Bay Area Book Festival Podcast
Between audio books? Curious about the writers themselves? Listen to full-length sessions from the Bay Area Book Festival, where readers and writers meet each year in Berkeley, CA, to engage with their favorite authors, including Pulitzer Prize winners, chefs, and activists, to discuss writing, race, love, mystery, and more.
Latest episodes
Jul 5, 2019 • 1h 9min
Women Lit Presents: Jennifer Weiner at the David Brower Center, June 22
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner discusses her newest book, "Mrs. Everything."
Jul 4, 2019 • 55min
American Prison: Interview with Shane Bauer
After being detained in a notorious Iranian prison, Shane Bauer returned to journalism and took on an astonishing assignment: to go undercover as a guard in a private prison in Louisiana. His book “American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment” was one of President Obama’s favorite books of 2018. Sponsored by Mother Jones Magazine.
Jun 17, 2019 • 1h 9min
The Legacy of Adrienne Rich and the Shape of our Feminist Future
An early proponent of intersectionality, Adrienne Rich’s ideas have profoundly shaped feminism. In celebration of “Essential Essays,” a new collection of Rich’s work edited by poet-scholar Sandra Gilbert, join Rich’s friends, colleagues, literary and scholarly descendants and longtime editor as they pay homage to Rich’s legacy. Sponsored by Reed Schmidt.
Apr 12, 2019 • 56min
Women Lit Presents: Rachel Cusk in conversation with Brooke Warner
One of the most important fiction writers comes to Berkeley from England to celebrate the paperback release of "Kudos," the final installation of her acclaimed "Outline" series.
Mar 2, 2019 • 1h 29min
Gloria Steinem - Favianna Rodriguez Interviewed by Lauren Schiller Castro Theatre 2-21-19
Nov 12, 2018 • 1h 10min
What Makes a Life Worth Living? Powerful Memoirs of Love and Loss
The widow of Paul Kalanithi, author of the bestselling “When Breath Becomes Air,” is joined by Rebecca Soffer, editor of the new anthology “Modern Loss,” and contributor Elizabeth Percer to discuss grief and meaning. Sponsored by SACHI - Society for Art & Cultural Heritage of India.
Nov 9, 2018 • 1h 9min
Pep Talk for Writers!
A must-see for anyone who believes they have a book in them: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) Executive Director Grant Faulkner appears in person with coach and publisher Brooke Warner to discuss turning inspiration into a tangible product.
Nov 5, 2018 • 1h 17min
The Imperative for Truth: Academy Award-Winning Documentarian Errol Morris in Conversation with Edward Frenkel
In a time when truth is ever more embattled, one of its greatest creative and intellectual practitioners releases his new book at the festival.
Nov 1, 2018 • 1h 15min
Barbara Ehrenreich on Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
Ehrenreich has taken on the minimum wage, abortion rights, women’s lives, marijuana laws, and now, in her new book, death itself. She examines diet culture, disease screenings and all of the other practices humans engage in to ensure a long life. Sponsored by Mother Jones.
Oct 29, 2018 • 1h 18min
How Stories Make the World
These titans of storytelling discuss the power stories have to galvanize the world, create cultures and bind us all together. Sponsored by UC Berkeley Arts + Design and the Simpson Family Literary Project.
