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Episodes: 560
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.6/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 676 subscribers
Instagram: 19.0k followers
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Host
Theo Downes-Le Guin - Described as Ursula K. Le Guin’s son and literary executor; he moderates a panel conversation featuring Oregon-based writers Juhea Kim and Michelle Ruiz Keil.
Dave Miller - Host of OPB’s daily talk show Think Out Loud; described background in documentary production and as a radio producer and online host; he interviews Stacey Abrams at the book festival.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Emma Donoghue - Historical Fiction, Adapting Literature For Film And Stage, And The Paris Express.
Jill Lepore - The U.s. Constitution, Constitutional History, Amendments, Originalism, And We The People.
Adib Khorram - Queer Romance, Travel Research, Creative Process, Joy, And I'll Have What He's Having.
Jasmine Guillory - Queer Romance, Researching The Wine Industry, Writing From Curiosity, And Flirting Lessons.
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Episodes
Emma Donoghue in conversation (Rebroadcast)
July 13, 2026
In this episode, we feature the beloved Irish novelist Emma Donoghue, in conversation with OPB’s Crystal Ligori, from the 2025 Portland Book Festival. Emma Donoghue has extraordinary range, writing for the screen, and the stage, as well as authoring many acclaimed novels. Her international bestseller Room was a New York Times Best Book of 2010 and a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes, and it is what brought her fame and readers all over the world. She joined...
Jill Lepore (Rebroadcast)
July 10, 2026
Jill Lepore is a Harvard professor and contributing writer to the New Yorker. Her books include The Secret History of Wonder Woman, New York Burning, These Truths: A History of the United States, and her latest, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution – and instant New York Times bestseller. This year is the semi-quincentennial of the United States of America and, as Lepore points out, also the anniversary of constitutionalism. There’s no better guide through American history tha...
Jasmine Guillory and Adib Khorram (Rebroadcast)
June 29, 2026
If you like Heated Rivalry – if you don’t, you’re the only one, but anyway – if you like Heated Rivalry and want more queer romance but wish it had more wine, we’ve got the books for you. This week’s conversation is features queer romance at the 2025 Portland Book Festival, with authors Jasmine Guillory, Adib Khorram, and moderator Anita Kelly. Jasmine Guillory is the New York Times bestselling author of Drunk on Love, The Wedding Date, and The Proposal. A frequent contributor to The Today S...
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