Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 768
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 1.5k subscribers
Instagram: 1.2k followers
Page updated: Nov 4, 2026 · How we check this data
Contact Information
Publicly listed emails
groth@chimeraobscura.com
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Host
Gil Roth - Writer and podcast host who interviews authors and other cultural figures about books, writing, and life.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Emil Wilson - The AIDS Era, Family History, Adapting Lived Experience Into Fiction, Comics, Visual Storytelling, And The Transition From Advertising To Graphic Novels.
Jonathan Ames - Pulp Fiction, Crime Writing, Character Development, Literary Influences, Buddhism, And The Craft Of Creating Vivid Prose.
Dash Shaw - Memory, Loss, Covid-era Life, Comics Structure, Visual Storytelling, Marriage, Art, And The Creative Process.
Phillip Lopate - Washington Irving, Literary Biography, Personal Essays, Memoir, Literary History, And Preserving Influential Writing.
Ida Kao - Hampshire College's Institutional Decline, Student Journalism, Archives, Education, And Preserving The School's History And Spirit.
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Episodes
Episode 696 - Karl Stevens
October 27, 2026
With PEPPER (Toon Books), Karl Stevens brings us the latest adventures of existentialist housecat, Penny, and her eponymous sister. We talk about the fun of making a sequel to 2021's PENNY, the challenge of getting all the cats' markings right, how he found the right balance in the voices & outlooks of his main cat-characters, how giving Pepper mystical powers allowed him to get away from drawing his apartment over and over, and how cat comics PULL. We get into his realist drawing style and t...
Episode 695 - Wallis Wilde-Menozzi
October 13, 2026
She's been on the show to talk about her essays, novel, and memoir, and now Wallis Wilde-Menozzi gets to talk about translation! With Emerging from the Winter Sea: Selected Poetry and Prose (FSG Poetry), Wallis has translated a career-spanning collection by Antonella Anedda. We talk about her love of Anedda's writing and how it led to their friendship, how Italian poetry addresses past poetry and changes in language, how the island of Sardinia stands in for the "I" in Anedda's poems, and how ...
Episode 694 - Nate Powell
October 07, 2026
With DIANA (Abrams ComicArts), Nate Powell has completed his "accidental triptych" of Ozark horror & the punk scene. During SPX weekend, he returned to the show to talk about the creative leap he took with this book, the ways that DIANA fulfills but doesn't complete the stories of COME AGAIN and FALL THROUGH, why this book is set during the transitional period of the early '90s, and the challenge of writing characters in their early 20s while he's approaching his 50s (and what it meant for Fr...
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Who is an ideal guest for The Virtual Memories Show?
The Virtual Memories Show typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Published authors, essayists, cartoonists, editors, literary scholars, and cultural figures with a substantial new book, creative project, or well-developed perspective on books and writing. Common among recent guests: Published books or graphic novels; Established careers in literary or creative fields; Distinctive cultural, educational, or archival projects. Recent guests include Emil Wilson, Jonathan Ames, and Dash Shaw.
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