Episodes
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Episode 34: Jody Seaborn on Ulysses
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
You know you should read James Joyce's Ulysses. But do you want to read it? Yes, yes you do. Or you will, after you hear Lance and L.B. interview journalist and master of English literature Jody Seaborn about the Irish masterpiece.
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Episode 33: Jason Neulander on Dostoevsky's Demons
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Theater and film impresario Jason Neulander discusses his favorite book, Dostoevsky's masterpiece Demons. What has a novel of violent revolution set in 19th Century Russia to teach us about the United States in the 21st Century?
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Episode 32: Olive Balla on Code Murder
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Writer Olive Balla returns to talk to Lance and L.B. about her latest crime thriller, Code Murder, as well as her previous works.
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Episode 31: Robert Faires on Something Wicked This Way Comes
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Lance and L.B. welcome Austin Chronicle arts editor and Texas legend Robert Faires to discuss a book he's loved since he was a kid: Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Episode 30: Jody Seaborn on Tristram Shandy
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Arts and entertainment editor and book critic Jody Seaborn comes on board to discuss the Lawrence Stern masterpiece The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. It’s a pre-modern postmodern novel of wit, style, humor and feeling.
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Episode 29: Beth Burns on Arden of Faversham
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
The astonishing woman of the theater Beth Burns leads Lance and L.B. through the history and meaning of Arden of Faversham, an Elizabethan true-crime tragicomedy likely penned, at least in part, by none other than William Shakespeare.
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Episode 28: Owen Egerton on Breakfast of Champions
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Author, comic, filmmaker, showman and genius Owen Egerton comes on board for a live interview about Kurt Vonnegut's novel Breakfast of Champions.
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Episode 27: L.B. Deyo on The God-Damn Fool
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Guest hosts David Moses Fruchter and W. Joe Hoppe interview L.B. Deyo about his novel, The God-Damn Fool.
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Episode 26: Web Jerome on A Song of Ice and Fire
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Austin stage star Web Jerome shares her obsession with George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, the books that inspired the HBO show Game of Thrones.
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
Episode 25: Kaci Beeler on her plays
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
Kaci Beeler isn't one to limit herself to a genre, a medium, or a subject. Lance and L.B. had her on to discuss her plays, including Killer Girls and Subject to Control, but inevitably the interview touched on her painting, her design, her acting, improvisation, direction, and much more.