Episodes

  • Kwame Alexander: Changing the World One Story at a Time

    Kwame Alexander: Changing the World One Story at a Time
    Nov 5 2024
    Poet, educator, Emmy-winning producer and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 41 books, Kwame Alexander, joins us this week on You Are What You Read for a conversation about his brilliant children’s book, An American Story. Kwame’s titles include Becoming Muhammad Ali (which he co-authored with James Patterson), Rebound, (which was shortlisted for the prestigious UK Carnegie Medal), and The Undefeated (a National Book Award nominee, recipient of the Newbery Honor, and a Caldecott Medal-winning picture book illustrated by Kadir Nelson). Kwame is also the Emmy Award- winning Executive Producer, Showrunner, and Writer of The Crossover TV series, based on his Newbery-Medal winning novel of the same name. We'd like to thank our sponsor, Book of the Month. Head over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99. Thank you for listening, and thank you for reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • Alice Hoffman's Prequel to The Diary of Anne Frank

    Alice Hoffman's Prequel to The Diary of Anne Frank
    Oct 29 2024
    The Master Craftsman Alice Hoffman invents the world of Anne Frank before the war. On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by the great Alice Hoffman for a conversation about her new book, When We Flew Away, a story exploring the details of Anne Frank’s life before the worst happened to her. Alice is also the author of over thirty novels including The Dovekeepers, Magic Lessons, The Book of Magic, and Practical Magic, which was adapted to the blockbuster film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman and directed by Griffin Dunne (you can listen to our conversation with Griffin here on You Are What You Read). This episode highlights the research and the heart that goes into every Alice Hoffman book, and the importance of honoring our histories. We'd like to thank our sponsor, Book of the Month. Head over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99. Thank you for listening, and thank you for reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • Maggie O'Farrell... exquisite storyteller

    Maggie O'Farrell... exquisite storyteller
    Oct 22 2024
    Maggie dives into her process in writing the global bestseller, Hamnet, the story of William Shakespeare's son in the times in which they lived. In illuminating prose and superb storytelling, she takes us into the world of a centuries-old story that has impact today. O'Farrell is an international superstar who makes the most historical of stories come alive in the moment. Hamnet was the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award Winner. We'd like to thank our sponsor, Book of the Month. Head over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99. Thank you for listening, and thank you for reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Frampton comes alive: Peter Frampton on his creative life

    Frampton comes alive: Peter Frampton on his creative life
    Oct 15 2024
    On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by one of the most celebrated guitarists in rock history, Peter Frampton, for a conversation about his memoir, Do You Feel Like I Do? Peter’s 1976 album, Frampton Comes Alive!, remains one of the top-selling live records of all time. He co-founded one of the first supergroups, the seminal rock act Humble Pie, and he has collaborated with legends… George Harrison, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Wyman, Ringo Starr, and most recently with the great Dolly Parton. In 2007, Peter won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album for Fingerprints, and in 2014 he was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. In this conversation, Peter tells us about his path to stardom from an early age… his enduring friendship with David Bowie…as schoolmates and later on, as performers. He also tells us about the obstacles he’s had to overcome to continue to play and pour his heart into music. We'd like to thank our sponsor, Book of the Month. Head over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99. Thank you for listening, and thank you for reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Julianna Margulies: The star of the show

    Julianna Margulies: The star of the show
    Oct 12 2024
    Julianna Margulies joins us for a bonus conversation this week on You Are What You Read to talk about her memoir, Sunshine Girl. You can see Julianna now as Delia Ephron in Left on Tenth on Broadway, based on Delia's bestselling memoir. Julianna is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild award winner. She starred as Alicia Florrick on the long-running hit CBS show The Good Wife, which she also produced, and is also well known for her role as one of the original cast members of ER. In this conversation, Julianna tells us about her rise to stardom…Her complicated relationships, difficult choices, and overwhelming rejections. But also about the moments where fate, faith, and talent aligned, leading to unforgettable roles, both professionally and personally. We'd like to thank our sponsor, Book of the Month. Head over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99. Thank you for listening, and thank you for reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • A second chance in life and love: Left on Tenth with Delia Ephron

    A second chance in life and love: Left on Tenth with Delia Ephron
    Oct 8 2024
    This week on You Are What You Read, we have the talk of the town with us… Delia Ephron’s bestselling memoir, Left on Tenth, is now on Broadway starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher and directed by Susan Stroman. Delia Ephron is a bestselling author, screenwriter, essayist, and playwright. Her novels include Siracusa and The Lion Is In, and her movie credits…You’ve Got Mail, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, This is My Life, Michael, and Hanging Up (based on her novel). Her play, “Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” written with her sister Nora Ephron (based on the book by Ilene Beckerman), ran for two years off Broadway. In this conversation, Delia chronicles the events that led to her late-in-life love story. After losing her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer, Delia struggled through years of heartbreak…but it turned out romance was the healer when a man named Dr. Peter Rutter came into the picture. We'd like to thank our sponsor, Book of the Month. Head over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99. Thank you for listening, and thank you for reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • Sophie Kinsella and her most personal book yet

    Sophie Kinsella and her most personal book yet
    Oct 3 2024
    On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by beloved wife, mother, friend and bestselling author of the Shopaholic series, Sophie Kinsella, for a conversation about her most personal books yet, What Does It Feel Like? At the end of 2022, Sophie was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of aggressive brain cancer, and being the masterful writer she is, Sophie turned her own life into a narrative. In What Does It Feel Like?, we meet Eve, a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she has had an operation to remove the large, malignant tumor growing in her brain. What follows is an unforgettable story about learning to live and love anew. We'd like to thank our sponsor, Book of the Month. Head over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99. Thank you for listening, and thank you for reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • Nicholas Sparks: A look back on his greatest books

    Nicholas Sparks: A look back on his greatest books
    Sep 24 2024
    On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by one of the world’s most beloved storytellers and author of 23 New York Times bestsellers, Nicholas Sparks. Nicholas’ books have been adapted into some of the most iconic films of our time… The Notebook, The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song. In this conversation, we discuss his blockbuster best seller, Dreamland. His 24th novel, Counting Miracles, is out today. We'd like to thank our sponsor, Book of the Month. Head over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99. Thank you for listening, and thank you for reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins