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JimFosterCOC @JimFosterCOC

Author interviews shared every Sunday at 9:00am Pacific Time. Jim Foster will be close to our hearts forever.

Joined November 2016
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📣 New Podcast! "Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving" on @Spreaker #1950s #authorinterview #book #coc #conversationsonthecoast spreaker.com/episode/last-ni…

Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving

John Irving, author of "Last Night in Twisted River," talks about how one of the main characters is also a writer and how he uses his imagination to get through the challenges of a difficult life....

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📣 New Podcast! "The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz" on @Spreaker #americanliterature #authorinterview #book #coc #conversationsonthecoast spreaker.com/episode/the-cri…

The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz

Gregg Hurwitz, author of "The Crime Writer," talks about how the main character tries to use his skills as a writer in order to figure out whether he murdered his fiancée, a crime he has no recolle...

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📣 New Podcast! "The Lost Night by Rachel Howard" on @Spreaker #adaughterssearchforthetruth #authorinterview #book #california #centralvalley spreaker.com/episode/the-los…

The Lost Night by Rachel Howard

Rachel Howard, author of "The Lost Night: A Daughter's Search for the Truth of Her Father's Murder," talks about how she came to terms with the investigation of her father's murder that happened when...

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📣 New Podcast! "The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood" on @Spreaker #annhood #authorinterview #book #coc #contemporaryliterature_fiction spreaker.com/episode/the-kni…

The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood

Ann Hood, author of "The Knitting Circle," talks about how a tragic loss in her own life became part of the story in the novel for the main character, Mary Baxter, and how friendship with a group of...

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📣 New Podcast! "The Five Forty Five to Cannes by Tess Uriza Holthe" on @Spreaker #authorinterview #book #cannes #coc #conversationsonthecoast spreaker.com/episode/the-fiv…

The Five Forty Five to Cannes by Tess Uriza Holthe

Tess Uriza Holthe, author of "The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes," talks about how one of the characters in the book of short stories re-married several times without divorcing his previous wife.  The...

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📣 New Podcast! "Duck Duck Goose by Tad Hills" on @Spreaker #authorinterview #book #bookillustrator #childrensbooks #childrensducks_otherwaterfowl spreaker.com/episode/duck-du…

Duck Duck Goose by Tad Hills

Tad Hills, author & illustrator of "Duck, Duck, Goose," talks with host Jim Foster about the conversation in the book in which Duck, Goose, & Thistle wonder which of them can fall asleep the fastest....

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📣 New Podcast! "A Dual Inheritance by Joanna Hershon" on @Spreaker #adualinheritance #anthropology #authorinterview #book spreaker.com/episode/a-dual-…

A Dual Inheritance by Joanna Hershon

Joanna Hershon, author of "A Dual Inheritance," reads an excerpt from the book that takes place in Ethiopia in the year 1963 where a man is assisting a film shoot with his anthropological filmmaker...

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📣 New Podcast! "The World Without You by Joshua Henkin" on @Spreaker #authorinterview #book #coc #conversationsonthecoast #familylifefiction spreaker.com/episode/the-wor…

The World Without You by Joshua Henkin

Joshua Henkin, author of "The World Without You," reads an excerpt from the novel in which the widow of a journalist returns to the family summer home in Massachusetts for the first time since his...

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📣 New Podcast! "Paul Heavenridge from Literacy Works" on @Spreaker #adultliteracy #authorinterview #book #buyingahome #californialiteracyinitiative spreaker.com/episode/paul-he…

Paul Heavenridge from Literacy Works

Paul Heavenridge, the Executive Director of Literacy Works, talks about how money and buying a home can be great motivators for adults trying to achieve a higher degree of literacy.  The full...

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📣 New Podcast! "The Good Father by Noah Hawley" on @Spreaker #authorinterview #book #coc #conversationsonthecoast #fargo spreaker.com/episode/the-goo…

The Good Father by Noah Hawley

Noah Hawley, author of "The Good Father," reads an excerpt from his novel in which a doctor pontificates about how his son strayed down an unthinkable dark path.  The full interview from a 2012...

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📣 New Podcast! "Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett" on @Spreaker #adamhaslett #authorinterview #banking #book #coc spreaker.com/episode/union-a…

Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett

Adam Haslett, author of "Union Atlantic," talks about how he illustrated in the novel the role corruption in the banking world has on people everywhere and not just those directly involved.  The full...

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📣 New Podcast! "Jack Wakes Up by Seth Harwood" on @Spreaker #authorinterview #book #coc #conversationsonthecoast #crimeaction_adventure spreaker.com/episode/jack-wa…

Jack Wakes Up by Seth Harwood

Seth Harwood, author of "Jack Wakes Up," talks about how the main character in the book, Jack, is looking for new adventures and ways to earn income after a low point in his life.  The full interview...

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📣 New Podcast! "Enon by Paul Harding" on @Spreaker #authorinterview #book #boston #coc #conversationsonthecoast spreaker.com/episode/enon-by…

Enon by Paul Harding

Paul Harding, author of "Enon," talks about how the novel looks at the subject of grief in a deep way without being done clinically, through the eyes of the main character Charlie Crosby as he tries...

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📣 New Podcast! "Blood Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton" on @Spreaker #authorinterview #bloodbones_butter #book #chef #coc spreaker.com/episode/blood-b…

Blood Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

Gabrielle Hamilton, author of "Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef," talks about the annual lamb roast at her familial home that her parents held every year.  The...

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📣 New Podcast! "Wisdom From Philosphy to Neuroscience by Stephen S Hall" on @Spreaker #authorinterview #book #brain #coc #conversationsonthecoast spreaker.com/episode/wisdom-…

Wisdom From Philosphy to Neuroscience by Stephen S Hall

Stephen S. Hall, author of "Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience," talks about the ability we have to change the activity in our brain by exercising it like a muscle.  The full interview from a...

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📣 New Podcast! "Journey from the Land of No by Roya Hakakian" on @Spreaker #authorinterview #book #coc #conversationsonthecoast spreaker.com/episode/journey…

Journey from the Land of No by Roya Hakakian

Roya Hakakian, author of "Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran," talks about what it was like to live through the Iran revolution, how everything changed later on, and...

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📣 New Podcast! "The Condition by Jennifer Haigh" on @Spreaker #authorinterview #book #coc #comtemporarywomenfiction #conversationsonthecoast spreaker.com/episode/the-con…

The Condition by Jennifer Haigh

Jennifer Haigh, author of "The Condition," talks about how a woman named Gwen with Turner's syndrome overcomes unusual obstacles that come along with the diagnosis, and how her mother and father...

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📣 New Podcast! "The Magicians by Lev Grossman" on @Spreaker #adultfantasybook #authorinterview #book #coc #contemporaryfantasy spreaker.com/episode/the-mag…

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman, author of "The Magicians," talks about the difference between Quentin Coldwater, the main character in his novel, from that of Harry Potter.  The full interview from a 2009 episode of...

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📣 New Podcast! "Seaworthy by Linda Greenlaw" on @Spreaker #aswordboatcaptainreturns #authorinterview #bluewaterfishing #book #coc spreaker.com/episode/seawort…

Seaworthy by Linda Greenlaw

Linda Greenlaw, author of "Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea," reads an expert from the book illustrating her relationship with swordfish and what they are all about.  The full...

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📣 New Podcast! "Bloodroot by Amy Greene" on @Spreaker #amygreene #appalachia #appalachianmountains #authorinterview #bloodroot spreaker.com/episode/bloodro…

Bloodroot by Amy Greene

Amy Greene, author of "Bloodroot," reads several short excerpts from the novel set on remote Bloodroot Mountain within the eastern Tennessee mountains.  The full interview from a 2010 episode of...

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