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Please direct all inquires concerning booking guests, advertising, messages to Mr. Segundo, and the like to
Edward Champion. Please note that while we return all email (eventually), because of the unique and heavily researched nature of these interviews, it is impossible to interview everybody. Although we certainly do our best.
You can also send books, materials, fan mail, and other assorted materials to:
Edward Champion
The Bat Segundo Show
315 Flatbush Ave., #231
Brooklyn, NY 11217
A Recent Portrait of Mr. Segundo
The above portrait was taken sometime in 2006, when someone made the mistake of inviting Bat Segundo to a party. Since then, his public appearances have been very rare. But he does sometimes come out of his Motel 6 room.
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Largehearted Boy
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Jonathan Ames
"Wow, do I tell him things I wouldn't expect to say in an interview. He's that good. It's the closest I've come to being on
Inside the Actors Studio."
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Pamela Ribon
"You're very observant. You read it very closely."
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Ursula Hegi
"Very seldom do I get to say all these things, because I'm not asked about them. And I appreciate your asking."
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Alison Bechdel
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Naomi Wolf
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Professor Fury
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Gina Frangello
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Linda Richards
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Mark Sarvas
"That should have been my first warning. When you first said, I’ll give you a softball question, like, there’s going to be a hardball? But what?"
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Callie Miller
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Matt Cheney
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Ron Hogan
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Edward Champion
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Jean
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Brian Crane
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The Written Nerd
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Try Harder
"I love him for his pitch-perfect, insightful questions. He's really a good interviewer. His conversations are like those I wish I could have with the authors I meet, but I can never find the right words to say."
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Brian
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Corey Redekop
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Shows #81-100
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What is the Bat Segundo Show?
A podcast hosted by Bat Segundo that involves in-depth interviews with the writers and literary folks of our time.
The show is updated (ideally) every week and sometimes every two weeks.
Why is Bat Segundo So Rude?
No one can really say. Mr. Segundo is a man who feels passionately about many of the issues of our time and has decided that constant complaining is a better strategy than confronting his issues head on.
Since Mr. Segundo has eschewed twelve-step programs and sundry forms of therapy, his only remedy is any alcohol or floozy that might be in close proximity.
Does This Bat Segundo Have Anything to Do with the "Bat Segundo" in David Mitchell's Ghostwritten?
Absolutely not. Mr. Segundo is honored that David Mitchell might be a fan. But Mr. Mitchell's depiction of Mr. Segundo was wholly inaccurate. For one thing, he would never take a call from a conspiracy theorist. And Mr. Segundo has never set foot in New York because he fears that he might be mugged.
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[...] Ed has been doing some really great shows lately, including today’s…wait for it…JOHN UPDIKE. Reader, Run. [...]
Wow! Congratulations on this. I can’t wait to listen.
What a great interview! Thanks for your email. I’ll be using this site to inform my new reading choices!
[...] The Bat Segundo Show #50 - John UpdikeCondition of Mr. Segundo: Defending himself against obnoxious talk show hosts and ready to move on. [...]
Great Interview. Congratulations on your YAHOO pick of the week award!!!!! That is definitely cool as hell. And congratulations on reaching podcast #50. You have great production values. I hereby deem the Bat Segundo COOL AS HELL!!!
[...] I seem to be suffering from outrage burnout, along with a serious case of feeling overdosed on media attention to the upcoming elections. I’ve actually turned back toward my original interest in life, literature, which has been wonderfully refreshing. Hence, I am recommending this interview with John Updike wherein, coincidentally, he discusses the tragedy of 9-11 as portrayed in his latest novel, Terrorist, set in the post 9-11 world and focusing on a young Arab-American living in New Jersey. He also talks about a wide variety of other things, renewing my appreciation for literary figures and their more comprehensive and contemplative understanding of things. [...]
[...] “Who knew Joyce Carol Oates would be so funny?” That’s the lede by a bemused staff writer for The Beacon News, who apparently isn’t aware of Oates’ long history of dark comedies and mysteries, often occluded by the literary stature most people attach to her. I’m getting really tired of the generalization that anyone who is considered “literary” is incapable of being funny. One of the great joys in talking with John Updike was being able to reveal that, contrary to the way people reacted to his BEA fulminations, the guy was a jester. For those who insist that Oates is “too serious” because she turns out too many books or Updike is “stiff” because he expresses his concerns about digital books, I wonder how you can seriously suggest that authors who regularly delight us with their sentences and who express their great powers of invention are without a sense of humor. It takes a certain off-kilter person to become a writer. It takes an even more idiosyncratic person to stick with it and become successful, whether through sales or reputation. Anyone contending with multiple paychecks of varying dollar amount arriving in their mailbox at strange intervals has to have a sense of humor about it, if they want to keep pushing forward. [...]
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