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Pete of The Chills at Will Podcast
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The Chills at Will Literary Podcast is a discussion of the visceral beauty of literature, w/ Pete. Ep 275 up now on all platforms!-join the Patreon!

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Excited to share Episode 309 with @kailayu.bsky.social. Thanks to her for a generous conversation!

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In an Ep308 clip, @jeffpearlman.bsky.social talks about his philosophy of deep, layered research, and expectations for writerly research.

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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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In an Ep305 clip, @lesbrains.bsky.social‬⁩ talks about the power of renaming, as her book so brilliantly interrogates colonial land grabs and revisionist and erased histories.

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October 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Me, when I inexplicably follow the convoluted directions from a guy, instead of going with GPS directions
October 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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In an Ep300 clip, ⁦‪Nathan Thrall talks about how his book as a primer on the Gaza/Israeli conflict not starting on October 7 and how the ghettos Palestinians live in are instructive.

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October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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It's an honor and a privilege to share Episode 300, a conversation with Nathan Thrall, 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner.

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October 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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In this Ep296 clip, Ursula Villarreal-Moura talks about how using an epistolary format unlocked new paths and profundity for her stirring, subtly beautiful Like Happiness.

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September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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In an Ep295 clip, master chronicler & storyteller Wright Thompson discusses the interconnectedness of the world & the need to "go back across the ocean" to truly understand all that led to Emmett Till's horrific murder.

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September 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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In an Ep290 clip, Adnan Virk‬⁩ talks about having the freedom to riff in his book's chapter, while also having material for even more essays, and maybe another book.🤞

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September 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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In this Episode 289 clip, @jahmalmayfield.bsky.social⁩ describes the dynamic opening of his thoughtful and action-packed novel.

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August 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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In an Ep290 clip, ⁦Adnan Virk‬⁩ talks about the atmosphere and iconic announcement at the 2017 Academy Awards.

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August 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Great book mail day today: @grantginder.bsky.social So Old, So Young coming out in February, when we'll be chatting.

Thanks, Gallery Books!

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August 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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In this Episode 288 clip, @camilleuadams.bsky.social‬⁩ reflects on ideas of vulnerability and shame, as rendered in her inventive, unique, profound How to be Unmothered: A Trinidadian Memoir.

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August 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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@grantginder.bsky.social, @lukeepplin.bsky.social, and @toniannj.bsky.social are a few of the greats already slated for 2026.

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August 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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In an Ep287 clip, @jordanharper.bsky.social‬⁩ talks about an important sense of realism and the "visceral" that informed his writing of She Rides Shotgun-simply a master work.

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August 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Scarface is the absolute best (worst?)
"How you gonna get a scar like that eating pineapple?"
August 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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In an Ep287 clip, ⁦‪Jordan Harper‬⁩ talks about how the opening for She Rides Shotgun is what his friend and fellow standout writer @blacktopkid.bsky.social calls "Old Testament Writing."

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Movie in theaters!

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August 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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It's Opening Day for She Rides Shotgun! In this Ep287 clip, the masterful Jordan Harper‬⁩ discusses what it's like to see his book on the big screen.

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August 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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August brings @jordanharper.bsky.social, @camilleuadams.bsky.social, @jahmalmayfield.bsky.social, Adnan Virk, and @rubenwrites.bsky.social!

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July 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Congrats to Hannah Pittard for her witty, eccentric, profound novel! In an Ep287 clip, she discusses the book as fiction & how one of her dynamic characters comes from her sister as muse.

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July 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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July 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Hiatus (mostly) finished! Back with a new episode at 6am PST, coinciding with Hannah Pittard's Pub Day for If You Love It, Let It Kill You from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social.

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July 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Excited to add @ellomelissa.bsky.social to the 2025 lineup!

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June 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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May 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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In an Ep284 clip, Vanessa Saunders‬⁩ discusses connections between misogyny, humor, and speculative fiction.

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