


    Martin Hogue discusses the stories behind the words and pictures in his book Making Camp.

    2221: A Second 2024 Interview with Stephen Graham Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024


    Stephen Graham Jones discusses his novel I Was a Teenage Slasher

    2220: A 2024 Interview with Nick Bryant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024


    Nick Bryant Discusses The Forever War: America's Unending Conflict with Itself.

    2219: A 2024 Interview with Ivy Pochoda

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024


    Ivy Pochoda discusses her novel Sing Her Down.

    2218: A 2024 Interview with Paolo Bacigalupi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024


    Paolo Bacigalupi discusses his novel Navola.

    2217: A Second 2024 Interview with Keith Donohue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024


    Keith Donohue discusses his novel The Motion of Puppets.

    2217: A Second 2024 Interview with Keith Donohue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024


    Keith Donohue discusses his novel The Motion of Puppets.

    2216: A 2024 Interview with Elizabeth Stix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024


    Elizabeth Stix discusses her collection of linked short stories Things I Want Back From You.

    2215: A 2024 Interview with Lindsay Ellis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024


    Lindsay Ellis discusses her Noumena series, Axiom's End, Truth of the Divine, Apostles of Mercy.

    2213: A 2024 Interview with Keith Donohue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024


    Boyce Upholt discusses his book The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi.

    2213: A 2024 Interview with Keith Donohue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024


    Keith Donohue discusses his novel The Boy Who Drew Monsters.

    2212: A 2024 Interview with Avik Jain Chatlani

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024


    Avik Jain Chatlani discusses his novel This Country Is No Longer Yours.

    2211: A 2024 Interview with Nathan Ballingrud

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024


    Nathan Ballingrud discusses The Atlas of Hell: Stories and Crypt of the Moon Spider.

    2211: A 2024 Interview with Nathan Ballingrud

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024


    Nathan Ballingrud discusses The Atlas of Hell: Stories and Crypt of the Moon Spider.

    2210: A 2024 Interview with Francesco Dimitri

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024


    Francesco Dimitri discuses his novel The Dark Side of the Sky.

    2209: A 2024 Interview with Craig Foster

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024


    Craig Foster discusses his book Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World.

    2209: A 2024 Interview with Charlie Huston

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024


    Charlie Huston discusses his novel Catchpenny.

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    2208: A 2024 Interview with Angela Slatter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024


    Angela Slatter discusses her novel The Briar Book of the Dead.

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    2207: A 2024 Interview with Gwendolyn Kiste

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024


    Gwendolyn Kiste discusses her novel The Haunting of Velkwood.

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