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Rochelle Bilow has been a writer, a line cook, a culinary student, and a farmer. She’s also the first second-generation guest of The Other 51, coming on at the recommendation of Leah Stacey. Rochelle and Brian talk about making yourself a character in your own book, why Rochelle’s memoir doesn’t have any exposition, and what people can do to make themselves a better cook.
Alexander Hamilton’s Guide to Life
On the Milo Bus With the Lost Boys of America’s New Right
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National Magazine Award winner Chris Jones talks about what it’s like to replace Charles Pierce, why reporting is so important to his work, and finding your voice when you start writing for a new publication. Chris talks about how the Ellie-award-winning story “The Things That Carried Him” came together. They also discuss Chris’ favorite building in North America (Buffalo City Hall) and Brian’s strange romantic affinity for the southern-most stretch of the Q.E.W.
26 shirts: Buffalo The Queen City
Queen Elizabeth Way Fort Erie to St. Catharines
Mike Piazza Learns How to Be an Owner. Of a Soccer Team. In Italy.
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Many years ago, Mike Sielski tried to get Brian a job as a sports reporter at the Bucks County Courier Times. It didn’t happen, but life has a funny way of working out. The two get back together to talk about what makes a good Philadelphia story, why you can’t scream and yell about everything, picking your sports for a personal column, and the wonderful career of Bill Lyon. They also spend a good nine minutes geeking out about Godzilla. It’s quite a thing.
The Unlikely Odds of Making it Big
Inside the Macedonian Fake News Complex
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Erik Malinowski of Bleacher Report talks about writing a book about the Golden State Warriors, our favorite Simpsons episodes (including which one to best introduce Brian’s daughter to the show), and why you should never Tweet. We also get super nerdy talking about Scrivener.
The Making Of “Homer At The Bat,” The Episode That Conquered Prime Time 20 Years Ago Tonight
Nate Silver Tells Tone-Deaf Burrito Arrest Story Amid Ferguson Protests, Gets Epically Burned
A 15-year-old (sorta, maybe] basketball phenomenon
Synderella: How Noah Syndergaard went from awkward kid to Mets ace
I Helped Create the Milo Trolling Playbook. You Should Stop Playing Right Into It
Dr. Ben Sawyer, a historian from Middle Tennessee State, joins Brian to talk about why Forest Gump is a dangerous movie, why journalists are kicking historians butts in terms of writing compelling works, and why Lenin was making it all up as he went along (validating a long-standing theory of Brian’s). They also discuss their favorite Founding Fathers.
Alexander Hamilton
Washington: A Life
All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor
Woody Guthrie: A Life
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party
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Dan Horan, OFM, is Alexander Hamilton to Brian’s Aaron Burr. OK, not exactly. But the writer, theologian and Franciscian friar talks about how he keeps up an insanely productive writing schedule (seriously, six books and 120 articles in just about a decade), reinvention, the problems with academic writing, and drops some Post-Colonial Theory on us. (Also, there’s a fair amount of St. Bonaventure talk).
My Marathon: Reflections on a Gold-Medal Life
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Author Jeff Pealrman tells us why the 1980s were an awesome time in sports, how he turns 400-500 interviews into a narrative, and why he loves writing in coffee shops. He also tells us the real reason he wrote the excellent book “Gunslinger” about Brett Favre.
Casey Stengel: Baseball’s greatest character by Marty Appel
The widowhood effect: What it’s like to lose a spouse in your 30s by Christina Frangou
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Food writer Jared Paventi tells us how to eat like a food critic, how he uses his camera to write recipes and the challenges in trying to maintain a blog you’re proud of . He also breaks down why he doesn’t like Hamilton.
Jared Paventi at New York Upstate
The True Story of Gabriel Cardona
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ESPN’s Bomani Jones joins us to talk about the lessons writers can learn from economics; how his writing career influences his broadcasting work; and why college journalism students should take philosophy courses. He also gives Brian a long-overdue education to James Brown.
Kaepernick is asking for justice not peace
Bomani Jones is more than just the smartest person in sports
Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
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Michelle Garcia, senior editor for race and identities at Vox, talks about growing up as the daughter of an award-winning author, growing up in the shadow of Donald Trump, and why journalism is all about verbs. She and Brian also share some shocking confessions about Harry Potter and Oswego. It’s amazing they stay friends.
How the Trumps tried — and failed — to keep black families like mine out of their neighborhood
Rita Williams Garcia on Amazon
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Writer, podcaster and one of Brian’s favorite people on the internet Merlin Mann talks about how the best writing books are kind of self-help books; how writing can influence every aspect of your life; and Hamilton. So much wonderful Hamilton nerdery.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and its tunnels
Alexander Hamilton: The Outsider
Hawkeye Vol 1: My Life As A Weapon
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New York Times columnist Dan Barry talks about the benefits of slowing down, the clarifying power of deadline and how the Franciscan sensibility informs his writing. He and Brian talk A LOT about St. Bonaventure. You’ve been warned.
Latina Hotel Workers Harness Force of Labor and of Politics in Las Vegas
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
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Writer, editor and professor Leah Stacy talks about why we’re drawn to stories about food and eating; how storytelling influences everything she does; and why she never uses red pen when editing or grading students’ work.
Here’s how the Chicago Cubs won Game 7
The Call of the Farm: An Unexpected Year of Getting Dirty, Home Cooking, and Finding Myself
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Will Leitch from Sports On Earth (and Bloomberg Politics, and New York Magazine, and New Republic, and Deadspin) talks about the importance of giving yourself deadlines, why being organized is important to being a writer, and making editors happy. We also talk about when to start reading Harry Potter to your kids.
Here Is What The Shop Made For You This Week
Barack Obama on 5 days that shaped his presidency
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Tim Graham from the Buffalo News talks about why writers hate mediocrity, writing stories no one else does, and a shocking amount about Rich Bartel. He also tells me whether or not I have any reason to hope for the Buffalo Bills this season (spoiler alert: nope).
Who do you think you are? Bjorn Nittmo
Khalil Mack creates separation on the field. He did the same for this story.
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In an interview recorded on the shores of Canandaigua Lake, Mark Obbie talks about what it's really like to make your living as a freelance writer, reporting on crime and crime victims, and the value of having a story contradict your opinion. He also talks about being my boss.
Too Much of Too Little - Eli Saslow
Ghettoside: The True Story of Murder in America
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Tyler Dunne of The Buffalo News talks about balancing beat and featuring writing, bringing the reader into the interview, and getting out of the way of the story.
A better life is within reach for Bills prospect
Bills' Dareus keeps playing through life's losses
The Promise Keeper: LeBron realizes his dream with a title for Cleveland
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Author and adman Charles Benoit joins us to talk about Hamilton, his writing process and why he has to get technology out of his character's hands as soon as possible.
