Author, speaker, screenwriter, storyteller and activist Lauren Beukes drops in this week to discuss growing up under Apartheid, swimming in freezing cold waters, and becoming the mayor of an immersive sci-fi play in London.

She's an intense researcher and is not afraid to speak her mind concerning injustices in the world. We loved that of her.

You can find her new multiverse thriller novel "Bridge" at all retailers.

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Citizen of the world and bestselling author, Neal Shusterman talks about the chance he took that lead to his career, writing at the top of the Burj Khalifa, Double Dragon, and having a tv series in development.

And when we were ready to wrap up at the 1:00 hr mark, he dropped a whopper of a story on us that would make for a great movie.

Look for his new book "All Better Now" at all major retailers.

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Craig Davidson (aka Nick Cutter) joins us to talk writing horror, living in Canada, driving a school bus, and that time he got 'roided up for the sake of a story.

You can find his newest book, "The Queen" at all major retailers.

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NPR political correspondent, journalist, and author of the NYT bestselling book "The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church", Sarah McCammon joins us to discuss her religious upbringing, covering the last few presidential elections and insight into devout faith. Fortunately, she was willing to join us on our level through these topics.

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"Millions of _______, _______ for me!" We know you're singing that now.

Chris Ballew joined us to talk President of the United States of America, Casper Babypants, his stories with just about every rockstar, and how to be fame-ish.

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Why is a guy who holds a PhD in History, is an honorary research fellow at University of Queensland, has appeared on CNN, been published in Time and authored the new book "One Nation Under Guns" slumming it with us? We asked the same question.

Dominic Erdozain brought his extensive knowledge of US History, our constitution, and the history of firearms to educate us on a topic we feel passionately about.

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Jenny Pentland, author of the darkly humorous memoir "This Will Be Funny Later" discusses her rebellious youth that played out in the public spotlight of her mom, Roseanne Barr's stardom.

Teen treatment facilities, death-match fights with her sister, pranking the paparazzi and Tom Arnold...As a well adjusted adult, she wears her past openly and is comfortable discussing any topic. This was a fun one.

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Author and journalist, Tony Ortega has been reporting on the Church of Scientology since 1995. He led a career writing for alt-weekly newspapers and ended up as Editor-In-Chief for the Village Voice in NY. He is now a prominent voice in exposing the misdeeds of the church and was happy to talk freely about it. So before you sign your billion year contract, hang onto your Thetans and buckle up. This episode goes to some weird places.

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