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Speaking of Writers

Welcome to Speaking of Writers. Veteran broadcaster Steve Richards interviews local, regional and best selling authors. For more info email steve @ sval622@sbcglobal.net. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/speakingofwriters/subscribe Cover art photo provided by Janko Ferlič on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@thepootphotographer

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00:10:30

Jason Diakite- A Drop of Midnight

Speaking of Writers ·

2020/03/11

JASON “TIMBUKTU” DIAKITÉ is one of Sweden’s chart topping hip hop artists winning 8 Swedish Grammy awards, 4 P3 Guld (Swedish radio) awards and has performed all over the world, from Sweden to Africa and from the Roxy in Los Angeles to Nobel Peace Prize award ceremonies! Born in Sweden to American parents - an African American dad and a white mom - Jason's book - A DROP OF MIDNIGHT- has already sold thousands of copies in Sweden and goes on sale in the US next month. It is also being adapted into a

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00:10:01

Kristina Kuzmic- Hold On, But Don't Hold Still: Hope...

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2020/03/11

Thirteen years ago, Kristina Kuzmič , was a broke and defeated mother of two; recently divorced; juggling jobs and sleeping on the floor next to her kids. She never imagined that a lo-fi cooking show she pieced together to reach other moms in the trenches would get Oprah’s attention. Today, she speaks directly to her 2.8 million Facebook followers in honest, funny parenting videos on topics from “Mind your own Motherhood” to a satirical PSA “4 Reasons women should NEVER breastfeed in public.” Her

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00:10:27

Joshua Hood- The Treadstone Resurrection

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2020/03/06

ABOUT THE BOOK: Operation Treadstone is a top-secret CIA Black Ops program that made uses behavior modification to turn government agents into virtually superhuman assassins. The agents can lead normal lives until “activated,” at which point they become killing machines deployed to undertake nearly impossible missions. Treadstone made Jason Bourne an unstoppable force, but he's not the only one. Treadstone has nearly ruined Adam Hayes. They trained him to be a nearly invincible assassin, but it also

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00:14:23

Edward J Larson - Franklin & Washington The Founding...

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2020/03/06

In FRANKLIN & WASHINGTON: The Founding Partnership (William Morrow), Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson delivers a masterful, first-of-its-kind dual biography of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, revealing their partnership’s centrality to the American founding—and their enduring relevance. Vastly different men, Benjamin Franklin—abolitionist freethinker from the urban North—and George Washington— slaveholding general from the agrarian South—were the indispensable authors

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00:10:19

Michael P. Balzano- DYSLEXIC: My Journey

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2020/03/05

Michael P. Balzano, Ph.D., the author of DYSLEXIC: My Journey, was a high-school drop out who couldn’t hold down a job. The son of working-class immigrants who lived pay check-to-paycheck, Balzano was known as “Crazy Mikey” for his unruly behavior. He was thrown out of one Catholic school, a public school, and the military. He lost dozens of minimum-wage jobs for his disruptive behavior. Not one of his teachers recognized that Balzano had a learning disability, which was the source of his bad

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00:12:25

Preston & Child- Crooked River

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2020/03/03

Appearing out of nowhere to horrify the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island, Florida, dozens of identical, ordinary-looking shoes float in on the tide and are washed up on the tropical beach–each one with a crudely severed human foot inside. Called away from vacation elsewhere in the state, Agent Pendergast reluctantly agrees to visit the crime scene–and, despite himself, is quickly drawn in by the incomprehensible puzzle. An early pathology report only adds to the mystery. With an ocean of

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00:06:55

Graham Russell- Air Supply

Speaking of Writers ·

2020/02/25

Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock met on May 12, 1975 and formed Air Supply.The band recently performed their 5000th concert in Las Vegas. Last month they were proclaimed the top 5 Greatest Aussie Bands of All Time. They perform about 130 concerts each year, including this Thursday night at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. I talked to Graham about songwriting, how the band has lasted, and their very first tour with Rod Stewart.Photo credit: Denise Truscello. --- Support this podcast:

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00:10:41

Kathleen West- Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes

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2020/02/21

About MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES: When a devoted teacher comes under pressure for her progressive curriculum and a helicopter mom goes viral on social media, two women at odds with each other find themselves in similar predicaments, having to battle back from certain social ruin. Isobel Johnson has spent her career in Liston Heights sidestepping the community’s high-powered families. But when she receives a threatening voicemail accusing her of Anti-Americanism and a liberal agenda, she’s

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00:09:06

David Rubenstein-The American Story: Conversations...

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2020/02/21

Imagine an event that brings hundreds of Members of Congress—from both chambers and parties— together for an evening to learn about and revel in American history. Not only is it true, it’s happened more than 38 times over the past six years. In 2013, David Rubenstein, philanthropist and co-founder of The Carlyle Group, approached the Librarian of Congress with an idea for an event series in which Members of Congress could put politics aside and immerse themselves in the history of the nation

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00:09:47

Jill Shalvis- Almost Just Friends

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2020/02/19

Piper Manning’s about as tough as they come, she’s had to be. She raised her siblings and they’ve thankfully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it, and then she’s free. When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. There’s a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding their own secrets. The smart move would be for Piper to

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00:09:54

L. David Marquet LEADERSHIP IS LANGUAGE: The Hidden...

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2020/02/10

Few of us realize that much of our language in the workplace inhibits creative problem-solving and escalates uncertainty and stress. In both high-pressure situations and everyday scenarios, in each meeting and email, we have the opportunity to empower (or disempower) our colleagues. In Turn the Ship Around!, former US Navy Captain David Marquet, told the incredible story of abandoning command-and-control leadership on his submarine and empowering his crew to turn the worst performing submarine to

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00:11:46

Megan Angelo- Followers

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2020/02/10

In her electrifying, highly anticipated debut novel, Followers (Graydon House), journalist Megan Angelo imagines a world where our collective celebrity obsession and device-driven lifestyle almost get the best of us. Megan Angelo’s writing has appeared in publications like the New York Times (where she helped launch city comedy coverage), Glamour (where she was a contributing editor and wrote a column on women and television) and Elle (where she has written about everything from Lauren Conrad’s

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00:09:34

Robin Dreeke- Sizing People Up

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2020/02/03

InSIZING PEOPLE UP, Dreeke shares his simple, six-step system to help predict anyone’s behavior based on their words, goals, patterns of action, and the situation at hand. For instance, a colleague might have a strong moral code, but do they believe your relationship will be long-term? Even the most upstanding person can betray your trust if they don’t see themselves tied to you or your desired result in the long term. How can you determine whether someone has both the skill and will to do what

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00:10:35

Kiley Reid- Such A Fun Age

Speaking of Writers ·

2020/02/03

An Arizona native, Kiley Reid is a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was the recipient of the Truman Capote Fellowship. Her short stories have been featured and are forthcoming in Ploughshares, December, New South, and Lumina, where her short story was the first-place winner in the 2017 Flash Prose Contest. In Summer 2018, she attended the Cuttyhunk Island Residency as the recipient of the Paul Cuffee Scholarship. SUCH A FUN AGE is her first novel, with film and TV rights

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00:07:49

Eric Nuzum- MAKE NOISE: A Creator's Guide to...

Speaking of Writers ·

2020/01/30

MAKE NOISE: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling by Eric Nuzum is the first book on the craft of audio storytelling from a true podcasting pioneer. Nuzum has created and produced podcasts that routinely top the charts, appear in yearly “best of” lists, and win awards. Of the six billion podcast downloads each year, more than one billion of those are for the 130 podcasts Nuzum created, including the TED Radio Hour, Invisibilia, Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel, and The

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00:10:12

Lisa Gardner- When You See Me

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2020/01/28

WHEN YOU SEE ME is Gardner’s most daring novel yet. Set far from her usual haunts (the streets of Boston and the wilds of New Hampshire), the book’s backdrop is a secluded Georgia mountain community that oozes small-town sinister. A haven for hikers in the summer and not much else, Niche, Georgia has flown under the radar for decades…but when human remains are discovered at the edge of a popular hiking trail, dark deeds that have been buried for years surface. As the bodies begin to pile up, there

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00:11:41

Chad Dundas- The Blaze

Speaking of Writers ·

2020/01/22

Matthew Rose’s mind is a mystery. Especially to himself. A bombing in Iraq has left the former soldier with a traumatic brain injury, and now he can’t be sure about anything. The past is a cloudy haze to him, filled with jumbles of impressions and not many solid memories. Unfortunately for him, that could have deadly consequences for his future – how can he protect himself from a killer when he can’t even trust his own mind? That’s the pulse-pounding premise of THE BLAZE, a mesmerizing new novel

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00:09:27

Rochelle Weinstein- This is Not How It Ends

Speaking of Writers ·

2020/01/14

Rochelle B. Weinstein is theUSA Todaybestselling author of emotionally driven women’s fiction, includingSomebody’s Daughter,Where We Fall,The Mourning After, andWhat We Leave Behind. Rochelle spent her early years in sunny South Florida, always with a book in hand, raised by the likes of Sidney Sheldon and Judy Blume. Upon graduating from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, Rochelle moved to Los Angeles, where she handled advertising and promotions for major film

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00:11:27

Brad Taylor- Hunter Killer

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2020/01/03

In HUNTER KILLER Pike Logan tracks highly-trained Russian assassins to Brazil after a vicious explosion kills a friend in Charleston, South Carolina. Pike knows the attack was meant for him. And when he loses contact with the Taskforce who are on a counter-terrorist mission in Brazil, Pike is convinced he and the Taskforce are under assault. Pike, along with his partner Jennifer Cahill, head to Brazil to investigate and within days they are entangled in a byzantine scheme involving a battle for

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00:11:04

Curt Sampson- Roaring Back: The Fall and Rise of...

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2019/12/30

What caused Tiger Woods to fall farther than any beloved athlete in recent history, and even more, what led to his improbable return to glory at the 2019 Masters? Curt Sampson is one of America’s leading golf writers whose new book, ROARING BACK (Diversion Books, October 2019) retells the phenomenal comeback of one of the most iconic golfers ever. From the highs and lows of his career, to the inevitable comparisons with other notable golfers like Ben Hogan, Sampson shows why Tiger’s comeback rivals

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