Episodes

  • The Book of Reservations by Laura Backward
    Dec 27 2025

    The Book of Reservations is the second installment of The Ghost Table trilogy. It picks up one year after The Coat Check Girl ends. It is autumn 2000 and Miss Sylvie’s Bistrot in Greenwich Village, New York is struggling to survive.

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    10 mins
  • Unfinished by Lucas Cantor Santiago
    Dec 20 2025

    Unfinished tells the story of how music and technology have co-evolved over the past 60,000 years.

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    11 mins
  • Alaskan Author Bailey Berg
    Dec 7 2025

    Bailey Berg discusses her new book Secret Alaska: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure with Mike Chmielewski.

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    8 mins
  • The Bolden Cylinder by Norman Woolworth
    Nov 4 2025

    Mike Chemielewski talked to Norman Woolworth about his second novel, The Bolden Cylinder.

    Norman talked about why he writes historical novels set in New Orleans and why he is fascinated by the city. Quirky New Orleans antiques dealer Bruneau Abellard is the protagonist in his two books. In The Bolden Cylinder, Bruneau listens to a vintage phonograph cylinder he found in the secret compartment of a sideboard and wonders if he has stumbled upon an essential piece of musical history.

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    11 mins
  • A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
    12 mins
  • The Last Book to Be Written By A Human by Jeff Burningham
    Nov 4 2025

    Jeff Burningham talks with Mike Chmielewski about his book The Last Book to Be Written By A Human.

    The book questions the future of human expression and authorship, contrasting human vulnerability and experience with the capabilities of AI to generate vast amounts of content. Jeff Burningham delivers a profound and urgent exploration of what it truly means to be human in the age of AI—challenging us to embrace wisdom.

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    16 mins
  • The Missing Pages by Alyson Richman
    Oct 17 2025

    Mike Chiemlewski talks with Alyson Richman about her 10th novel, The Missing Pages. Alyson explains why she writes historical novels and the research that she puts into learning about the time period. In the novel, Violet Hutchins is working as a page at the Widener Library. When mysterious things begin happening at the library, Violet wonders if Harry Widener’s ghost is trying to communicate with her.

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    10 mins
  • The Siege by Ben Macintyre
    Oct 2 2025

    Mike Chmielewski is joined by, writer for The Times (UK) and bestselling author, to discuss his thrilling recounting of one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time, of ordinary, everyday people.e A writer for The Times (UK) and bestselling author, to discuss his thrilling recounting of one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time, of ordinary, everyday people.

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    11 mins