New radio conversations with Nicholson Baker, Jesmyn Ward, Daniel Woodrell, Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell (The Room), and Kathryn Davis!

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Nicholson Baker

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Nicholson Baker returns to our program to discuss Traveling Sprinkler, the many parallels between Baker and Paul Chowder. There are vivacious arguments for and against Robin Thicke, a lively dialectic on Algebra 2 as an educational requirement, and a vital discussion on alternative names for certain anatomical organs. (78 mins.)

Jesmyn Ward

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In the aftermath of Trayvon Martin, why do so many young black men continue to die? Why are we doomed to repeat a savage American cycle? Jesmyn Ward’s new memoir, Men We Reaped, tries to answer this dilemma by looking into how five needless deaths, including her own brother's, informed her own life. Our 40 minute conversation looks into how stories can get people to care, enduring racism, defending yourself, and why mediocre white culture keeps getting a pass. (43 mins.)

Southern Voices, Fictional Chowder, and the Multiverse

The Bat Segundo Show, the long-running cultural radio program devoted to informed, in-person, and in-depth conversations with today's authors and idiosyncratic thinkers, has five new shows that you can listen to for free!

This latest quartet includes a rare long-form conversation with acclaimed writer Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter's Bone and the man who created "country noir," which covers his entire career.

National Book Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward reveals how five needless deaths, including her own brother, informed her own life.

Nicholson Baker returns to our program to discuss his fictional hero Paul Chowder. This rip-roaring 78 minute conversation features vivacious arguments for and against Robin Thicke, gets into a lively dialectic over Baker's recent Harper's essay arguing against Algebra II, and includes a vital discussion on alternative names for certain anatomical organs.

And then there's the marvelous Kathryn Davis, who met with us in Central Park to talk about her provocative new novel Duplex. Our conversation bounces around Leibniz's notion of the multivese, the intersection of religion and technology, and how a fluid fictional universe creates new possibilities in life.

The Room is widely considered to be one of the worst movies ever made. Ten years after its release, we talk with actor Greg Sestero and journalist Tom Bissell about mysterious auteur Tommy Wiseau and the movie's unanticipated debt to Patricia Highsith.

And if these five shows aren't enough for you, there are also more than 500 additional conversations with some of the sharpest and sexiest minds alive that you can enjoy in our archive!

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Kathryn Davis

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Life and narrative both require resolution. But when we stick to our conclusive guns, what do we give up in knowing other people? Kathryn Davis has dared to answer these questions in her provocative new novel, Duplex, and our conversation bounces around Leibniz’s notion of the multiverse, the intersection of religion and technology, and how a fluid fictional universe creates new possibilities in life. (63 mins.)

Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell (The Room)

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The Room is widely considered to be one of the worst films ever made. Yet ten years after its release, it is a cultural phenomenon and has even inspired a video game. We talk with Greg Sestero (Mark from The Room) and Tom Bisssell, co-authors of The Disaster Artist, and probe into director Tommy Wiseau’s mysterious past. discussing the film’s unanticipated debt to Patricia Highsmith and the terror of shooting extremely long and extremely troubling sex scenes. (35 mins.)

Daniel Woodrell

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In this rare long form interview, acclaimed author Daniel Woodrell discusses how William Kennedy’s novels provided inspiration for The Maid's Version, Ozark vernacular, what people get wrong about stew, how one can know all of humanity by living in a small town, Tony Danza’s boxing skills, film noir, avoiding tough guy cliches, and his experience as a Marine. (50 mins.)

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