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Open Book

Hosted by Richard Winham · arts · EN

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About this Podcast:

Hosted by Richard Winham, Open Book is a in-depth conversation with writers of local, regional, national, and international renown.

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Contact path

Verified email

Booking probability

32%

Guest openness

Selective

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80/100
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Questions about Open Book

Who hosts Open Book?

Open Book is hosted by Richard Winham. The show has published 50 episodes to date.

What has Open Book covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Rollo Romig And "I Am On The Hit List"" (11 July 2025, 59 minutes), "A Brother-Sister Bond: Jennifer Boulanger's Memoir "A Song For Olaf"" (26 May 2025, 54 minutes), and "Chat Book Flash Fiction: Paul Luikart's "Mercy"" (9 May 2025, 59 minutes).

How often does Open Book publish?

Open Book publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 58 minutes across 50 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Open Book?

Booking probability for Open Book is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Open Book requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Open Book's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Open Book?

The strongest fits for Open Book are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. Open Book has an arts audience.

About the host

Richard Winham hosts Open Book, an arts podcast with 50 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Jul 11, 202559 min

    (Penguin Books) On this episode of WUTC's "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Rollo Romig, author of "I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist's Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India." Rollo Romig (rolloromig.com)

  • May 9, 202559 min

    (Walnut St. Publishing) On this episode of WUTC's "Open Book" with Richard Winham, Paul Luikart - author, teacher and painter - talks about his latest work of short-form storytelling: "Mercy." Paul Luikart (Paul Luikart)

  • Apr 11, 202559 min

    Mark L Brooks (marklbrooks.com) On this episode of WUTC's "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Mark L. Brooks, an alum of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga whose debut novel is "Laying Autumn's Dust: A...

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  • Mar 17, 202559 min

    (Kehrer Verlag) On this episode of WUTC's "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Pamela Thomas-Graham, author and photographer of the forthcoming book "When Words Fail: A Photographic Journey through New York City."...

  • Feb 10, 202559 min

    Deanna Raybourn (Holly Virginia Photography) On this episode of "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Deanna Raybourn, author of "Kills Well with Others." Her novel - a sequel to "Killers of a Certain Age," a New York...

  • Dec 20, 202459 min

    Jared Sullivan (Mackenzie Wray) (Aired 12/14/24) Jared Sullivan, an alum of UTC, talks about his book "Valley So Low: One Lawyer's Fight for Justice in the Wake of America's Great Coal Catastrophe" - on the coal ash...

  • Nov 26, 202459 min

    Matthew Hubbard (Mandy Rhoden Photography) (Aired Sat 11/16/24) Author Matthew Hubbard is Richard Winham's guest for this episode of WUTC's "Open Book."

  • Nov 26, 202459 min

    Peggy Douglas (Southern Exposure) (Aired Sat 11/09/24) On this episode of "Open Book," Richard Winham shares the first part of his conversation with Peggy Douglas of "Southern Exposure."

  • Oct 21, 202459 min

    Andrew K. Clark (Andrew K. Clark) (Aired Sat 10/19/24) On this episode of "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Andrew K. Clark, Appalachian Gothic writer and poet who lives near Asheville, NC - and shares the first...

  • Sep 24, 202459 min

    Richard Jackson in 2022. (Angela Foster / UTC) Richard Jackson - who established the creative writing program on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - talks about his latest collection of poems...

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    Jul 15, 202457 min

    Laura Hankin (Penguin Random House) Laura Hankin - whose latest novel and first romcom is "One-Star Romance" - is Richard Winham's guest on this episode of "Open Book."

  • Jun 16, 202459 min

    Tasha Coryell (Emily Covington) On this Open Book, my first guest is Tasha Coryell - whose just published novel is titled "Love Letters To a Serial Killer." In the excerpt from the opening pages of the novel, read by...

  • Jun 12, 202459 min

    (infomatique / Creative Commons) (Aired 5/18/24) For this "Open Book," my first guest is Stephen Eoannou. When I was a very young lad living in a London suburb, I spent many of my days dreaming of riding a horse, six...

  • Jun 12, 202458 min

    (Jo Naylor / Flickr) (Aired 5/11/24) In this Open Book, my guest is a practicing psychiatrist who writes under the name James Champion. He decided to use a different name when writing his first novel to protect the...

  • Jun 11, 202459 min

    (Cast Iron Storytelling) (Aired 4/13/2024) For the first half of this week’s "Open Book," my guests are the local playwrights, actors and producers Jason Tinney and Holly Morse-Ellington. Jason Tinney (Cast Iron...

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