Drinks with Tony

Alex Higley is the author of True Failure: A Novel. We do a deep dive into the novel writing process and how we’re always being manipulated by stories. On  March 1st at 9am  Pacific we discuss  Catcher in the Rye  by J. D. Salinger.  Our online book group is called Book Smash and register at this link. Subscribe to the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , and other podcast outlets....

Angela Brown is the author of Some Other Time. We discuss how her and her husband met at 14 in high school, writing speculative fiction, do magic moments happen in life, and so much more. On March 1st at 9am Pacific we discuss Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Our online book group is called Book Smash and register at this link. Subscribe to the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitche...

William Boyle is the author of Saint of the Narrows Street. We chat Brooklyn Dodgers, Oxford Mississippi, James Joyce, the fun of NOT organizing personal libraries to indulge in the hunt, and so much more. February Book Smash  is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger,  join us . Subscribe to the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursd...

Paul Ollinger is the author of Reasonably Happy: The Skeptic’s Guide to Achievable Contentment. He’s also a podcaster and standup comic. We discuss specific details of when I lost my virginity on my wedding night, his audition for Chelsea Lately, managing resentment with happiness, and so much more. February Book Smash  is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger,  join us . Subscribe to t...

Francesca Lia Block is the author of House of Hearts and many other books. We discuss love and heartbreak, her moment with David Byrne. LA punk rock and how The Go-Go’s inspired her to become a writer, Weetzie Bat, and so much more. February Book Smash is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, join us . Subscribe to the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , and other podcast out...

Craig Clevenger is the author of The Contortionist’s Handbook, re-issued by Datura Books. On this episode we discuss the glorious holy temple where we worship which is the public library, mental health, how to look back at our books as authors, and so much more. Join Book Smash January 2025 , our book is Berlin Blues by Sven Regener, which we’ll discuss on zoom at the end of the month....

Kim Dower is the author of What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria. We chat channeling our characters, why poetry gets a bad rap, visiting Baudelaire’s grave, and so much more. Recorded hours before the fires in LA and due to my lack of sleep and processing all of the events I didn’t record an intro and used the direct audio from the radio show broadcast. Prayers...

Joe Clifford is the author of Shadow People and many other books. We discuss the esoteric ways of writing novels, what success and failure in life can be, how high stakes alleviates anxiety, and so much more. Join us for Book Smash January 2025 as we read and discuss Berlin Blues by Sven Regener. Happy New Year and welcome to episode 300 of the reboot of Drinks with Tony. Subscribe to the show on ...

Hal Hartley is one of the kings of indie cinema with films like Henry Fool and The Girl From Monday. I taped this about 20 years ago at Dalva in San Francisco. Very happy to find the tape and put it out into the wild again. Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller.  Zoom meeting is December 28 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 8pm GMT / 9pm EU O...

Tony DuShane is the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk. This week I dive into greedy eyeballs of actors at industry screenings, how to make left turns in Los Angeles, Knocking on doors as a Jehovah’s Witness, nostalgia for kicking cars of shit drivers, and so much more. Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller.  Zoom meeting i...

From the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk comes Tony DuShane’s Book Smash. It’s my rundown on my favorite books of the year, my complaints about society and some guests, a guide to improving your focus, yammering about Alexandre Dumas, Michel Houllebecq, Henry Miller, Elfriede Jelinek, Marcel Proust, Sayaka Murata, Andrew Miller, Alexander Boldizar, Thomas Perry, Mark Hask...

David Leo Rice is the author of The Berlin Wall: A Novel. We discuss Tim O’Brien’s Short Story “On the Rainy River”, Flo from the Progressive commercials and how to find authenticity as an artist, John Travolta from Look Who’s Talking to Pulp Fiction, Knut Hamsun and traveling through Norway, snd so much more. November 2024  –  Read Along with Tony Book: The Piano Teacher by Elfr...

Diego Gerard Morrison is the author of Pages of Mourning. We chat the ups and downs of translating novels, the literary scene in Mexico City, how living on a remote farm as a kid made him an insatiable reader, and so much more. November 2024  –  Read Along with Tony Book: The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek Online meeting time: November 30th 9am PT/ 12pm ET Reserve your spot now. Subscribe to th...

Jean-Paul L. Garnier is the author of Cardboard Spaceship. He also owns Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree. We talk Czech writers, starting a bookstore and publishing company, why living in the desert reminds you of how insignificant we are in the universe, how quantum physics can help you find god, and so much more. Read Along with Tony DuShane October 11 – 26, 2024 Last Summer in the City by Gian...

Sacha Mardou is the author of Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy, A Graphic Memoir. We discuss growing up in crazy families and religions, Internal Family Systems therapy, the violence porn of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Pillowgate, and so much more….it’s loads of laughs and a wail of weeping. Read Along with Tony DuShane October 11 – 26, 2024 Last Summer in...

Kes Trester is the author of To The Nines, Book 3 of The Nine series. We discuss how to safely chat with grocery clerks about suicidal thoughts, how to find a husband at Hollywood parties, to structure or not structure a novel, and so much more. Sign up for: Read Along with Tony DuShane October 11 – 26, 2024 Last Summer in the City (1970) by Gianfranco Calligarich Drinks with Tony is on  iTu...

Gabriel Hart is the author of On High At Red Tide. He’s also the lead singer of Jail Weddings and The Starvations. October 5th is the first Drinks with Tony Bookclub , we’re reading Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age and we’ll discuss the book as well as do a writing exercise. October 3rd join Gabriel Hart for his Los Angeles release event for his novel at Stories bookstore...

Krystal Kenney is the author of Paris, A Life Less Ordinary: A Memoir. We discuss tourist scams of Paris, where are the best neighborhoods, how Krystal moved to Paris from Baltimore without an EU citizenship, and so much more. Remember to join the Drinks with Tony Book Club , this month we’ll discuss Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age by Bohumil Hrabal on October 5, 2024. Drinks with To...

Marianne Leone is the author of Five-Dog Epiphany: A Memoir. Marianne is an actor you may know from shows like The Sopranos. Her book tackles the grief of losing her son with her husband actor Chris Cooper and how their son Jesse brought dogs into their lives. We discuss how her an her husband have stayed together for 41 years, when they met in acting school exactly how their romance started, her...

Colleen McKeegan is the author of Rip Tide: A Novel. We discuss what to do when you have a major brain crush on an author, training for mascots of sports teams, the definition of a book hangover, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate...

Jessica Maguire is the author of The Nervous System Reset: Heal Trauma, Resolve Chronic Pain, and Regulate Your Emotions with the Power of the Vagus Nerve. We discuss the micro-communications that happens with our eyes, face, and hands, how to calm a 15 month old baby, how to look within ourselves after bad romantic relationships, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pand...

John A. Dailey is the author of Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations. We discuss the subconscious mind work of repetitive drills, the emotional response of combat, his deployment to Afghanistan after 9/11, what movies about war are closest to portraying the real thing, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outle...

Bobi Conn is the author of Someplace Like Home. We discuss doing psychedelics, her family heritage of moonshiners, how to get out of the way of our characters, collective anger of sports fans, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat...

Alexander Boldizar is the author of The Man Who Saw Seconds. We discuss l iving in a refugee camp after fleeing Slovakia in the 1979, t he art of learning new languages, k eeping authenticity as a writer while still entertaining the reader, Commedia dell’arte, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday eveni...

Peter Houlahan is the author of Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn. We discuss his coverage of Sagon Penn’s case of being found not-guilty of shooting and killing a police officer, how our brains are being hacked by data collection, when happens when you don’t back up your work, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora...