The Bat Segundo Show was a long-running cultural radio program devoted to quirky and very thorough long-form interviews with contemporary authors, idiosyncratic thinkers, and other assorted artists. Guests included David Lynch, Octavia Butler, John Waters, John Updike, Stephen Fry, Marilynne Robinson, Karen Russell, Weird Al Yankovic, Robert A. Caro, and more than 500 others. There was also a program called Follow Your Ears, which was a thematic investigative counterpart, in which I pursued a specific subject through several angles. The entire archive of what I did from 2005 to 2014 is included here.
Fiction
Paul Harding (BSS #364)
Paul Harding is most recently the author of Tinkers. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Tinging with Mingus and tinkering with Tinkers. Author: Paul Harding Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: We were talking before all this about the idea of novels and whether or not they can actually serve as a handbook for life. […]
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MoreYiyun Li (BSS #363)
Yiyun Li is most recently the author of Gold Boy, Emerald Girl. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Confusing golden boys with golden tickets. Author: Yiyun Li Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Li: The way I look at fiction is that the most dramatic moments do not come from physical or real dramas, but from […]
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MoreAndrew Ervin (BSS #361)
Andrew Ervin is most recently the author of Extraordinary Renditions. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Contemplating alternative forms of freedom. Author: Andrew Ervin Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Ervin: What else do we have but politics to write about? Ultimately. Whether it’s on a personal level or a cultural level or a national level, […]
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MoreMatthew Sharpe II (BSS #358)
Matthew Sharpe is most recently the author of You Were Wrong. He previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #132. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Abandoning the animal experiment. Author: Matthew Sharpe Subjects Discussed: [The truth of the matter is that there doesn’t appear to be enough time in the day for me to summarize subjects […]
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MoreScarlett Thomas II (BSS #357)
Scarlett Thomas is most recently the author of Our Tragic Universe. Ms. Thomas previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #117. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Unusually pedantic about modifiers. Author: Scarlett Thomas Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: I wanted to address one review. Jessa Crispin in The Smart Set. She said, “Well, […]
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MoreMary Robinette Kowal (BSS #356)
Mary Robinette Kowal is most recently the author of Shades of Milk and Honey. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Confusing magic with milkshakes. Author: Mary Robinette Kowal Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: I wanted to start with the specific language in this book. The specific Jane Austen template that you laid out. You […]
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MoreAllegra Goodman (BSS #355)
Allegra Goodman is most recently the author of The Cookbook Collector. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Confusing cookbooks with novels. Author: Allegra Goodman Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: Jonathan’s dialogue is so reflective of Sergey Brin. I mean, he says things like “Introduce me. I’m serious.” Very Star Trek-like in his dialogue. Goodman: […]
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MorePrince of Broadway & Adam Langer II (BSS #354)
Sean Baker is the director and co-writer (among other things) of Prince of Broadway. Darren Dean is the producer and co-writer of that same film. Adam Langer is most recently the author of Thieves of Manhattan. He previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #175. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Searching for princes and publishing insiders. […]
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