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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>

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<title>William T. Vollman Amidst 'The Dying Grass'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/09-14-15-news.htm#n091815</link>
<description>An Epic Exploration of Simultaneity</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with William T Vollman</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/09-14-15-podcast.htm#podcast091815</link>
<description>"...a lot of long words that in our language are sentences..."</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Susan Casey Listens to 'Voices in the Ocean'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-31-15-news.htm#n090515</link>
<description>Science, Empathy and Self</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Susan Casey</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-31-15-podcast.htm#podcast090515</link>
<description>"...the reporting for this book was emotionally difficult at times..."</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-31-15-podcast.htm#podcast090515</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 213: Susan Casey</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-31-15-podcast.htm#podcast090515update</link>
<description>Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Felicia Day Knows 'You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-24-15-news.htm#n082415</link>
<description>Transformative Technology</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-24-15-news.htm#n082415</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Felicia Day</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-24-15-podcast.htm#podcast82415</link>
<description>"I think you have to be attention curators for audience in every way."</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-24-15-podcast.htm#podcast082415</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 212: Felcia Day</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-17-15-podcast.htm#podcast082215update</link>
<description>You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-17-15-podcast.htm#podcast082215update</guid>
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<title>Claire McCaskill is 'Plenty Ladylike'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-17-15-news.htm#n082115</link>
<description>Internalizing Determination to Overcome Sexism</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-17-15-news.htm#n082115</guid>
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<title>Emily Schultz Unleashes 'The Blondes'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-17-15-news.htm#n0821152</link>
<description>A Cure by Color</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/08-17-15-news.htm#n0821152</guid>
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<title>Robert Repino Morphs 'Mort(e)'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/07-06-15-news.htm#n071115</link>
<description>Housecat to Harbinger of the Apocalypse</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Robert Repino</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/07-06-15-podcast.htm#podcast071115</link>
<description>"...an even bigger threat. which is us, the humans..."</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/07-06-15-podcast.htm#podcast071115</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 209: Robert Repino</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/07-06-15-podcast.htm#podcast071115update</link>
<description>Mort(e)</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/07-06-15-podcast.htm#podcast071115update</guid>
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<title>Dr. Michael Gazzaniga Tells Tales from Both Sides of the Brain</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-29-15-news.htm#n070515</link>
<description>A Life in Neuroscience Reveals the Life of Science</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-29-15-news.htm#n070515</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Michael Gazzaniga</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-29-15-podcast.htm#podcast070515</link>
<description>"We made the first observation and BAM there was the disconnection effect..."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-29-15-podcast.htm#podcast070515</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 208:  Michael Gazzaniga</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-29-15-podcast.htm#podcast070515update</link>
<description>Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-29-15-podcast.htm#podcast070515update</guid>
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<title>Neal Stephenson Crafts an Eden for 'Seveneves'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-22-15-news.htm#n062615</link>
<description>Blow It Up and Start All Over Again</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-22-15-news.htm#n062515</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Neal Stephenson</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-22-15-podcast.htm#podcast062615</link>
<description> "...and know that you're never going to se a tree again..."</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-22-15-podcast.htm#podcast062615</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 207: Neal Stephenson</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-22-15-podcast.htm#podcast062615update</link>
<description>Seveneves</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-22-15-podcast.htm#podcast062615update</guid>
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<title>Dan Simmons Opens 'The Fifth Heart'
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<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-01-15-news.htm#n060315</link>
<description>Having it Every Way</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-01-15-news.htm#n060315</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Dan Simmons</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-01-15-podcast.htm#podcast060315</link>
<description>"...yes, they really did bring those bombs..."</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-01-15-podcast.htm#podcast060315</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 206: Dan Simmons</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-01-15-podcast.htm#podcast060315update</link>
<description>The Fifth Heart</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/06-01-15-podcast.htm#podcast060315update</guid>
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<title>John Waters Gets 'Carsick'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-18-15-news.htm#n052315</link>
<description>Going His Way</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-18-15-news.htm#n052315</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with John Waters</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-18-15-podcast.htm#podcast052315</link>
<description>"...you change how you would be in real life...”</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 205: John Waters</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-18-15-podcast.htm#podcast052315update</link>
<description>Carsick</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-18-15-podcast.htm#podcast052315update</guid>
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<title>Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD and 'Shrinks'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-04-15-news.htm#n050915</link>
<description>A Most Fashionable Take on the Human Mind</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-04-15-news.htm#n050915</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-04-15-podcast.htm#podcast050915</link>
<description>"..its influence to be as hegemonic as it was..."</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-04-15-podcast.htm#podcast050915</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 204: Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-04-15-podcast.htm#podcast050915update</link>
<description>Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/05-04-15-podcast.htm#podcast050915update</guid>
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<title>Barney Frank is 'Frank'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-27-15-news.htm#n042915</link>
<description>Interpersonally Ours</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-27-15-news.htm#n042915</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Barney Frank</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-27-15-podcast.htm#podcast042915</link>
<description>"...while you're trying to change it, don't ignore it..."</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-27-15-podcast.htm#podcast042915</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 203: Barney Frank</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-27-15-podcast.htm#podcast042915update</link>
<description>Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-27-15-podcast.htm#podcast042915update</guid>
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<title>Kazuo Ishiguro Unearths 'The Buried Giant'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-20-15-news.htm#n042115</link>
<description>The Mist of Myth and Memory</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-20-15-news.htm#n042115</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-20-15-podcast.htm#podcast042115</link>
<description>".... by the time I was writing this novel, the lines between what was fantasy and what was real had blurred for me..."</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-20-15-podcast.htm#podcast042115</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 201: Kazuo Ishiguro</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-20-15-podcast.htm#podcast2115update</link>
<description>The Buried Giant</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-20-15-podcast.htm#podcast2115update</guid>
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<title>Erik Larson Follows a 'Dead Wake'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-news.htm#n041715</link>
<description>Countdown to Destiny</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-news.htm#n041715</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Erik Larson</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-podcast.htm#podcast041715</link>
<description>"...said to have been found in the arms of a dead German sailor..."</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-podcast.htm#podcast041715</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 201: Erik Larson</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-podcast.htm#podcast041715update</link>
<description>Dead Wake</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-podcast.htm#podcast041715update</guid>
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<title>Peter Bell Reflects 'A Certain Slant of Light'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-news.htm#n041515</link>
<description>Strange Stories of Modern Scholars</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-news.htm#n041515</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Interview with Peter Bell</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-podcast.htm#podcast041515</link>
<description>"...I looked up some of the old books..."</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-podcast.htm#podcast041515</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 200: Peter Bell</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-podcast.htm#podcast041515update</link>
<description>A Certain Slant of Light and Strange Epiphanies</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/04-13-15-podcast.htm#podcast041515update</guid>
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<title>Marc Goodman Foresees 'Future Crimes'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/03-09-15-news.htm#n031415</link>
<description>Exponential Potential</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/03-09-15-news.htm#n031415</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Marc Goodman</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/03-09-15-podcast.htm#podcast031415</link>
<description>"...every physical object around us is being transformed, one way or another, into an information technology..."</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/03-09-15-podcast.htm#podcast031415</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 199: Marc Goodman</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/03-09-15-podcast.htm#podcast031415update</link>
<description>Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/03-09-15-podcast.htm#podcast031415update</guid>
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<title>William Ury on Getting to Yes with Yourself: And Other Worthy Opponents</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-23-15-news.htm#n030115</link>
<description>To the BATNA, Robin!</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-23-15-news.htm#n030115</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with William Ury</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-23-15-podcast.htm#podcast030115</link>
<description>"...he proceeded to shout at me for approximately 30 minutes..."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-23-15-podcast.htm#podcast030115</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 198: William Ury</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-23-15-podcast.htm#podcast030115update</link>
<description>Getting to Yes with Yourself: And Other Worthy Opponents</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-23-15-podcast.htm#podcast030115update</guid>
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<title>Jennifer Senior Experiences 'All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-16-15-news.htm#n022215</link>
<description>Reading Fun for the Whole Fambly!</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-16-15-news.htm#n022215</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Interview with Jennifer Senior</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-16-15-podcast.htm#podcast022215</link>
<description> "...it becomes a source of enormous tension once a baby comes along..."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-16-15-podcast.htm#podcast022215</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 197: Jennifer Senior</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-16-15-podcast.htm#podcast022215update</link>
<description>All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-16-15-podcast.htm#podcast022215update</guid>
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<title>My Back Pages: Reading is Discovering</title>
<link>http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/02/17/my-back-pages-reading-is-discovering/</link>
<description>Great Writers With Great Back Catalogues</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/02/17/my-back-pages-reading-is-discovering/</guid>
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<title>Bookstores We Love Share the Books About Love They Love To Recommend</title>
<link>http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/02/14/bookstores-we-love-share-the-books-about-love-they-love-to-recommend/</link>
<description>Bay Area Bookstores Share Their Valentine's Day Picks</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/02/14/bookstores-we-love-share-the-books-about-love-they-love-to-recommend/</guid>
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<title>Now Playing… 50 Shades of Dave Barry</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/index.html#50shades</link>
<description>Dave Barry on the Book that "inspired" the film</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/index.html#50shades</guid>
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<title>Stewart O'Nan Looks 'West of Sunset'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-09-15-news.htm#n020915</link>
<description>Twilight of the Great</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-09-15-news.htm#n020915</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Stewart O'Nan</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-09-15-podcast.htm#podcast020915</link>
<description>"...we see him as a tragedian because is life is a tragedy..."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-09-15-podcast.htm#podcast020915</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 196: Stewart O'Nan</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-09-15-podcast.htm#podcast020915update</link>
<description>West of Sunset</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-09-15-podcast.htm#podcast020915update</guid>
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<title>Armistead Maupin Maps 'The Days of Anna Madrigal'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-02-15-news.htm#n020415</link>
<description>Swiftly Flow the Years</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-02-15-news.htm#n020415</guid>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Armistead Maupin</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-02-15-podcast.htm#podcast020415</link>
<description>"I could see what silliness was going on while it was happening..."</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-02-15-podcast.htm#podcast020415</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 195: Armistead Maupin</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-02-15-podcast.htm#podcast020415update</link>
<description>The Days of Anna Madrigal</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/02-02-15-podcast.htm#podcast020415update</guid>
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<item>
<title>Christine Carter's Path to 'The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-26-15-news.htm#n013115</link>
<description>Neurohabits</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-26-15-news.htm#n013115</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Interview with Christine Carter</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-26-15-podcast.htm#podcast013115</link>
<description>"...a real tipping point..."</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-26-15-podcast.htm#podcast013115</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 194: Christine Carter</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-26-15-podcast.htm#podcast013115update</link>
<description>The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-26-15-podcast.htm#podcast013115update
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<item>
<title>A 2014 Interview with Jake Halpern</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-podcast.htm#podcast012315</link>
<description>"...he goes to Las Vegas to this debt-buyers' convention..."</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-podcast.htm#podcast012315</guid>
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<item>
<title>Jake Halpern Pushes 'Bad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-news.htm#n012315</link>
<description>Non-Fiction 21st Century Noir</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-news.htm#n012315</guid>
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<item>
<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 193: Jake Halpern</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-podcast.htm#podcast012315update</link>
<description>Bad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-podcast.htm#podcast012315update</guid>
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<title>David Shields and Caleb Powell Assert 'I Think You're Totally Wrong'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-news.htm#n011915</link>
<description>The Power to Bicker</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-news.htm#n011915</guid>
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<item>
<title>A 2014 Interview with David Shields and Caleb Powell</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-podcast.htm#podcast011915</link>
<description>"I read no book reviews any more; the level of discussion is really pedestrian." David Shields  "I'm just saying it's a conflict of interest!"  Caleb Powell</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-podcast.htm#podcast011915</guid>
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<item>
<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 192: David Shields and Caleb Powell</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-podcast.htm#podcast011915update</link>
<description>I Think You're Totally Wrong</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-19-15-podcast.htm#podcast011915update</guid>
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<item>
<title>Charles Todd Expects 'A Fine Summer's Day'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-news.htm#n011715</link>
<description>We Interrupt This Program...</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>Charles Todd Engages In 'A Test of Wills'</title>
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<description>The Politics of Passion and Policing</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-news.htm#n0117152</guid>
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<item>
<title>A 2015 Interview with Charles and Caroline Todd</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-podcast.htm#podcast011715</link>
<description>"...let them be themselves and sort it out..." Caroline Todd "...it's more on a personal level..." Charles Todd</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-podcast.htm#podcast011715</guid>
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<item>
<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 191: Charles and Caroline Todd</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-podcast.htm#podcast011715update</link>
<description>A Fine Summer's Day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-podcast.htm#podcast011715update</guid>
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<item>
<title>Rosalie Parker Unearths 'The Old Knowledge'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-news.htm#n011315</link>
<description>The New Old World</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-news.htm#n011315</guid>
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<item>
<title>A 2014 interview with Ray Russell and Rosalie Parker</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-podcast.htm#podcast011315</link>
<description>"I thought I'd write something for fun.." Ray Russell "..there was a side of me of that was interested in the strangeness..." Ros Parker</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-podcast.htm#podcast011315</guid>
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<title>Richard Ford 'Let Me Be Frank with You'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-news.htm#n011215</link>
<description>The Default Years</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-news.htm#n011215</guid>
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<item>
<title>A 2014 Interview with Richard Ford</title>
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<description>"...most of our politicians are morons..."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-podcast.htm#podcast011215</guid>
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<item>
<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 190: Richard Ford</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-podcast.htm#podcast011215update</link>
<description>Let Me Be Frank with You</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-12-15-podcast.htm#podcast011215update</guid>
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<item>
<title>Bessel van der Kolk 'The Body Keeps the Score'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-05-15-news.htm#n010615</link>
<description>Human Trauma</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>A 2015 Interview with Bessel van der Kolk</title>
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<description>"...being able to see what happens in the brain really helps us to understand certain things..."</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-05-15-podcast.htm#podcast010615</guid>
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<item>
<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 189: Bessel van der Kolk</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-05-15-podcast.htm#podcast010615update</link>
<description>The Body Keeps the Score</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2015/01-05-15-podcast.htm#podcast010615update</guid>
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<item>
<title>Rebecca Lloyd Shows No 'Mercy'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-news.htm#n010315</link>
<description>"You humans are practiced executioners." Zanti Leader, The Outer Limits</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-news.htm#n010315</guid>
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<item>
<title>Audio Book Review: Rebecca Lloyd, Mercy and Other Stories</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-podcast.htm#podcast010315</link>
<description>"Our knives and monsters are ever ready, and as real as we need them to be."</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2015 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-podcast.htm#podcast010315</guid>
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<item>
<title>Kathy Freston 'Quantum Wellness'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-news.htm#n123014</link>
<description>Tipping Points</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-news.htm#n123014</guid>
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<item>
<title>Kathy Freston Embraces 'The Lean'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-news.htm#n122914</link>
<description>Series of Successive Approximations</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-news.htm#n122914</guid>
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<item>
<title>A 2014 Interview with Kathy Freston</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-podcast.htm#podcast122914</link>
<description>"...visualize how you'd like your life to look..."</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-podcast.htm#podcast122914</guid>
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<item>
<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 188: Kathy Freston</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-podcast.htm#podcast122914update</link>
<description>Quantum Wellness, Veganist and The Lean</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-29-14-podcast.htm#podcast122914update</guid>
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<item>
<title>Mark Samuels 'Written in Darkness'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-15-14-news.htm#n121914</link>
<description>Sinkholes of Despair</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-15-14-news.htm#n121914</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Audio Review of 'Written in Darkness' by Mark Smuels</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-15-14-podcast.htm#podcast121714</link>
<description>"This is an abyss that is not content to merely gaze back."</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-15-14-podcast.htm#podcast121914</guid>
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<item>
<title>Christopher Hobbs and Leslie Gardner 'Grow It, Heal It'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-15-14-news.htm#n121614</link>
<description>Natural and Effective Herbal Remedies from Your Garden or Windowsill</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-15-14-news.htm#n121614</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Interview with Christopher Hobbs</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-15-14-podcast.htm#podcast121614</link>
<description>"I want to integrate both the traditional uses and the traditional wisdom and knowledge and experience with modern science."</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-15-14-podcast.htm#podcast121614</guid>
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<item>
<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 187: Christopher Hobbs</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-15-14-podcast.htm#podcast121614update</link>
<description>Grow it, Heal It: Natural and Effective Herbal Remedies from Your Garden or Windowsill</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-15-14-podcast.htm#podcast121614update</guid>
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<title>Tad Williams Is Caught 'Sleeping Late on Judgment Day'
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<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-08-14-news.htm#n120914</link>
<description>As Below, So Above</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-08-14-news.htm#n120914</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Interview with Tad Williams</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-08-14-podcast.htm#podcast120914</link>
<description>"...Heaven and Hell couldn't be an open, on-going dramatic conflict; it would be more like the Cold War."</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-08-14-podcast.htm#podcast120914</guid>
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<item>
<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 186: Tad Williams</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-08-14-podcast.htm#podcast120914update</link>
<description>Sleeping Late on Judgment Day</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-08-14-podcast.htm#podcast120914update</guid>
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<item>
<title>Anne Rice Crowns 'Prince Lestat'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-news.htm#n120414</link>
<description>A Unified Theory of Vampires</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-news.htm#n120414</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Interview with Anne Rice</title>
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<description>"I have to woo him..."</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-podcast.htm#podcast120414</guid>
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<item>
<title>Andrew Michael Hurley Returns from 'The Loney'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-podcast.htm#n120314</link>
<description>A Matter of Faith</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-podcast.htm#n120314</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 185: Anne Rice</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-podcast.htm#podcast120314update</link>
<description>Prince Lestat</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-podcast.htm#podcast120314update</guid>
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<title>Four Books With Alan Cheuse</title>
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<description>: Maureen Corrigan So We Read On, Casey Walker Last Days in Shanghai, Ron Rash Something Rich and Strange, Nicholson Baker Traveling Sprinkler</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-podcast.htm#podcast120314</guid>
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<title>Back to Darkness</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-news.htm#n120114</link>
<description>Re-Visiting 'Darkscapes'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-news.htm#n120114</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Interview with Anne-Sylvie Salzman</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-podcast.htm#podcast120114</link>
<description>"You really have to enter a world and it's not some kind of guided tour."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/12-01-14-podcast.htm#podcast120114</guid>
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<title>William Gibson Connects 'The Peripheral'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/11-17-14-news.htm#n112214</link>
<description>Time Life Books</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/11-17-14-news.htm#n112214</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Interview with William Gibson-All</title>
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<description>"...recalibrate my yardstick of weirdness..."</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/11-17-14-podcast.htm#podcast1122141</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Interview with William Gibson-Interview and Reading Excerpt</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/11-17-14-podcast.htm#podcast11221412</link>
<description>"...recalibrate my yardstick of weirdness..."</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/11-17-14-podcast.htm#podcast11221412</guid>
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<title>A 2014 Interview with William Gibson-First Chapter Reading</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/11-17-14-podcast.htm#podcast11221413</link>
<description>The Peripheral, Chapter One</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/11-17-14-podcast.htm#podcast11221413</guid>
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<title>Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 184: William Gibson</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2014/11-17-14-podcast.htm#podcast112214update</link>
<description>The Peripheral</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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