Weird Era
Dedicated to asking authors the right questions.
Displaying items 1-10 of 32 in total of Weird Era with the tag "#weirdera".
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Episode 119: Weird Era feat. Zadie Smith
October 24th, 2025 | 48 mins 34 secs
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Sruti talks to Zadie Smith about personal moral failings, the different roles required for revolution, middle age, her continued proclivity to insist, optimism and despair — and how “this is a cheery podcast."
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Episode 118: Weird Era feat. Erin Somers
October 17th, 2025 | 41 mins 13 secs
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Sruti talks to Erin Somers about middle aged affairs, asks if everyone has a secret life, writing a novel, and why a man asking to have a baby with you is like, the most erotic thing, ever.
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Episode 117: Weird Era feat. Jason Purcell
October 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
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In this special episode, Jame (@gay__writes) sits down with Jason Purcell to trace the poetics of illness: a body co-authored by medicine, the ecology of care, queer survival inside the architecture of harm, and the quiet politics of rest.
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Episode 116: Weird Era feat. Amie Barrodale
September 12th, 2025 | 33 mins 38 secs
#amiebarrodale, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #trip, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Amie Barrodale about life after death, motherhood (related), and more specifically Grade A Mom's vs Grade B Mom's, and the intuitive pull of writing.
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Episode 115: Weird Era feat. Vincenzo Latronico
September 5th, 2025 | 44 mins 22 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #perfection, #vincenzolatronico, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Vincenzo Latronico about his novel Perfection, recreating masterpieces, the specificity of Berlin for a millennial generation, and how we need to strive for perfection.
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Episode 114: Weird Era feat. Ocean Vuong
May 16th, 2025 | Season 1 | 47 mins 58 secs
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This week, Alex speaks with Ocean Vuong about his latest novel, The Emperor of Gladness, second chances, open endings, Karl Marx, found family, and what Febreeze commercials tell us about the current state of capitalism.
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Episode 113: Weird Era feat. Curtis McRae
May 9th, 2025 | Season 1 | 37 mins 42 secs
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Sruti talks to Curtis McRae about his debut collection of short stories, Montreal (romance! a thriving literary scene!), if everybody loves, and more.
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Episode 112: Weird Era feat. Adelaide Faith
May 1st, 2025 | Season 1 | 36 mins 55 secs
#adelaidefaith, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #happinessforever, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Adelaide Faith about her debut novel Happiness Forever, if being so raw is what makes it hard to preserve happiness, how crying locates personhood, and how to define a small, medium, and large life.
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Episode 111: Weird Era feat. Adam Ross
April 25th, 2025 | Season 1 | 47 mins 48 secs
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Sruti talks to Adam Ross about publishing fiction set in a Reagan Era in the midst of a Trump era, what it means to come up with a language for your life, and why you should never marry the love of your life.
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Episode 110: Weird Era feat. Amanda Leduc
April 18th, 2025 | Season 1 | 47 mins 23 secs
#amandaleduc, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast, #widlife
Alex is joined by Amanda Leduc to discuss her latest novel, Wild Life, disability in storytelling, the foundations of religion, listening for change, and how the animal kingdom can subvert our thoughts when we talk about gender.