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

December 19, 2025 31 mins

Caitlin Malcuit reheats some of her favorite Friday Morning Coffee conversations from 2025 and finishes up her eighth year (!) as our host.

Author Tamar Shapiro then joins Daniel Ford to chat about her novel Restitution

To learn more about Tamar Shapiro, visit her official website

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

 

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Author and Academy Award-nominee Julian Brave NoiseCat joins Daniel Ford on the final show of 2025 to discuss his book We Survived the Night and his documentary film "Sugarcane." 

To learn more about Julian Brave Noise Cat, visit his official website.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

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December 9, 2025 41 mins

Author Alafair Burke (The Wife, Find Me, The Better Sister) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book The Note, now available in paperback. 

To learn more about Alafair Burke, visit her official website

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

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On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses AI's continued encroachment into the music business and Warner Music Group's licensing deal with a tech start up Suno that will likely lead to AI-generated music sourced from artists who opt-in. Sounds above board and nonexploitative to us! 

Then author Sarah Curtis joins Daniel Ford to chat about her memoir, Daughter of a Song, and her father, the legendary Sonny ...

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December 2, 2025 31 mins

Author R.L. Maizes (Other People's Pets, We Love Anderson Cooper) returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel A Complete Fiction

To learn more about R.L. Maizes, visit her official website. Also listen to our interviews with the author in Episode 376 and Friday Morning Coffee.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

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November 25, 2025 36 mins

Author Gina Chung (Sea Change) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her short story collection Green Frog

To learn more about Gina Chung, visit her official website.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

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On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses Seth Gordon's new book Crossroads in the American Theatre, which explores the current state of the U.S. nonprofit theatre movement.

Then, author Robert M. Dowling (Eugene O'Neill: A Life in Four Acts, Slumming in New York: From the Waterfront to Mythic Harlem) chats with Daniel Ford about his book Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard.

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November 18, 2025 50 mins

Author Yael van der Wouden joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her Booker Award-nominated novel The Safekeep.

To learn more about Yael van der Wouden, visit her official website.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

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November 11, 2025 56 mins

Craig Thomas, co-creator of "How I Met Your Mother" and co-host of the podcast "How We Made Your Mother," joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his debut novel That's Not How It Happened.

To learn more about Craig Thomas, follow him on Instagram. Also listen to our interview with Carter Bays in Episode 534.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

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November 7, 2025 27 mins

In this edition of Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses the life of David Ruggles, a New York City-based abolitionist who operated the first known Black bookstore and is featured in our guest's book, and his connections to New England. She also mentions the David Ruggles Center for History & Education, located in Northampton, Mass. 

Then author and journalist Char Adams joins Daniel Ford to chat about her book Blac...

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November 4, 2025 50 mins

In this episode, we celebrate the short story and the recently published The Best American Short Stories 2025 with author and guest editor Celeste Ng and series editor Nicole A. Lamy.

To learn more about Celeste Ng, visit her official website. Learn more about this year's Best American Short Stories.

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

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October 28, 2025 40 mins

Michael McFaul, former Ambassador to Russia for President Barack Obama and NBC News contributor, joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his new book Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.

To learn more about Ambassador Michael McFaul, visit his official website.

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

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October 24, 2025 37 mins

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit, with an assist from the late comedian George Carlin, discusses poverty and homelessness in America (and who is getting rich off of both). 

Author and activist David Ambroz then joins Daniel Ford to chat about his memoir A Place Called Home

To learn more about David Ambroz, visit his official website.

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

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October 21, 2025 38 mins

Author and journalist Jeff Pearlman returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.

To learn more about Jeff Pearlman, visit his official website. Also listen to our first interview with the author and subscribe to his podcast "Two Writers Slinging Yang."

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October 14, 2025 42 mins

Author Mary Roach returns to the show to discuss her latest book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy

To learn more about Mary Roach, visit her official website. Also listen to our past interview with the author in Episode 198 and Friday Morning Coffee.

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

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October 10, 2025 48 mins

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses why it's healthy and helpful to question and explore the seedier aspects of our nostalgic fandom. 

Author and journalist Joshua Moore then joins Daniel Ford to chat about his book Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World.

To learn more about Joshua Moore, visit his official website

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

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October 7, 2025 33 mins

Author Sam Sussman joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his debut novel Boy From the North Country

To learn more about Sam Sussman, visit his official website. Also read his piece "The Silent Type: On (Possibly) Being Bob Dylan's Son" in Harper's Magazine.

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

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September 9, 2025 41 mins

Author and comedian Amy Silverberg chats with Daniel Ford about her debut novel First Time, Long Time

To learn more about Amy Silverberg, visit her official website. Also listen to her appearance on Daniel Paisner's As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast.

This episode is sponsored by Accountability Workshops' Fall Writing Camp, The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and Libro.fm.

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August 25, 2025 60 mins

Author and journalist Peter Ames Carlin joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run.

To learn more about Peter Ames Carlin, visit his 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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August 19, 2025 45 mins

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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