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Join host Kyler Bingham in conversation with notable authors and filmmakers.
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Keith Koeneman - PATERNITY - Episode 438 (opens the original)
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It was great having Keith Koeneman on Salt Lake Dirt to talk about his new novel, Paternity . Having previously written a biography on former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Keith made the leap to fiction with a story that follows two couples in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood over two decades. He shared how he structured the book like a Netflix series with 19 interlocking chapters, drawing heavy inspiration from Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge while maintaining a strict chronological ti
Jerry Stahl - GONZO NEUROTIC - Episode 437 (opens the original)
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Having Jerry Stahl back on Salt Lake Dirt to talk about Gonzo Neurotic: The Best (And Not-So-Best) of Jerry Stahl was incredible. He’s one of my all-time favorite writers, and reading through this huge mix of his previously uncollected work and forgotten journalism was an absolute blast. We talked about everything from the backstory of his cult film Cafe Flesh to the surreal reality of doing press tours on shows like Oprah and Tom Snyder after publishing Permanent Midnight . What makes Jerry’s w
Susanne Antonetta - THE DEVIL'S CASTLE - Episode 436 (opens the original)
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This week on Salt Lake Dirt, Kyler sits down with author Susanne Antonetta to discuss her book, The Devil’s Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry’s Troubled History Reverberates Today . The conversation explores how Nazi-era euthanasia programs influenced modern psychiatric practices, including the rise of short, 15-minute appointments and heavy reliance on pharmaceuticals. Antonetta shares how her own 2019 psychotic episode and her discovery of German activist Dorothea Buck tran
Mallory Smart - BOOK OF DAVID - Episode 435 (opens the original)
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Mallory Smart returns to Salt Lake Dirt to chat with Kyler about her new book, Book of David . They get into the origin of the character, Dave, and how processing personal loss found its way onto the page, giving the project its emotional weight without losing its edge.Smart also opens up about the nuts and bolts of independent publishing, from running a small press to dealing with the chaos of the literary festival circuit. It’s a candid conversation about the realities of writing, navigating t
Alex Osman - XANADU, PENNSYLVANIA - Episode 434 (opens the original)
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Alex Osman returns to the show this week to discuss his novel, Xanadu, Pennsylvania , out now from Filthy Loot. Alex breaks down the book's evolution—stitching together decade-old drafts with new material to explore small-town secrets, human observation, and a strange town-wide obsession with Olivia Newton-John. We also talk about writing from an introverted perspective, honing in on sensory details, and why kids in fiction can be surprisingly cruel. Beyond the text itself, we discuss the physic
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