“Family Guy” writer/producer Evan Waite joins Turek Books to talk about his time writing for “The Onion” and his new book “Life Wants You Dead”. Evan and Joshua bond over used book sales at libraries and avoiding social media witch hunts. Evan talks about how reading “48 Laws of Power” was the impetus to creating a writer’s group at the Strand Bookstore in New York City. He also discusses making the leap from teaching English in China to finding his way into comedy writing. And how he drew inspiration in penning his book about fear from a book about the inner workings of New York City.

Books talked about include:

THE WORKS: ANATOMY OF A CITY by Kate Ascher

LIFE WANTS YOU DEAD by Evan Waite

THE STENCH OF HONOLULU by Jack Handy

WATCHMEN by Alan Moore

FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS by Hunter S. Thompson

AMERICA by Jon Stewart and team

IS THIS ANYTHING? by Jerry Seinfeld

48 LAWS OF POWER by Robert Greene

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"Life Wants You Dead" with Evan Waite