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Lee Alig and Steve Mannheimer talk with Lars Lawson, owner of Timber Design Company and Timberjack Goods. Hear about his connection to the outdoors, a busy design career, and creating The Art of Politics poster show.

Sure, adolescence is confusing. On the latest episode of Radio Free Book Club, Barb Shoup, Craig Von Deylen, and Matt Gonzales join Ken Honeywell to try to make some sense of Michael Amherst’s novel  The Boyhood of Cain.

Laker sibs Anne and Kurt—Chicago Bears fans since birth—examine the triggers for their multi-layered loathing of the Hall of Fame Green Bay Packers quarterback and misanthrope profiled in the Netflix documentary UNTOLD: THE FALL OF FAVRE (2025, dir. Rebecca Gitlitz). As Anne opines on the anthropology of sports, Kurt unveils “the cherry on top of the Brett Favre scumbag sundae.”For the segment *YO...

Join us as Ken Honeywell, host of  Radio Free Book Club , interviews acclaimed author Barbara Shoup. Barbara is the author of six novels, including  Everything You Want , and serves as the Program Director for the Writers’ Center of Indiana. In this special interview, she and Ken discuss her newest novel,  About Grace . Please note: This conversation includes sensitive content that may not be suit...

FLICK FIX w/ hostess Anne Laker SINNERS | guest: Lobyn Hamilton | air date 5/9/25Leading with the heart, artist Lobyn Hamilton recounts to Anne the prismatic quality of SINNERS (2025, dir. Ryan Coogler): an inventive, wise, even sacred gaze into the human experience of oppression and resistance -- with vampires galore. On the segment *YOU'VE NEVER SEEN*, Lobyn elects THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (200...

On the April 2025 meeting of Radio Free Book Club, host Ken Honeywell found the perfect crew to talk about Miranda July’s best-selling novel  All Fours:  Laurel Judkins, Kate Shoup, and Sarah Layden. Yes, it’s a great conversation. Yes, there are spoilers.

This month’s Radio Free Book Club crew—Susan Neville, Dan Barden, Steve Woods, and Ken Honeywell—are off to a very-near-future Dublin to witness a scary civil war in Paul Lynch’s Booker Prize-winning novel  Prophet Song.  Please join us at a safe distance, and mind the spoilers.

This month, the Radio Free Book Club crew—Ken Honeywell, Barb Shoup, Christine Hudson, and Corey Michael Dalton—head to early 20th century China to meet some mysterious shape-shifters in Yangsze Choo’s historical fantasy  The Fox Wife.  Yes: There are spoilers.

In this episode, Big Car Collaborative Co-founder & Director of Programs & Exhibitions, Shauta Marsh interviews Julie Xiao about her exhibition 'A Journey' at Tube Factory Artspace.

Radio Free Book Club: Orbital We’re kicking of a new season of Radio Free Book Club with last year’s winner of the Booker Prize:  Samantha Harvey’s  Orbital.  Joining six astronauts circling the globe on the International Space Station are Traci Cumbay, Alex Mattingly, Kristin Baxter-Howell, and Ken Honeywell. There’s not much plot to spoil here, but be advised: We’re talking about the whole thing...

Indianapolis-based artist Benjamin Berg talks with Jim Walker about the glitch-based audio and visual work Berg shares in his exhibition, “I Can See the Pixels,” on view now through Feb. 23 at Tube Factory artspace. Berg — who will perform live in the gallery on the evening of Feb. 7 — explains how he uses (or misuses) GIFs embraces pixelation, glitches, and technological errors as creative tools....

On the final episode of 2024, Sarah Layden, Craig Von Deylen, Laurel Judkins, and Ken Honeywell discuss a novel that’s divided the critics—Rachel Kushner’s  Creation Lake —and share their favorite books of the year. Caution: spoilers!

On this episode, Ken Honeywell, Traci Cumbay, Christine Hudson, and Barb Shoup discuss one of the year's most hotly anticipated books: Irish novelist Sally Rooney's Intermezzo. Caution: Spoiler's ahead.

In this episode, Ken Honeywell and guests discuss Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

In this episode, Ken and guests discuss Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodessar-Akner.

Radio Free Book Club is a radio show/podcast book club produced monthly at 99.1 WQRT in Indianapolis. We talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast to book club members. Yes: There will be spoilers. We hope you’ll join us! This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of The Other Valley by author Scott Alexander Howard. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along w...

Radio Free Book Club is a radio show/podcast book club produced monthly at 99.1 WQRT in Indianapolis. We talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast to book club members. Yes: There will be spoilers. We hope you’ll join us! This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of The Other Valley by author Scott Alexander Howard. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along w...

Radio Free Book Club is a radio show/podcast book club produced monthly at 99.1 WQRT in Indianapolis. We talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast to book club members. Yes: There will be spoilers. We hope you’ll join us! This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Wandering Stars by author Tommy Orange. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Kate Sh...

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.org.

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.org.   Rachel Cohn is an interdisciplinary artis...

Radio Free Book Club is a radio show/podcast book club produced monthly at 99.1 WQRT in Indianapolis. We talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast to book club members. Yes: There will be spoilers. We hope you’ll join us! This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Martyr!  by author Kaveh Akbar. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Barbara Shoup,...

Radio Free Book Club is a radio show/podcast book club produced monthly at 99.1 WQRT in Indianapolis. We talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast to book club members. Yes: There will be spoilers. We hope you’ll join us! This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Wellness by author Nathan Hill . Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Susan Neville,...

Radio Free Book Club is a radio show/podcast book club produced monthly at 99.1 WQRT in Indianapolis. We talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast to book club members. Yes: There will be spoilers. We hope you’ll join us! This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along wit...

Radio Free Book Club is a radio show/podcast book club produced monthly at 99.1 WQRT in Indianapolis. We talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast to book club members. Yes: There will be spoilers. We hope you’ll join us! This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of P.F. Kuang's Yellowface. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Traci Kumbay, Barbra S...