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Palestinian Joy, Stand-Up Comedy and Secret Family History: Sara Hamdan's What Will People Think
May 19, 2026
Unknown duration
Vietnam Vets, Addiction and Deserved Justice: Karen E Osborne's Justice for Emerson
May 12, 2026
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Haunted Houses and the Horrors of Domestic Motherhood: Aimee Pokwatka's Accumulation
May 12, 2026
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Kara Confer and Emily Hone Are Getting Introverts to Go Out: The Wild Geese Event Staff
May 8, 2026
1h 02m 16s
Privilege, Payback, and Pay-to-Stay Prison: Elizabeth Rose Quinn's Payback
May 5, 2026
1h 11m 14s
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| 5/19/26 |  Palestinian Joy, Stand-Up Comedy and Secret Family History: Sara Hamdan's What Will People Think | This week, I talk with Sara Hamdan about her journey from finance and journalism into fiction, and how writing What Will People Think became a way to explore identity, belonging, family history, and the freedom to define yourself outside of expectations. Through conversations about comedy, Palestinian representation, women’s choices, historical memory, and the many forms of love, the episode explores how fiction can create connection and make complex experiences feel deeply human. Listen to hear about: How moving from finance into journalism—and eventually fiction—helped her discover storytelling as both a craft and a way to explore her own family history and identity. Why stand-up comedy became central to the novel, including Sara’s real-life experience taking comedy classes to overcome public speaking anxiety and how humor can deliver difficult truths with softness. Code-switching, compartmentalizing identity, and the pressure many women feel to justify life choices—while emphasizing the importance of autonomy and becoming comfortable showing up as your full self. Fiction as a way to preserve cultural memory and show everyday life beyond headlines, using family stories, historical detail, and personal experiences to create empathy. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba | — | ||||||
| 5/12/26 |  Vietnam Vets, Addiction and Deserved Justice: Karen E Osborne's Justice for Emerson | This week, I talk with return guest Karen E. Osborne about her newest mystery Justice for Emerson! Listen to hear about: How Karen approached a dual-timeline mystery that blends a present-day murder investigation with the long emotional aftermath of the Vietnam War, addiction, race, and trauma. How Karen’s research process is deeply people-centered—drawing from her husband’s Vietnam experiences, veterans, recovering addicts, and sensitivity readers to create emotionally authentic characters without judgment. How she crafted her protagonist: a widowed nonprofit CEO balancing grief, self-doubt, romance, family tension, and danger while unraveling a conspiracy. The way survival—through volunteering, recovery, or writing—gives meaning and accountability can help people endure trauma, addiction, and reinvention. Karen's approach to writing, creativity, discipline, and timing, and how small daily habits (like 15 minutes a day) can build a creative life. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba | — | ||||||
| 5/12/26 |  Haunted Houses and the Horrors of Domestic Motherhood: Aimee Pokwatka's Accumulation | This week, I talk with Aimee Poktwatka about her hew horror book Accumulation! Listen to hear about: Aimee's unconventional path to becoming an author—from anthropology and veterinary work to creative writing—and how curiosity has shaped her storytelling. How Accumulation was inspired by Aimee’s real 18th-century home, a creepy doll her husband found in the yard, and her fascination with haunted house stories as metaphors for domestic life. How the novel blends haunted house horror, psychological suspense, and social commentary to examine motherhood, invisible labor, and the slow erosion of self. Aimee's “inefficient” writing process—heavy outlining followed by intuitive drafting—and how revision uncovers deeper emotional truths. Why horror, especially domestic and psychological horror, can uniquely explore trauma, gender roles, and the unsettling transformation of everyday spaces into something terrifying. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba | — | ||||||
| 5/8/26 | Kara Confer and Emily Hone Are Getting Introverts to Go Out: The Wild Geese Event Staff✨ | book eventspodcasting+3 | Kara ConferEmily Hone | Wild Geese BookshopThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies+12 | — | book eventsWild Geese Bookshop+5 | — | 1h 02m 16s | |
| 5/5/26 |  Privilege, Payback, and Pay-to-Stay Prison: Elizabeth Rose Quinn's Payback✨ | thrillerprivilege+4 | Elizabeth Rose Quinn | Payback | — | locked room thrillerweekend prison+3 | — | 1h 11m 14s | |
| 5/1/26 |  More Than Dragons & Spice: Bridget Howard's The Romantasy Lover's Journal✨ | Romantasyliterary analysis+3 | Bridget Howard | Bookwild CollectiveBookwild | — | RomantasyBridget Howard+5 | — | 59m 30s | |
| 5/1/26 | Books that NEED Adaptations with Gare✨ | book adaptationsliterature+3 | Gare | Good PeopleThe Anniversary+8 | — | book adaptationsliterature+5 | — | 58m 31s | |
| 4/29/26 |  Katharine Hepburn, Old Hollywood and Performed Authenticity: Priya Parmar's The Original✨ | Katharine HepburnHollywood+5 | Priya Parmar | Bookwild CollectivePatreon+1 | — | Katharine HepburnPriya Parmar+6 | — | 42m 12s | |
| 4/24/26 | Memoir Isn’t Dead (and Never Will Be) with Rachel Kramer Bussel✨ | memoirwriting+4 | Rachel Kramer Bussel | I'm Glad My Mom DiedKing of Ashes+11 | — | memoirpersonal essays+4 | — | 1h 44m 01s | |
| 4/21/26 |  Follow the Rules… or Else: Marcus Kliewer's The Caretaker✨ | psychological horrorwriting process+4 | Marcus Kliewer | The CaretakerWe Used to Live Here | — | The CaretakerMarcus Kliewer+6 | — | 44m 27s | |
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| 4/17/26 | All of My Thoughts on Yesteryear, The Drama, and Trust Me: The False Prophet✨ | book reviewdrama analysis+3 | — | Bookwild CollectiveSubstack+5 | — | YesteryearTrust Me: The False Prophet+5 | — | 1h 46m 41s | |
| 4/14/26 |  A Con Woman, A Wealthy Woman, and a Dead Husband: Rebecca Sharpe's Harmless Women✨ | con-thrillerpublishing journey+5 | Rebecca Sharpe | Harmless Women | — | con-womanthriller+7 | — | 45m 00s | |
| 4/7/26 |  Medicine, Machines, and Meaning: Justin C. Key's The Hospital at the End of the World✨ | speculative fictionAI in healthcare+3 | Justin C. Key | The Hospital at the End of the World | — | speculative novelmedical training+3 | — | 1h 00m 06s | |
| 4/3/26 |  How John Marrs Writes Out of Order (And Still Nails the Ending)✨ | writing processauthor journey+5 | John Marrs | — | — | John Marrswriting out of order+6 | — | 1h 12m 53s | |
| 4/1/26 |  Exploitation, Empowerment and Enlightenment: Courtney Kocak's Girl Gone Wild✨ | memoirpersonal growth+5 | Courtney Kocak | BookwildBookwild Collective+1 | — | Courtney KocakGirl Gone Wild+8 | — | 1h 02m 58s | |
| 3/31/26 |  Deconstructing Without Losing Jesus: Jeremy Jernigan's The Edge of the Inside✨ | writing as healingdeconstruction+4 | Jeremy Jernigan | The Edge of the Inside | — | writinghealing+6 | — | 1h 24m 19s | |
| 3/31/26 |  Racial Trauma and Culturally Responsive Care: Ashley McGirt-Adair's The Cost of Healing in Silence✨ | racial traumaculturally responsive care+5 | Ashley McGirt-Adair | The Cost of Healing in Silence | — | racial traumaculturally responsive care+6 | — | 1h 10m 07s | |
| 3/27/26 | First Quarter Favorite Reads of 2026 with Gare and Steph✨ | favorite readsbook discussion+3 | Gare BillingsSteph Lauer | Queen of FacesYesteryear+13 | — | favorite books2026+3 | — | 1h 07m 37s | |
| 3/24/26 |  Secrets, Spirits, and the Stories We Inherit: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore's The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru | This week, I talk with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore about her historical-suspense The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru. We dive into: Her writing process as a "plantser" Why she's drawn to dark genres: historical fiction, gothic, fantasy, mystery How blending genres creates tension and unpredictability How she has experienced and writes about the “in-between” feeling of not fully belonging to one culture How she processed grief through this story Her research of Slavic folklore and Western spiritualism movements The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru Synopsis Spirited twenty-something Zina and her secretive grandmother, Baba Valya, own a tearoom on rue Daru in Paris, where they have lived quietly since Zina’s mother’s untimely death. By day, the women serve tea, mostly to members of the bustling Russian émigré community, but when dusk falls, they divine fortunes and perform séances for their loyal clientele. Then the charming Princess Olga and her brother arrive, searching for answers about the disappearance of their father, the Grand Duke and cousin to the murdered last Tsar of Russia. Zina, eager to learn more about the spirit world and her powers, performs the séance. She is able to summon the Grand Duke, but to her horror, he starts to haunt the shop, and he seems to know something sinister about her mother’s death. As Zina delves into her family’s hidden past, dark secrets are unearthed, threatening Zina and her grandmother’s found family, home, and tearoom, not to mention their very lives. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba | — | ||||||
| 3/24/26 |  Toxic Masculinity and Female Rage: Katherine Greene's Where the Truth Lies | This week, I talk with writing duo Katherine Greene, aka Claire C. Riley and A. Meredith Walkters, about their new small town thriller Where the Truth Lies! We dive into: Writing a thriller inspired by real-life events and the challenge of balancing fiction with truth How this story came from Abbi’s family history and a decades-old newspaper clipping The emotional difficulty of writing characters based on real people vs. fictionalizing them Crafting multiple POVs + dual timelines to build tension and a fuller picture of the crime Exploring toxic masculinity and how it develops, including how “nice” men can be influenced The concept of the “perfect victim” and how readers often unfairly judge women vs. men Where The Truth Lies Synopsis A picture-perfect couple's sordid past threatens to rock a sleepy southern town to its core. Told in alternating timelines and inspired by real events, this multi-POV thriller explores toxic masculinity, gender-based violence, and female rage in the tradition of Darby Kane. Childhood sweethearts Rhett and Lucinda seem to have the perfect marriage, the child they always wanted, and even the white picket fence. But fifteen years ago, the couple came very close to losing everything. When outsider Jennifer Moore arrived in their tight-knit Kentucky town, a brief but explosive affair between the newcomer and the soon-to-be-married Rhett stirred up a violent storm of betrayal that ended with a dead body and a mystery riddled in corruption and deception. Now, new evidence has surfaced-including an eyewitness who places Rhett at the scene of the brutal crime. Soon, the carefully constructed life Rhett and Lucinda built starts to crumble-and the truth waiting beneath the surface could destroy them both. In a town steeped in deadly southern charm, secrets don't fade-they fester. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba | — | ||||||
| 3/20/26 | Taylor Frankie Paul, Another Duggar, The Manosphere, Age of Attraction and More with Halley Sutton | Halley broke the news to me that The Bachelorette was cancelled after the video of Taylor Frankie Paul was sold to TMZ, so we start off right in the mess of pop culture. Listen for our thoughts on: Cancellation/pause of The Bachelorette starring Taylor Frankie Paul due to domestic violence allegations Ethics of airing real-life trauma and abuse on reality TV Trad wife culture vs. reality of women as breadwinners Religious conditioning and spiritual bypassing Purity culture and its connection to shame and abuse Grift culture (influencers, politics, capitalism) Age of Attraction's age gap dating approach The Manosphere - when men become obsessed with the male gaze Incel/red pill ideology as a bid for connection Some movies, TV shows and books we've loved recently Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba | — | ||||||
| 3/17/26 |  The Divine Feminine, Matriarchy and Dreams: Andrea M. Butler's Mother | This week, I talk with Andrea M. Butler about her debut speculative fiction Mother. We dive into a wide range of topics, including: The origin of the novel’s idea Dreams and spiritual communication Energy work and spirituality Speculative fiction grounded in reality The “predictive” nature of fiction Capitalism, wealth inequality, and food insecurity Religion and evangelical culture Community as resistance Divine feminine energy Hope through storytelling Mother by Andrea M. Butler Synopsis Having gained control of the world’s food supply, a single corporation, SunRay, holds the fate of humanity in its hands. When the government passed the HOME Act and sent millions of immigrants away, it threw the nation into an unprecedented economic crisis. Set in the near future amidst the backdrop of an increasingly volatile climate, Matt and Evie Fisher are struggling to survive. In order to find a way to save their two daughters, Matt and Evie must wrestle with their faith, their past, and a mysterious illness affecting much of the population. When a series of otherworldly dreams sets Evie on a path to find a mystical portal, and Matt finds himself in possession of information that could topple SunRay and the political network behind it, Evie realizes she is being offered a choice that could not only save her daughters, but could alter the fate of humanity forever. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba | — | ||||||
| 3/16/26 | Oscars Reactions (Some Choices Were… Interesting) with MacKenzie Green | As promised, MacKenzie Green and I share our Oscars reactions, and thoughts on just about everything: - Awards season and Oscar campaigning - Timothée Chalamet discourse - Misty Copeland’s performance - Sinners on Broadway?? - Criticism of Sean Penn winning Best Supporting Actor - The historical context of Black Oscar winners, and why Michael B. Jordan's win is so HUGE - Comparisons to past controversial Oscar wins (think Green Book vs Black Panther) - Distinctions between authentic cultural storytelling (like Sinners) and films by those outside the culture for performative or superficial benefit Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba | — | ||||||
| 3/13/26 | Buddy Review of Kin by Tayari Jones with Erin Ashley | Erin and I both adored Kin by Tayari Jones, and we decided to do a whole episode discussing it! The first 15ish minutes are spoiler free, so if you haven't read it yet, you can listen and decide if the vibes sound right for you. After that, we get into everything we loved about the characters, the prose, the plotting and the themes! Kin by Tayari Jones Synopsis Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood, but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home in the wake of her mother’s death, Vernice leaves Atlanta at eighteen for Spelman College, where she joins a sisterhood of powerfully connected Black women and marries into an affluent family. Annie, abandoned by her dissolute mother as a child, and fixated on the idea of finding her and filling the bottomless hole left by her absence, sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity, as well as love and adventure, and culminate in a battle for her life. Tayari Jones Oprah Interview Tayari Jones on The Stacks Erin's Interview with ReShanda Tate about With Love From Harlem Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba | — | ||||||
| 3/10/26 | Quantum Theology: Where Science Meets the Soul | This week, I talk with Keith Giles, Mary Terhune, Zac Cannon and Nish Dubashia about their collective work in Quantum Theology: Volume One. Listen to hear about: How science and spirituality may not be opposites, but different ways of exploring the same underlying reality How ideas from quantum physics—like interconnectedness and entanglement—echo concepts found in mysticism and religious traditions Why many contributors believe the sense of separation between people, cultures, and religions is an illusion, and what recognizing our interconnectedness could mean for humanity. How mystical experiences challenge the limits of language—why some spiritual insights can’t fully be explained, only experienced How awakening to shared consciousness could transform ethics, compassion, and how we treat one another Quantum Theology, Volume One Summary Quantum Theology: Volume One brings together an extraordinary and diverse group of scientists, mathematicians, theologians, mystics, authors, and cultural commentators to explore one of the most provocative conversations of our time: What happens when Quantum Physics and Theology begin to overlap? Edited and curated by author Keith Giles, this book explores the intersection between science and faith. Featuring contributions by: Brandy Anderson, Zac Cannon, Brother Jason (Jay) Clark, Michelle Collins, Stuart Delony, Nish Dubashia, Eric Scot English, Jeremy L. Evans, Ellen Haroutunian, DMin., Dr. Steve McVey, Mark Merizan, Jenny Lorraine Nielsen, William Sarill, Mary Terhune, R.N., Mo Thomas, and John van de Laar. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba | — | ||||||
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