Writer's Bone

Writer's Bone

Aspiring writers, best-selling scribes, and award-winning screenwriters confront existential dread and writing angst! A podcast for the conversationalist.

Episodes

July 29, 2025 34 mins

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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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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July 18, 2025 25 mins

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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July 15, 2025 31 mins

Author Peter Swanson (The Kind Worth Killing, Eight Perfect Murders) returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book Kill Your Darlings.

To learn more about Peter Swanson, visit his official website. Also listen to our preview interviews with the author in Episode 410 and Episode 279

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

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July 8, 2025 36 mins

Author Michelle Huneven (Search, Off Course) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her latest novel Bug Hollow.

To learn more about Michelle Huneven, visit her official website.

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July 1, 2025 52 mins

Author and historian Greg Grandin (The Empire of Necessity, Fordlandia, Empire’s Workshop) joins Daniel Ford to discuss his latest book America, América: A New History of the New World.

To learn more about Greg Grandin, visit his official website.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm.

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June 27, 2025 37 mins

Author and journalist Rachel Slade talks with Caitlin Malcuit and Daniel Ford about her book Making It in America: The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A. (And How It Got That Way), which is now out in paperback.

To learn more about Rachel Slade, visit her official website.

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Best-selling author Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her latest book Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings.

To learn more about Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, visit her official website.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm.

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June 17, 2025 32 mins

Author Ivy Pochoda (Sing Her Down, These Women) joins Daniel Ford to discuss her novel Ecstasy, out now from G.P. Putnam's Sons.

To learn more about Ivy Pochoda, visit her official website. Also watch her appearance on "CBS Saturday Morning."

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June 13, 2025 44 mins

Host Caitlin Malcuit discusses sports betting in America with guest co-host Scott Cassell.

Then, author and journalist John W. Miller joins Daniel Ford to chat about his book The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball.

To learn more about John W. Miller, visit his official website.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm.

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June 10, 2025 46 mins

Author Jess Walter returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his new novel So Far Gone, out now from Harper.

To learn more about Jess Walter, visit his official website. Also listen to our previous interviews with the author in Episode 537 and Episode 452.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm.

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June 3, 2025 49 mins

Author John Kenney joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his novel I See You've Called in Dead

To learn more about John Kenney, read his work with The New Yorker.

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On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses The Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania launching a $5 million solar energy initiative, billed as "the largest solar energy project in Sylvania and one of the largest for a non-profit organization in Northwest Ohio."

Author and Science correspondent Lizzie Wade then joins Daniel Ford to chat about her book Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Fo...

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May 27, 2025 37 mins

Author and journalist Suzanne Cope joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis.

To learn more about Suzanne Cope, visit her official website.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm.

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May 20, 2025 38 mins

Author Andrew Porter joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his latest novel The Imagined Life

To learn more about Andrew Porter, visit his official website.

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Host Caitlin Malcuit discusses New York committing to universal school meals in its next budget...and the federal budget cuts that will affect meal programs across the country. 

Author Tom McAllister then joins Daniel Ford to chat about his essay collection It All Felt Impossible

To learn more about Tom McAllister, visit his official website.

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May 13, 2025 45 mins

Author and journalist Steve Oney joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR.

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May 6, 2025 43 mins

Author and journalist Elon Green (Last Call) returns to the show and talks with Daniel Ford about his latest book The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York.

To learn more about Elon Green, visit his official website. Also listen to our previous interview with the author and read his guest essay in The New York Times titled "Why Should I Change My Name? He’s the Problem."

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Friday Morning Coffee host Caitlin Malcuit discusses the budget shortfalls facing libraries and how intrepid library lovers can support their local library by running a lemonade stand (with the help of For the People). As FTP's website suggests: "When life gives you book bans, let's make lemonade!"

Sophie Gilbert, author and staff writer for The Atlantic, then joins Daniel Ford to discuss her book Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turn...

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April 29, 2025 46 mins

Author Annie Harnett (Rabbit Cake, Unlikely Animals) returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about her latest novel The Road to Tender Hearts, out now from Ballantine Books.

To learn more about Annie Hartnett, visit her official website. Also listen to our past conversations with the author in Episode 527 and Episode 262.

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