Karen Russell, Sam Miller, and David Ramirez (REBROADCAST)
About this episode
This episode features discussions with author Karen Russell, comedian Sam Miller, and musician David Ramirez about their respective works and experiences.
Award-winning author Karen Russell takes us inside her "dust bowl epic" novel The Antidote, which employs the fantastical to comment on memory, climate change, and the nation's troubling history of land ownership; stand-up comedian Sam Miller finds sidesplitting humor in his own experiences with addiction and incarceration; and singer-songwriter David Ramirez explains how he pulled himself out of a rut and into solitude to write his latest album All The Not So Gentle Reminders, before performing the track "The Music Man."
People in this episode
Host: Luke Burbank
Guests: Karen Russell, Sam Miller, David Ramirez
Topics covered
- literature
- comedy
- music
- addiction
- climate change
- memory
- land ownership
Keywords
- Karen Russell
- Sam Miller
- David Ramirez
- The Antidote
- All The Not So Gentle Reminders
- addiction
- climate change
- music
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Antidote, All The Not So Gentle Reminders
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