Hosted by Village Well Books and Coffee · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 51 episodes
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The Village Well Podcast is brought to you by Village Well Books & Coffee in downtown Culver City, CA. Each episode, we interview authors and readers about books that capture our imagination. New episodes every Wednesday.
Village Well Books and Coffee hosts Village Well Podcast, a arts show with 51 episodes published.
In this episode, we chat with Samuel C. Spitale, author of How to Win the War on Truth. We cover the history of propaganda, the creation of Public Relations, and the rise of think tanks in our politics. Samuel walks us t
In this episode, Jen and Shira sit down with DEI consultant Monique Marshall for a conversation about identity and belonging. Monique shares some excellent children's book recommendations for sparking conversations aroun
On this special holiday episode, the staff of The Village Well recommends gifts for 2025! See what we picked out below: Fiction King Sorrow by Joe Hill The True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine Automat
On this episode, Judith sits down with Amy Tangerine to talk about her book Craft a Life You Love. It’s a “permission slip to be creative” and encourages readers to tap into artistic expression without all the judgement.
This week on the pod, Jen sits down with author, advocate, and producer Kathy Eldon to chat about her new book Boundless. They had a great conversation, touching on justice, creativity, and healing from grief. We hope yo
In this episode, Tom Rubio, facilitator of the SciFi/Fantasy book club at Village Well, hosts a conversation with two of the club's regulars to discuss last month's pick, Katabasis by R. F. Kuang. Click here to grab a co
This week on the pod, Colin Hinckley (our very own author of The Black Lord ) sat down with author Sarah Langan to talk about her recent book Pam Kowolski is a Monster! , her upcoming work Trad Wives , and the joy
On this episode, Tom sits down with members of the SciFi/Fantasy book club to discuss The Murderbot Diaries. They had a great conversation and saved all the spoilers till the end (don’t worry there’s a warning). If you’d
This week, Jen sat down with Andrea Tetrick from Publishers Group West and Two Rivers to talk about exciting releases for 2025. We hope you enjoy! Andrea's Picks: Culpability by Bruce Holsinger Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schl
This week on the pod, Jen and Brett sat down with writer, producer, and newly published author David Meyer. They chatted about his new book Five Minutes From a Meltdown, and got to the heart of poetry, or something like
This episode, Tobi sat down with two of our Book Club attendees to chat about last month’s pick: You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue. It’s a wild, surreal book about the historically-inspired first encounter between
This episode, Jen and Shira sat down with the wonderful Lil Miss Hot Mess, drag queen and professor at the University of Arizona. We recorded during Pride month, and had a great conversation about Drag Story Hour, Drag c
This week on the pod, Jen and Brett sat down with Professor Mo Ogrodnik from NYU. They talked about Mo's new book Gulf, featuring stories from women in the Gulf States. They also covered the impact of international educa
On this very special Mother’s Day episode, Jen and her daughter Allie sat down with Angourie and Kate Rice to talk about their new book Stuck Up and Stupid, a contemporary YA adaptation of Pride and Prejudice . They talk
This week on the pod, Anneliese Judge stopped by to chat with Brett and Neema! She talked about her love of reading, her experience as an actor on Sweet Magnolias, and her inspiration for starting a book club (Who to Jud
This week on the pod, Josh and Sam sat down with Professor Leah Litman to talk about her new book Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes. Leah is a professor of Law
On this episode of the Village Well Podcast, we sat down with Dave Ehrlich, a Sales Rep from the book publisher Chronicle Books. We talked about the publishing world and exciting new releases for 2025. Dave's Picks for 2
On this special live episode of the Village Well Podcast, Colin Hinckley sits down with author Philip Fracassi to talk Sci-Fi, Horror, and time travel in his new book The Third Rule of Time Travel . This was a fun one! T
This week we sat down with Sophie and Andrea from Piece by Piece - a nonprofit that teaches those experiencing homelessness how to make mosaic art. We talk about the organization's founding, how its grown over time, and
In this week's episode, we had a lovely chat with local LA Poet Kim Dower. We talked about her new book What She Wants, her experience as an artist and as a businesswoman, and the way the literary world has changed over
Sarah Langan
Thriller and Horror Author
1 appearance on this show
Leah Litman
law professor and podcaster · International Facilitators Organization
1 appearance on this show
Philip Fracassi
Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award–nominated author
1 appearance on this show
Kim Dower
Kim-from-L.A.
1 appearance on this show
Mirin Fader
Author of Dream
1 appearance on this show
Matt Sedillo
1 appearance on this show
Father Greg Boyle
Jesuit priest
1 appearance on this show
Jesse Katz
Author of The Rent Collectors · Aperture Cellars
1 appearance on this show
Lindsay Ellis
executive leader, mentor, author
1 appearance on this show
Jordan Morris
Comedian, Podcaster, & Author
1 appearance on this show
Rosanna Xia
Environmental Reporter · Los Angeles Times
1 appearance on this show
Samara Bay
global expert on leadership out loud, author of Permission to Speak
1 appearance on this show
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