COB alum and fave Erica Wright joins David and Torie for a Valentine’s Day show. Award winning author Sadeqa Johnson […]
Nick Petrie – The Runaway
Chatter goes two-fer! Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss joins to talk Olympics (this is not your mother’s 2008 Beijing!) and […]
Kerri Maher – The Paris Bookseller
Chatter rolls into groundhog day with David, Torie and Jamie. They discuss football (another good weekend), kind reviews and best […]
Lisa Gardner – One Step Too Far
Football and festivals kick off Chatter this week. David debriefs an amazing weekend of games. Gaithersburg Mayor and Book Festival Founder Jud […]
Steven V. Roberts: Cokie – A Life Well Lived
Jamie McIntyre’s back, off the injured reserve list. The gang raves about Claude (again and appropriately). They debate words that […]
James Kestrel – Five Decembers
Chatter kicks off 2022 with awards, fake names and a compelling novel. David, Torie and COB alum Ed Aymar rave […]
Barrett Holmes Pitner – The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America.
Chatter rocks and featured COB authors rock even more. Creatures of Passage ( “Best of 2021” by Washington Post and […]
Amy Argetsinger – There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America
World traveler Chuck Culpepper joins David and Torie. They reflect on Bob Dole and Fred Hiatt, ponder sports and China, […]
Stuart O’Keefe and Amy Phillips – Cook It, Spill It, Throw It: The Not-So-Real Housewives Parody Cookbook
Best wishes to comedian and author Amy Phillips who had to scratch. But renaissance man Nevin Martell and celebrity mixologist […]
Katharine Blake – The Uninnocent: Notes on Violence and Mercy
Chatter takes on WTF about the WFT, and debate if you can separate an artist from their controversy as Washington […]