Best Robin Moyer Chung Podcasts (2025)

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Kill Your Darling, by Clay McLeod Chapman 18:45

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25d ago18:45

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WARNING: Graphic Celebrated horror writer Clay McLeod Chapman reads from his newest book, Kill Your Darling, about a man whose son was hideously killed years before and the killer was never caught. We discuss Clay’s lifelong fascination with horror and what makes horror such a compelling, though still taboo, genre. claymcleodchapman.com Have any gr…

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Diaspora Daughter, by Julie Sarkissian 17:10

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In her newest book, Diaspora Daughter, Julie Sarkissian writes about a Gen X teen learning about her family’s harrowing escape from the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Julie based her story on her great grandmother’s and great uncle’s devastating loss in the genocide, and ultimate rescue after four years of aimlessly wandering around Europe. We discuss …

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Dwell House, by Hadley Boyd 17:03

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Actress and writer Hadley Boyd’s entertaining micro fiction recounts an evening in which a recent divorcée throws a far-too-expensive party in her new rental home, before realizing that the house is haunted by the woman who lived there before her. Hadley speaks of her own experience as a divorcée, finally finding a home so she can be with her child…

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Combat Love, by Alisyn Camerota 24:20

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Award-winning journalist Alisyn Camerota’s astonishing and witty memoir, Combat Love, details her dicey childhood, less-than-ideal upbringing, outlier friends, homelessness, and fascination with punk rock. We discuss her reasons for writing it now, how her mother's past experiences affected how she was raised, and her family’s - especially her moth…

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Deadly Lies, by Viviana Vasiu 17:18

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Attorney and editor Viviana Vasiu writes a taut thriller about a murder in a sorority house, informed by her own college experience in Kappa Alpha Theta and navigating Rush. We discuss the good and bad of sorority life and the reasons for its not-always-great reputation. vivianavasiu.com Have any great writing? Send 2-5 minutes of it to WhyTheHellD…

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Jocks: True Stories of America's Gay Male Athletes, by Dan Woog 22:05

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High school soccer coach and writer Dan Woog reads from, Jocks, his pioneering book about gay high school athletes published in 1997. A closeted gay male for most of his life, Woog wrote this bestseller during a turbulent and often dangerous era for homosexual men, giving voice to a population unapologetically expected to be straight. After, we dis…

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Mercy, by Gigi Rios New 11:10

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TV writer Gigi Rios New bases her newest pilot, Mercy, on a real-life woman, Joan (Sophie in the pilot), who spent everything she had to keep her sick husband alive. Upon his death, having lost almost everything, her mother-in-law demands she return the “heirloom” engagement ring. Her friends expect her to rejoin society in a manner they find accep…