HeyJaredThe Bell Cow Round-up
Hosts Rob Jung and Michael David MacBride are rounding up the best voices from the Bell Cow Cattle-log and the wider literary world—publishers, authors, and more. This is where we shine a light on the people you need to hear from and the process behind their work.
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Where Childhood Memories Come to Life: Gunzil & Bowser Bookstore (Bell Cow Bookstore Grazing) (opens the original)
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Welcome to Bookstore Grazing, a Bell Cow Productions podcast where hosts Rob Jung and Michael David MacBride go beyond the bookshelves to get to know the independent bookstores—and the people behind them—that help make the literary community work. Every bookstore has a story. How did it get started? What earns a place on the shelves? How do booksellers decide what to recommend, work with local authors, create events, and build a community around books? Bookstore Grazing visits bookstores for cas
🐮 From War Correspondent to WWII Thriller Writer with John Winn Miller (Beyond the Pasture) (opens the original)
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Author John Winn Miller joins Rob Jung and Michael David MacBride on Beyond the Pasture for a wide-ranging conversation about World War II espionage, investigative journalism, filmmaking, historical research, and his newest thriller, MIRIAM IN THE SHADOWS. John has had the kind of career that almost sounds fictional itself: foreign correspondent, investigative reporter, newspaper editor and publisher, screenwriter, film producer, and now award-winning novelist. In 2026, he was inducted into the
Michael Allan Mallory in conversation with Cheri Johnson (Mystery Conversations) (opens the original)
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Mystery Conversations: A Bell Cow Podcast brings the best of Minnesota Mystery Night to listeners everywhere. These episodes are recorded live, in front of an audience, at the long-running monthly event that pairs top mystery and thriller writers with smart, engaging interviewers for lively, unscripted conversation. Expect craft talk, publishing stories, crime-fiction gossip of the respectable variety, and the kind of audience energy you only get when book people gather in a room together. Minne
Five Years of Fine Print: Building Saline’s Community Bookstore (Bell Cow Bookstore Grazing) (opens the original)
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Welcome to Bookstore Grazing, a Bell Cow Productions podcast where hosts Rob Jung and Michael David MacBride go beyond the bookshelves to get to know the independent bookstores—and the people behind them—that help make the literary community work. Every bookstore has a story. How did it get started? What earns a place on the shelves? How do booksellers decide what to recommend, work with local authors, create events, and build a community around books? Bookstore Grazing visits bookstores for cas
📚 Bell Cow Book Club: Craig Johnson’s The Brothers McKay (opens the original)
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🐮 Welcome to Bell Cow Book Club, the Bell Cow Productions podcast where Rob Jung and Michael David MacBride read along with the herd and then sit down for a live, unscripted conversation about books worth talking about. No edits. No safety net. No second take. Just two readers, one book, and wherever the conversation takes us. 📖 This month, we’re discussing The Brothers McKay by Craig Johnson, the latest mystery featuring Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire. When the thoroughly disliked Pepper McKay t
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