MeatEater’s Campfire Stories: A New Audiobook Original With Steven Rinella and a Full Cast

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MeatEater’s Campfire Stories: A New Audiobook Original With Steven Rinella and a Full Cast June 9, 2021

On July 20, Penguin Random House Audio will publish MeatEater’s Campfire Stories: Close Calls, an audiobook original with Steven Rinella, renowned outdoorsman, bestselling author, podcast host, and host of the Netflix series MeatEater, now in its ninth season. Rinella will be joined by members of the MeatEater Crew and an array of additional contributors for this original collection of sixteen true stories of close calls in the outdoors, from encounters with grizzlies, to getting swept away by an avalanche, to being trapped in an underwater cave, and even a brush with an armed cartel during a fishing trip. READ MORE

Tags: Audio Original, campfire stories, fishing, fitness, Full Cast, Full Cast Recording, hunting, MeatEater, Meateater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls, Nature, Netflix, outdoors, Steven Rinella, summer listening

This Is the Author S6 E43 Images of Steven Rowley, Amit Majmudar, A.S. King

On the Podcast: Steven Rowley, Amit Majmudar, and A.S. King June 9, 2021

In this episode, meet Steven Rowley, author of The Guncle, poet Amit Majmudar, author of What He Did in Solitary, and A.S. King, author of Switch. READ MORE

Tags: A.S. King, Amit Majmudar, book club, Poetry, Steven Rowley, summer listening, summer reading, Switch, The Guncle, This is the Author, What He Did in Solitary, young adult

This Is the Author S6 E42 Images of Jonathan Balcombe, Steven Johnson, Michael Easter

On the Podcast: Jonathan Balcombe, Steven Johnson, and Michael Easter June 8, 2021

In this episode, meet biologist Jonathan Balcombe, author of Super Fly, PBS host Steven Johnson, author of Extra Life, and journalist Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis. READ MORE

Tags: biology, book club, Extra Life, fitness, health, Jonathan Balcombe, Michael Easter, Science, self-care, self-care audiobooks, Steven Johnson, Super Fly, The Comfort Crisis, This is the Author

This Is the Author S6 E41 Images of John Green, Ronald C. White, Daniel Barbarisi

On the Podcast: John Green, Ronald C. White, and Daniel Barbarisi June 2, 2021

In this episode, meet New York Times bestselling author John Green, author of The Anthropocene Reviewed, New York Times bestselling biographer Ronald C. White, author of Lincoln in Private, and veteran journalist Daniel Barbarisi, author of Chasing the Thrill. READ MORE

Tags: abraham lincoln, biography, book club, business, Chasing the Thrill, Daniel Barbarisi, essays, history, John Green, Lincoln in Private, Ronald C. White, self-care audiobooks, The Anthropocene Reviewed, This is the Author

This Is the Author S6 E40 Images of Cindy McCain, Sho Baraka, Chris Bosh

On the Podcast: Cindy McCain, Sho Baraka, and Chris Bosh June 2, 2021

In this episode, meet Cindy McCain, wife of the late Senator John McCain and author of Stronger, activist and recording artist Sho Baraka, author of He Saw That It Was Good, and NBA Champion, All-Star, and Olympian Chris Bosh, author of Letters to a Young Athlete. READ MORE

Tags: book club, business, business travel, Chris Bosh, Cindy McCain, He Saw That It Was Good, Letters to a Young Athlete, memoir, self-care audiobooks, Sho Baraka, sports, Stronger, This is the Author

This Is the Author S6 E39 Image Featuring John Stange, Sarah J. Robinson, Jon M. Sweeney

On the Podcast: John Stange, Sarah J. Robinson, and Jon M. Sweeney May 27, 2021

In this episode, meet pastor John Stange, author of Dwell on These Things, Sarah J. Robinson, author of I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, and Jon M. Sweeney, author of Thomas Merton. READ MORE

Tags: book club, Christian Life, Dwell on These Things, Faith, I Love Jesus But I Want to Die, John Stange, Jon M. Sweeney, memoir, Sarah J. Robinson, self-care audiobooks, This is the Author, Thomas Merton

This Is the Author S6 E38 Featuring Carol Leonnig, Jessica Murnane, Sohrab Ahmari

On the Podcast: Carol Leonnig, Jessica Murnane, and Sohrab Ahmari May 27, 2021

In this episode, meet investigative journalist Carol Leonnig, author of Zero Fail, Jessica Murnane, author of Know Your Endo, and op-ed editor Sohrab Ahmari, author of The Unbroken Thread. READ MORE

Tags: book club, Carol Leonnig, current events, Endometriosis, health, Jessica Murnane, journalism, Know Your Endo, Secret Service, self-care audiobooks, Sohrab Ahmari, The Unbroken Thread, This is the Author, Zero Fail

Image of Yours, For Probably Always cover and author Janet Somerville

Q&A with Janet Somerville, author of Yours, For Probably Always: Martha Gellhorn’s Letters of Love and War May 21, 2021

When watching Ken Burns’ new PBS series Hemingway, you may well find yourself riveted not solely by the antics of “Papa Hemingway,” but also by another luminary (who happened to be his third wife): the fearless, whip-smart war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. READ MORE

Tags: author interview, biography, Ellen Barkin, Ernest Hemingway, history, Janet Somerville, journalism, letters, Q&A, Yours for Probably Always

This Is the Author S6 E37 Image Featuring Alessandra Narváez Varela, Laura Hankin, Ishle Yi Park

On the Podcast: Alessandra Narváez Varela, Laura Hankin, and Ishle Yi Park May 18, 2021

In this episode of This Is the Author, meet poet Alessandra Narváez Varela, author of Thirty Talks Weird Love, performer Laura Hankin, author of A Special Place for Women, and poet Ishle Yi Park, author of Angel & Hannah. READ MORE

Tags: A Special Place for Women, Alessandra Narváez Varela, Angel & Hannah, book club, Ishle Yi Park, Laura Hankin, novels in verse, Poetry, self-care audiobooks, Thirty Talks Weird Love, This is the Author

This Is the Author S6 E36 Image Showing Headshots of Julianna Margulies, Suzanne Simard, Ian Manuel

On the Podcast: Julianna Margulies, Suzanne Simard, and Ian Manuel May 18, 2021

In this episode, meet actress and producer Julianna Margulies, author of Sunshine Girl, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard, author of Finding the Mother Tree, and speaker Ian Manuel, author of My Time Will Come. READ MORE

Tags: book club, Celebrity Narrator, Ecology, Finding the Mother Tree, Ian Manuel, Julianna Margulies, memoir, My Time Will Come, Nature, racial justice, self-care audiobooks, social justice, Sunshine Girl, Suzanne Simard, This is the Author