The writer and assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Marissa Landrigan, discusses her new book The Vegetarian’s Guide to Eating Meat: A Young Woman’s Search for Ethical Food (Greystone, 2017), with Joseph Planta.

The writer and distinguished public intellectual Mark Kingwell discusses his new collection of essays, Fail Better: Why Baseball Matters (Biblioasis, 2017), with Joseph Planta.

The author and writer Michael Finkel discusses his new book, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (Knopf, 2017), about Christopher Knight, with Joseph Planta.

The journalist Meredith Wadman discusses her new book The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease (Viking, 2017), with Joseph Planta.

Paul Trinetti, author of the Vexton Series, discusses his two previous book and his latest, The Preservation Plan (Iguana Books, 2017), a future America, and more, with Joseph Planta.

The author and founder of Bookslut Jessa Crispin discusses her new book Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto (Melville House, 2017), with Joseph Planta.

The teacher and author Patrick O’Neil discusses his book, Cowboy Movies and American Culture: Understanding the Invasion of Iraq (2016), with Joseph Planta.

The writer, historian, and former newspaper proprietor Conrad Black discusses the forthcoming Trump presidency, and his new collection Backward Glances: People and Events from Inside and Out (Signal, 2016), and more, with Joseph Planta.

The acclaimed author Alexander Maksik discusses his new novel Shelter in Place (Europa Editions, 2016), its setting of the Pacific Northwest, themes of love and mental illness, and more, with Joseph Planta.

This episode of Two P’s in a Podcast has Jackie Pierre and Joseph Planta discussing the American election, a Donald Trump presidency, getting out the vote, and more.