Three Percent Podcast #200: The Return of Roberge

About this episode

Tom Roberge returns to discuss various topics including his life in Switzerland and cultural support.

On this special 200th episode of the Three Percent Podcast, Tom Roberge—original co-host, former publicist for New Directions, co-founder of Riffraff Books, and current head of residencies at the Jan Michalski Foundation—returns to talk about life in Switzerland, his media diet, Swiss support for culture, how he no longer follows the Mets very closely, and much more. A number of books and authors are mentioned on the podcast, but special attention should be drawn to After 8 Books and A Forest Petrifies: Diamond Feedback by Félicia Atkinson. This episode’s music is “Box Elder” by Pavement. Also, for the month of August, all Open Letter books either written or translated by women are on sale for 40% off to celebrate Women in Translation Month. Shop the whole collection here ! You can subscribe to the Three Percent Podcast at Apple , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also find the Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast at Apple , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts, and watch us on YouTube . And be sure to follow our sister podcasts: Two Month Review ( Apple , Spotify ) and Mining the Dalkey Archive ( Apple , Spotify ) for more book and industry talk! This is a…

People in this episode

Guest: Tom Roberge

Topics covered

• life in Switzerland
• media diet
• Swiss culture support
• baseball
• books

Keywords

• Tom Roberge
• Switzerland
• media diet
• cultural support
• books

Sponsors

Open Letter

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Directions, Riffraff Books, Jan Michalski Foundation

Books & works: A Forest Petrifies: Diamond Feedback

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