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AOT #320: A. J. Jacobs Podcasts Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection

A. J. Jacobs, the bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All, discusses his new book Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection, a true and truly hilarious story of one person’s quest to become the healthiest man in the world. “I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book, and once again, the brilliant A.J. Jacobs had me laughing out loud – and also deciding to change... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #319: Cheryl Strayed Podcasts Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cheryl Strayed, the author of the critically acclaimed novel Torch, reads from and discusses her memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. At twenty-two, Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #318: Jonah Lehrer Podcasts Imagine: How Creativity Works

Jonah Lehrer, the New York Times best-selling author of How We Decide, discusses his new book Imagine: How Creativity Works. This sparkling and revelatory look at the new science of creativity shatters the myth of muses, higher powers, even creative “types.” In his book, Lehrer demonstrates that creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few, instead it is a variety of distinct thought processes that we can all learn to... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #317: Christopher Moore Podcasts Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d’Art

Christopher Moore, the phenomenally popular, New York Times bestselling satirist whom the Atlanta Journal-Constitution calls, “Stephen King with a whoopee cushion and a double-espresso imagination,” reads from and discusses his new book Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d’Art. This magnificent new novel, from the author of Lamb, A Dirty Job, and Bite Me, is part mystery, part history, part love story, and wholly hilarious as it follows a... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #316: Anne Lamott Podcasts Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son

Anne Lamott, a past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Grace (Eventually), Plan B, Traveling Mercies and Operating Instructions, as well as seven novels, including Rosie and Crooked Little Heart. Lamott reads from and discusses her new book Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son, the story of a new and unexpected chapter of her life: grandmotherhood. ($26.95) Riverhead... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #315: Nick Arvin Podcasts The Reconstructionist

Denver writer Nick Arvin is the award-winning author of the novel Articles of War, named one of the Best Books of the Year by Esquire, and the story collection In the Electric Eden. Arvin reads from and discusses his new novel The Reconstructionist, which is both a page-turning thriller and a powerful novel of character. In this gripping novel of secrets and survival, the collision between a budding forensic investigator, his tormented mentor,... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #314: Sally Netzel Podcasts Bohunk Humoresque

Denver author and former Tattered Cover staff member Sally Netzel is a published and produced playwright, whose works include Mr. Clemens and Mr. Brown and the musical Westward Holmes! She is the co-author of a novel, Midsummer, and author of a book of short stories titled Rosinante’s Sallies: Animal Fables for Adults. Netzel reads from and discusses her new novel Bohunk Humoresque. ($17.95) Outskirts Press ISBN #9781432778699. Sally... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #313: Patricia Briggs Podcasts Fair Game

Patricia Briggs, the New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega urban fantasy series, as well as several high fantasy series and many other books, discusses her new Alpha and Omega book Fair Game. This series – set in a world of shifting shapes, loyalty, and passion – brings werewolves out of the darkness and into a society where fear and prejudice could make the hunters prey. ($26.95) Penguin ISBN... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #312: Kim Harrison Podcasts A Perfect Blood

New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison reads from and discusses A Perfect Blood, her new novel featuring former witch turned day-walking demon Rachel Morgan. Ritually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other. Pulled in to help investigate by the FIB, Morgan soon realizes a horrifying truth–a would-be creator is determined to make his (or her) own demons. But it can’t be done without... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #311: Peggy Orenstein Podcasts Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture

Peggy Orenstein is the author of the New York Times bestseller Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night, and One Woman’s Quest to Become a Mother and Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap. Orenstein reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of her bestselling book Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front... [Listen to this podcast]

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