Weird Era
Dedicated to asking authors the right questions.
Episodes
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Episode 107: Weird Era feat. Laurie Woolever
March 28th, 2025 | Season 1 | 46 mins 18 secs
#anthonybourdain, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #careandfeeling, #lauriewoolever, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Alex sits down with Laurie Woolever to talk about how she deals with the imposing shadow of being the last assistant to the late Anthony Bourdain, her new memoir Care and Feeding, 90s food trends, excess, food cities, and much more.
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Episode 106: Weird Era feat. Andrew Lipstein
March 21st, 2025 | Season 1 | 46 mins 50 secs
#andrewlipstein, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #somethingrotten, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
This week, Alex is joined by Andrew Lipstein to discuss his latest novel, Something Rotten, models of masculinity, Danish VS American politics, whether or not truth is subjective, why shaving your head feels like an extreme act, and so much more
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Episode 105: Weird Era feat. Haley Mlotek
March 14th, 2025 | Season 1 | 41 mins 55 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore, #haleymlotek, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #nofault, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Haley Mlotek about her divorce memoir, the enduring appeal of marriage, the persistent social stigma of divorce, the relationship between glamour and divorced women, and even asks—would Haley get married again?
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Episode 104: Weird Era feat. Torrey Peters
March 7th, 2025 | Season 1 | 55 mins 8 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #stagdance, #torreypeters, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Torrey Peters returns to the podcast to talk with Sruti about being, "too woke" vs being annoying, to interrogate a commitment to finite definitions of personhood, inner rivalry in a collectively oppressed tribe, and so much more.
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Episode 103: Weird Era feat. Lauren Elkin
December 6th, 2024 | Season 1 | 47 mins 24 secs
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Sruti talks to Lauren Elkin about intimacy, the eternal haunting of physical spaces, psychoanalytic terms, how feminism can save men, and more.
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Episode 101: Weird Era feat. Fawn Parker
November 29th, 2024 | Season 1 | 36 mins 39 secs
#alexnierenhausen, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #canadianlit, #canlit, #fawnparker, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #srutiislam, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Alex is joined by Fawn Parker to discuss her latest novel, Hi, It's Me, how grief and humour relate, writing poetry VS writing a novel, experiencing the natural world as a city kid, and why PHD students are not (always) sexy.
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Episode 102: Weird Era feat. Sofia Ajram
November 25th, 2024 | Season 1 | 46 mins 10 secs
#alexnierenhausen, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #canadianlit, #canlit, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #sofiaajram, #srutiislam, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Alex sits down with author and artist Sofia Ajram this week to discuss their novella, Coup De Grâce, urban legends, queer tragedies, mental health struggles as body horror, and our favourite Montreal metro stations.
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Episode 100: Weird Era 100th Episode!
November 22nd, 2024 | Season 1 | 57 mins 47 secs
#100th, #alexnierenhausen, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #canadianlit, #canlit, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #srutiislam, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
In celebration of our 100th episode, Alex and Sruti reflect on just a few of their favourite conversations throughout the years.
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Episode 99: Weird Era feat. Nora Lange
November 15th, 2024 | Season 1 | 39 mins 28 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #norajeanlange, #usfools, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Nora Lange about horny parents, how revenge is a desperate mode of imitation, mythology, bodies, femininity, and asks: where are the eyes?
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Episode 98: Weird Era feat. Kevin Lambert
November 8th, 2024 | Season 1 | 51 mins 3 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #kevinlambert, #lit, #literary, #mayourjoyendure, #montreallit, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Kevin Lambert about the montreal housing crisis, female ambition, how the shape of our spaces define our lived experiences, and writing from the perspective of the, "bad guys."
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Episode 97: Weird Era feat. Kristen Felicetti
November 1st, 2024 | Season 1 | 46 mins 57 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #kristenfelicetti, #lit, #literary, #livejournal, #logoff, #montreallit, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Kristen Felicetti about writers who started off as livejournal girlies, what it is about music that can evoke a feeling never really experienced, Fiona Apple, Queer culture in the 2000s, and much more.
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Episode 96: Weird Era feat. Jeff VanderMeer
October 25th, 2024 | Season 1 | 40 mins 22 secs
#absolution, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #jeffvandermeer, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #weirderapodcast
Alex chats with Jeff VanderMeer about Absolution, the surprise fourth volume in his Southern Reach series, how it feels to return to Area X ten years later, pushing his readers, environmentalism, and magic mushrooms!
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Episode 95: Weird Era feat. Kenzie Allen
October 18th, 2024 | Season 1 | 54 mins 41 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #cloudmissives, #kenzieallen, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
This week, Alex sits down with Haudenosaunee poet Kenzie Allen to discuss her debut poetry collection Cloud Missives, movement in poetry, Disney's problematic portrayal of Indigenous characters, the search for identity, and love poems about crabs.
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Episode 94: Weird Era feat. Charlotte Shane
October 11th, 2024 | Season 1 | 52 mins 50 secs
#anhonestwoman, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #charlotteshane, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #sexwork, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Charlotte about loving cis-hetero men, being worshipped as a woman, sex work and Libra-ness, Britney Spears, and much more.
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Episode 93: Weird Era feat. Danzy Senna
October 4th, 2024 | Season 1 | 53 mins 33 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #coloredtelevision, #danzysenna, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Danzy Senna about selling out, the insatiable appetite of Hollywood, solitude in marriage, and more.
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Episode 92: Weird Era feat. Rumaan Alam
September 27th, 2024 | Season 1 | 40 mins 28 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #entitlement, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #rumaanalaam, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
This week, Alex sits down with Rumaan Alam to discuss real estate, where wealth and religion overlap, whether artists can ever truly be in competition with each other, and more.