Bounded Enthusiasm Archives - GeekDad: Recent Episodes
Bounded Enthusiasm Archives - GeekDad
Earlier this week I promised an interview with Lucy Knisley, and here it is!
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Subalekha Udayasankar is the designer of 'Bycatch,' a card game that uses an usual mechanic to simulate drone warfare.
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Today's episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is a celebration of the tenth anniversary of First Second Books, one of my favorite publishers.
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For today's Bounded Enthusiasm episode, I interviewed Gene Luen Yang, one of my favorite graphic novelists, who was just appointed the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.
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Jane McGonigal is well-known for her book Reality Is Broken and her TED talks about gaming, about how gaming and game design can be used to better the world. Her latest book is SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver, and More Resilient. I interviewed McGonigal recently and talked to her about how […]
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Andy Weir was a software engineer for over two decades, writing short stories and Sherlock Holmes fan fiction in his spare time. And then he wrote 'The Martian.' Maybe you've heard of it.
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Today's Bounded Enthusiasm episode is an interview with Tony DiTerlizzi, one of my favorite author-illustrators and a semi-regular guest on the podcast. We talk about his new book of RPG art and his upcoming picture book with Mo Willems.
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Today's Bounded Enthusiasm podcast is an interview with author Steven Gould. We talk about the 'Jumper' series, what it's like to be a supporting character, and the recent controversy surrounding the Hugo Awards.
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Bounded Enthusiasm is back, with a review of 'Roller Girl' and an interview with Victoria Jamieson.
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Today's episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is an interview with Jennifer Holm about her latest book, The Fourteenth Goldfish. Holm has written several books for kids, both novels and comics, and has won three Newbery Honors and an Eisner Award. In the podcast, we talk about Holm's inspiration for The Fourteenth Goldfish, what it's like being a parent and a writer, and why Jonas Salk was so cool.
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In today's episode of Bounded Enthusiasm, I interview Elissa Brent Weissman, author of several middle-grade books about smart kids. Her latest is Nerd Camp 2.0, a sequel to her 2011 book Nerd Camp. Listen in as we talk about her inspiration for the books and parenting little nerds-in-training.
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Today's episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is an interview with Tony DiTerlizzi. He's an author and illustrator of many books for kids, including one of my family's favorites, the WondLa series, and I've actually interviewed him a couple of times before. Today we're talking about his new book, a picture book about Star Wars featuring paintings by the late great Ralph McQuarrie.
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Today's episode is an interview with Paul Pope about his latest comic book series, Battling Boy. Paul Pope is a prolific cartoonist and illustrator, perhaps best known for Batman: Year 100, for which he won two Eisner awards.
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Between a trip for my high school reunion and Gen Con, it's been a while since I've had time to conduct any interviews, but Bounded Enthusiasm is back! Today's episode is an interview with B.J. Novak about his brand-new picture book ... with no pictures.
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Today's episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is a double interview with Gene Yang and Sonny Liew, author and illustrator (respectively) of The Shadow Hero, a new comic book just out this month from First Second Books. It's a new origin story for an obscure WWII-era superhero named the Green Turtle, created by a Chinese-American artist. If the rumors are true, the Green Turtle is the first Asian-American superhero.
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Today's episode of the Bounded Enthusiasm podcast is an interview with Daniel H. Wilson, author of several books including Robopocalypse and its sequel, Robogenesis (published this week). We only had time for a short conversation, but I asked him about what it means to have a Ph.D. in robotics, the plausibility of various robot scenarios like Terminator and Short Circuit, and the awesome spaceship simulator he built for his kids.
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Bounded Enthusiasm is a new podcast I've started to talk about books and games and whatever else comes to mind. Today's episode is an interview with author Jonathan Auxier, the author of an upcoming book The Night Gardener.
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Tony DiTerlizzi is one of my favorite author-illustrators, and his WondLa series is a family favorite. The final book of the trilogy, The Battle for WondLa, is out this month, and I got a chance to speak with DiTerlizzi before he heads out for his book tour. We talked about all things WondLa, his upcoming Star Wars book, Dungeons and Dragons, and more.
Click through to read all of "Bounded Enthusiasm #1: Tony DiTerlizzi Talks About WondLa, Dungeons & Dragons, and Star Wars" at GeekDad.If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon or use this link to shop at Amazon. Thanks!
