Episodes

  • Episode 724: Sara Reish Desmond
    Aug 19 2025

    Author Sara Reish Desmond joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut short story collection What We Might Become.

    To learn more about Sara Reish Desmond, visit her official website.

    This episode is sponsored by Accountability Workshops' Fall Writing Camp, The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes, and Libro.fm.

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    45 mins
  • Friday Morning Coffee: Robert W. Fieseler
    Aug 15 2025

    In honor of today's guest and subject matter, host Caitlin Malcuit talks about what author and journalist Robert W. Fieseler might call "the Floridafication" of the United States and how minority rights are still under attack in the Sunshine State.

    Then, Fieseler returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book American Scare: Florida's Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives.

    To learn more about Robert W. Fieseler, visit his official website and listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 362. Also read his column in The Tampa Bay Times about the 1951 murder of Harry T. Moore, president of the Florida Conference of the NAACP.

    This episode is sponsored by Accountability Workshops' Fall Writing Camp, The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes, and Libro.fm.

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    57 mins
  • Episode 723: Finding Emotional Courage With Dave Patterson
    Aug 12 2025

    Author Dave Patterson (Soon All the Light Will Be Perfect) returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his short story collection Euphoria.

    To learn more about Dave Patterson, visit his official website or listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 353. Also stop by his Euphoria book event, emceed by Richard Russo, at Print: A Bookstore in Portland, Maine, on Aug. 12 from 7 - 8 p.m.

    This episode is sponsored by Accountability Workshops' Fall Writing Camp, The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes, and Libro.fm.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 722: C.M. Kushins
    Aug 5 2025

    Author C.M. Kushins (Nothing’s Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon, Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Cooler Than Cool: The Life and Work of Elmore Leonard.

    This episode is sponsored by The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes and Libro.fm.

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    48 mins
  • Friday Morning Coffee: Dheepa R. Maturi
    Aug 1 2025

    Host Caitlin Malcuit discusses the "chop and drop" gardening method and how new insights into how erosion fosters river creation could aid in river restoration and rehabilitation.

    Then, author Dheepa R. Maturi joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her eco-thriller 108.

    To learn more about Dheepa R. Maturi, visit her official website.

    This episode is sponsored by The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes and Libro.fm.

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    27 mins
  • Episode 721: Claudette Sabbag
    Jul 29 2025

    Local Reading, Mass., author Claudette Sabbag chats with Daniel Ford at the Writer's Collaborative Learning Center about her debut novel Deer in the Road.

    This episode is sponsored by The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes and Libro.fm.

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    34 mins
  • Episode 720: Sally Quinn
    Jul 22 2025

    Legendary Washington Post journalist and columnist, Washington D.C. insider, and author Sally Quinn joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her latest novel Silent Retreat.

    To learn more about Sally Quinn, visit her official website. Also read her Washington Post column about her husband Ben Bradlee's struggle with Alzheimer's.

    This episode is sponsored by The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes and Libro.fm.

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    46 mins
  • Friday Morning Coffee: Allison King
    Jul 18 2025

    On the latest Friday Morning Coffee episode, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses Pura Belpré, New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian.

    Author Allison King then chats with Daniel Ford about her debut The Phoenix Pencil Company.

    To learn more about Allison King, visit her official website. Also catch her at Porter Square Books on July 24.

    This episode is sponsored by The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes and Libro.fm.

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    25 mins