Weird Era
Dedicated to asking authors the right questions.
Displaying Episode 11 - 20 of 27 in total of Weird Era with the tag “#weirdera”.
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Episode 104: Weird Era feat. Torrey Peters
March 7th, 2025 | Season 1 | 55 mins 8 secs
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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 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 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.
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Episode 91: Weird Era feat. Monica Datta
September 20th, 2024 | Season 1 | 48 mins 46 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #monicadatta, #montreallit, #thievingsun, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Monica Datta about last words, a need for closure, what Desi parents constitute as a, "really good North American," and how everyone in your MFA program is seeing the same Lacanian therapist.
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Episode 89: Weird Era feat. Tony Tulathimutte
August 30th, 2024 | Season 1 | 43 mins 35 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #rejection, #tonytulathimutte, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Tony Tulathimutte about Rejection, abjection, being very online, his least favourite character in the book, and the difference between embarrassment and shame.