“I faced a choice as a young man. I was either going to continue to pitch my fit and end up divorced, or I’m going to give God a chance. And in my arrogance, I told God I’d give Him a chance, and in His grace and kindness, He gave me a chance.” – Jim TracyToday’s featured bestselling bookcaster is a husband, grandfather, keynote speaker, award-winning entrepreneur, jet pilot, and one of the highest demand influencers on workplace culture in North America, Jim Tracy. Jim and I talk about his book,

Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World (Princeton UP, 2025) by Professor John Blair provides the first in-depth, global account of one of the world’s most widespread yet misunderstood forms of mass hysteria—the vampire epidemic. In a spellbinding narrative, Dr. Blair takes readers from ancient Mesopotamia to present-day Haiti to explore a macabre frontier of life and death where corpses are believed to wander or do harm from the grave, and where the vampire is a

Alexa Nazzaro is the founder of Axel Author Group, a publishing services company with the memorable tagline "we won't let you publish crap." With a background in writing and business communications, Alexa transitioned into author services after helping a client with an ebook project. Her passion for the creative process led her to support authors across various genres, offering everything from editing and formatting to comprehensive launch strategies. While running her publishing services com...

This episode is our ode to the library—the beating heart of every book lover’s story. In segment one, Joe is joined by authors (and librarians, both current and former!) Terah Shelton Harris, Eva Jurczyk, PJ Nelson, and Jenn McKinlay to talk about how their time in libraries shaped their writing and storytelling. Then, in segment two, Joe and our guest hosts share book recommendations by librarians, about librarians, and featuring that unmistakable library charm. Whether you’re a lifelong

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"I kinda hate it when people say writing is fun," says Jack Rodolico, author The Atavist original "The Blue Book Burglar."Today we feature Jack Rodolico, who is a bit of an audio maven, but he comes to us hot off the Atavist presses to talk about "The Blue Book Burglar: The Social Register was a who’s who of America’s rich and powerful— the heirs of robber barons, scions of political dynasties, and descendants of Mayflower passengers. It was also the perfect hit list for the country’s

What if everything you thought was myth was actually your hidden legacy? This week, we're very much obsessed with The Secret World of Maggie Grey by Granger, the story of a Black woman who stumbles into a secret world of Black vampires, werewolves, sirens, priestesses, and talking cats (one of our favorite characters, obviously!). Join your hosts as we gush over the breathtaking world-building and unpack the powerful themes of identity, legacy, and breaking free from expectation. We'll dive i...

Stories of Resilience: The Real-Life Inspiration Behind “The Twilight Tour”In this deeply moving episode of Pages to Impact, host James welcomes Tim Siggia and his wife Penny Siggia, co-authors of the powerful novel The Twilight Tour. Tim’s story begins not on the battlefield, but in a college classroom—where a failed student teaching assignment during the turbulent 1960s led him to enlist in the U.S. Navy, a decision that would define the next three decades of his life. From journalist to Chief

Welcome back to the studio.  This is My Day of Play, where you’re taken into the real events and actions of how it happens long before the process of editing or cleaning up.  The original purpose of these episodes was to give my broadcasting students something to edit, to practice with and to call their own.  Then I realized that you are just as important.  Share the reality of how it really went.  We begin things with author Sandra Schnakenburg who in late 2024 invited into the world the book The

Send us a text Next February, Canongate will publish Nation of Strangers, the third instalment in a series by Turkish novelist, essayist and journalist Ece Temelkuran. Ahead of its publication we met to discuss the two books that precede it, ‘How To Lose A Country’ and ‘Together - A Manifesto Against A Heartless World.’ Both deal with what Ece has termed ‘cloud fascism’ - the gradual then sudden everywhereness and nowhereness of global autocracy. Rooted in her own experience of the Erdogan re...

When nature is under stress, words are no longer just tools of communication; they become catalysts. Stories can stir empathy, and the right words can shape the world we want to protect. What happens when we stop telling the stories that put us to sleep and start telling those that wake us up? Hosted by Sangeeta Waldron, author of What Will Your Legacy Be? – Conversations With Global Change Makers About The Climate Crisis, this episode features guests Emily Buchanan (Send Flowers) and Olivia