Episodes

  • Check This Out: Rebecca Lehmann & 'The Beheading Game'

    Check This Out: Rebecca Lehmann & 'The Beheading Game'
    Apr 23 2026
    We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, but what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice?
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    44 mins
  • Check This Out: Check This Out: Clare Oshetsky & 'Evil Genius' and the debut of The Book Biz

    Check This Out: Check This Out: Clare Oshetsky & 'Evil Genius' and the debut of The Book Biz
    Apr 16 2026
    A darkly comedic noir novel set in 1974 San Francisco following a young woman as she becomes obsessed with murder and desire after a co-worker's death, leading her to challenge her controlling husband.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Karan Mahajan and 'The Complex'

    Check This Out: Karan Mahajan and 'The Complex'
    Apr 9 2026
    “The Complex” moves between the U.S. and modern India to follow the illicit liaisons, political ambitions, and betrayals of a prominent Delhi family, unraveling in the shadow of a nation's transformation.
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    50 mins
  • Across the Table Conversations: Mary Gaitskill & August Lamm

    Across the Table Conversations: Mary Gaitskill & August Lamm
    Mar 30 2026
    NHPR, in collaboration with The Music Hall and MacDowell, presents Across the Table Conversations - a multidisciplinary talks series spotlighting emerging and established MacDowell Fellows in public conversation. Moderated by NHPR President and CEO Jim Schachter, this first event featured celebrated author Mary Gaitskill in conversation with writer and visual artist August Lamm. Mary Gaitskill is known for her searing, emotionally complex novels, essays, and short stories, including This is Pleasure, Veronica, and Bad Behavior, which included the short story “Secretary,” and has been featured in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and Esquire. August Lamm is a writer and visual artist whose essays have appeared in The Guardian and The New York Times, and is known for her perspectives on low-tech living. This conversation was recorded at the Music Hall Lounge on September 9th, 2025 during the Seacoast Litfest.
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    51 mins