“The fragility of life.” Claude kicks things off with big literary news. Manny has a book! “It’s Okay to Be Me!” , his uplifting story of…
January 18, 2023
Andrew Maraniss “Inaugural Ballers – The True Story of the First US Women’s Olympic Basketball Team”
“Changing women’s sports for the next twenty-five years.” Chatter rolls with David, Torie and Torie’s sister from another mother Liz Clarke. They break down “Spare” –…
January 10, 2023
Buzz Bissinger “The Mosquito Bowl – A Game of Life and Death in World War II”
“They were boys.” David, Torie and Jamie ring in the new year with chatter about resolutions, reading’s health benefits and the incredible Robert Caro. They talk…
December 20, 2022
Silas House – “Lark Ascending”
“Hope.” Chatter rolls into the holidays with David, Torie and COB fave Michael Croley. Mike shares his piece in Esquire, a tribute to his late brother…
December 13, 2022
Kate Anderson Brower – “Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon”
Don and Petie Kladstrup – “Champagne Charlie: The Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne.” COB has a double header. Wash Post editor and writer and…
December 6, 2022
Andrew Sean Greer – “Less is Lost”
“You don’t get a Pulitzer!” Torie, David and Jamie break down the World Cup, gaslighting, goblin mode and Dylan. Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer zooms…
November 22, 2022
Bob Brush “The Piazza – Stories from Piazza Santa Caterina Piccola”
“It takes courage to be an adolescent.” It’s the annual Thanksgiving Chatter family special! Renaissance man Nevin Martell and celebrity mixologist Rodney Ferguson join Torie for…
November 15, 2022
Nghi Vo “Into the Riverlands”
“Intimate and profound.” Torie, David, “Bath Haus” author P.J. Vernon, and awesome storyteller Nghi Vo kick around Dan Snyder selling the Commanders (finally!), whither Twitter and…
November 8, 2022
Susan Coll – “Bookish People”
“More than you think.” David, Torie and Jamie kick things off with> Dolly, and November notables. They debate “Gone With the Wind’s Pulitzer status. Author Susan…