The Rock Podcast with Denny Somach

This is the podcast from PodcastOne that goes deep undercover to shine new light on the soundtrack of the most exciting decades in music. Producer/Rock Historian Denny Somach and friends are bringing their career experiences and his library of thousands of interviews to new life in this fast-paced, fan-focused series. They present not only the stories as they lived them, but as the artists did. From The Beatles to Foo Fighters, from John Bonham to Dave Grohl, from Woodstock to Coachella, these are the real stories: the greatest stories of rock from the artists themselves - in their own voices!

00:40:54 4/22/2019

Past Episodes

Best March Books With Laila Lalami

On our Best March Books episode, Kirkus? editors share their top titles for the month. Then Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami joins us to discuss her latest novel, The Dream Hotel (Pantheon, March 4). Kirkus: ?A woman is detained under an American regime where even dreams are being surveilled?.An engrossing and troubling dystopian tale? (starred review).

00:00:00 3/3/2025

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Lidia Yuknavitch

Lidia Yuknavitch discusses Reading the Waves: A Memoir (Riverhead, Feb. 4). Kirkus: ?A noted writer and teacher explores the uses of memoir to recast and heal the wounds of the past?. Full of the messy, moving, in-your-face inspiration and storytelling for which Yuknavitch is beloved.? Then our editors share their top picks in books for the week.

00:00:00 2/24/2025

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Erin Crosby Eckstine

On a special episode celebrating debut authors, Erin Crosby Eckstine discusses her novel, Junie (Ballantine, Feb. 4), who Kirkus calls ?a talented writer to watch.? ?On the eve of the Civil War, an enslaved Black teen awakens her sister?s ghost and embarks on a dangerous journey to freedom in this debut novel,? Kirkus writes in a review. ?Featuring a spirited protagonist, this compelling mix of the historical and the supernatural will resonate.? Then our editors highlight some more of the season?s most exciting debuts.

00:00:00 2/17/2025

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Paul Lisicky

Paul Lisicky discusses Song So Wild and Blue: A Life With the Music of Joni Mitchell (HarperOne, Feb. 25). Kirkus calls his latest memoir ?a beautiful tribute to a legendary musician and the act of creation? (starred review). Then our editors share their top picks in books for the week.

00:00:00 2/10/2025

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Best Books of February with Kate Beaton

On our Best February Books episode, Kirkus? editors share their top titles for the month. Then Kate Beaton joins us to discuss her funny and fierce new picture book, Shark Girl (Roaring Brook Press, Feb. 25). Kirkus: ?Stand aside, little mermaids. The true, pointy-toothed protector of the seas is here!?

00:50:05 2/3/2025

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Edmund White

Celebrated author Edmund White discusses The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir (Bloomsbury, Jan. 28). Kirkus: ?An irreverent and unapologetically provocative scrapbook of an aging author?s sex life? (starred review). Then our editors share their top picks in books for the week.

00:52:23 1/27/2025

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Catherine Coleman Flowers

Environmental and climate activist Catherine Coleman Flowers discusses Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope (Spiegel & Grau, Jan. 28), and essay collection Kirkus calls ?a passionate and thoughtful exploration of social injustice? (starred review). And in a sponsored interview, Megan speaks with Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd, the author and the illustrator of When I Hear Spirituals (Holiday House, Jan. 5), ?an exuberant and picturesque celebration of African American spirituals? (starred review). Then our editors share their top picks in books for the week.

00:58:17 1/20/2025

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Most Anticipated Books of 2025 with Cynthia Weiner

On this episode, dedicated to the Most Anticipated Books of 2025, Cynthia Weiner joins us to discuss A Gorgeous Excitement (Crown, Jan. 21), a brilliant debut novel inspired by her 1980s childhood on New York?s Upper East Side, and a personal connection to an infamous murder. Kirkus: ?Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts? (starred review). Then our editors share some of this spring?s most eagerly awaited titles.

00:54:49 1/13/2025

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Live from Texas Book Festival with Jean Hanff Korelitz and Liz Moore

In this special repisode, recorded live at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, host Megan Labrise moderates featured panel ?The Art of Mystery? with New York Times bestselling authors Jean Hanff Korelitz (The Sequel) and Liz Moore (The God of the Woods).

00:43:47 1/6/2025

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2024 Year-in-Review

Happy New Year, listeners! It?s the Fully Booked Year in Review, featuring editor-in-chief Tom Beer and Kirkus correspondent Michael Schaub. On this jolly special episode, we take a deep dive into the weirdest book news of 2024 and reveal the year?s most popular episode.

00:54:46 12/30/2024

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