Andrew Wittstadt is joined by federal judge and author Thomas Cullen in a discussion of his debut novel, Charlie-Man. Topics include: Masculinity–male coming of age stories–prep schools–male companionship–the philosophy of a sitting judge–writing routines–and more! Recorded 7/8/2025 *LINKS* *Buy the Books* Charlie-Man by Thomas Cullen: https://amzn.to/450IDH5 All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren: https://amzn.to/4mouh9f More Books by Robert Penn Warren: https://amzn.to/45vTmJM Legal Writing in Plain English by Bryan Garner: https://amzn.to/46YjGO7 More Books by Bryan Garner: https://amzn.to/47ewH62 Join Patreon or Substack to get FULL access to Heavy Bored! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored Substack: https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Sign up for Andrew’s Newsletter for FREE! https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Contact us: heavyboredpodcast@gmail.com Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-bored/id1617156706 Follow Us! Twitter: @heavyboredpod https://x.com/HeavyBoredPod @AndrewWittstadt https://x.com/AndrewWittstadt Instagram: @heavybored https://www.instagram.com/heavybored/ TikTok: @heavyboredpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@heavyboredpodcast YouTube: @heavybored https://www.youtube.com/@heavybored @heavyboredclips https://www.youtube.com/@heavyboredclips *when available, we use affiliate links*

Andrew Wittstadt is joined by poet, writer, and friend of the pod Damon Moore in the first part of a multi-part extravaganza that covers the complete Louise Glück. Topics include: Louise Glück’s career–first books–beauty–devastating last lines–energy on the page–Glück’s Firstborn–and More! Recorded: 6/28/2025 *LINKS* *Buy the Books* Louise Glück: Poems 1962-2012: https://amzn.to/3IL6hi3 More Books by Louise Glück: https://amzn.to/40C9iaE Stag’s Leap by Sharon Olds: https://amzn.to/45mr04G More Books by Sharon Olds: https://amzn.to/40zgdBt The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton: https://amzn.to/3H7O5id More Books by Anne Sexton: https://amzn.to/40C4x0K Join Patreon or Substack to get FULL access to Heavy Bored! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored Substack: https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Sign up for Andrew’s Newsletter for FREE! https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Contact us: heavyboredpodcast@gmail.com Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-bored/id1617156706 Follow Us! Twitter: @heavyboredpod https://x.com/HeavyBoredPod @AndrewWittstadt https://x.com/AndrewWittstadt Instagram: @heavybored https://www.instagram.com/heavybored/ @my_banlieue https://www.instagram.com/my_banlieue/ TikTok: @heavyboredpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@heavyboredpodcast YouTube: @heavybored https://www.youtube.com/@heavybored @heavyboredclips https://www.youtube.com/@heavyboredclips *when available, we use affiliate links*

Andrew is joined by the author known as A. O. Wagner in a wide-ranging discussion on life, addiction, philosophy, marketing, self-publishing, and more. Recorded 6/4/2025 *LINKS* *Buy the Books* The Karma Sequence by A. O Wagner: https://amzn.to/45aMkKi More Books by A. O. Wagner: https://amzn.to/4f8yKL2 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne: https://amzn.to/44G5fww More Books by Jules Verne: https://amzn.to/4lWLpDv The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells: https://amzn.to/44Fw9ED The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton: https://amzn.to/3ITyW4t Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut: https://amzn.to/3TPHOKY More Books by Kurt Vonnegut: https://amzn.to/3GKpgc7 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick: https://amzn.to/4m4cpjJ Join Patreon or Substack to get FULL access to Heavy Bored! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored Substack: https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Sign up for Andrew’s Newsletter for FREE! https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Contact us: heavyboredpodcast@gmail.com Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-bored/id1617156706 Follow Us! Twitter: @heavyboredpod https://x.com/HeavyBoredPod @AndrewWittstadt https://x.com/AndrewWittstadt Instagram: @heavybored https://www.instagram.com/heavybored/ TikTok: @heavyboredpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@heavyboredpodcast YouTube: @heavybored https://www.youtube.com/@heavybored @heavyboredclips https://www.youtube.com/@heavyboredclips *when available, we use affiliate links*

Andrew Wittstadt is joung by author and entrepreneur Gary Smith in a discussion of his latest installment of the Warren Steelgrave series of novels. Topics include: masculine role models–growing up in 1950s America–family roots–Italian living–self-publishing–and more! Recorded 5/27/2025 *LINKS* *Buy the Books* More than you Know by Gary E. Smith: https://amzn.to/4eV0t1L More Books by Gary Smith: https://amzn.to/4nyhSkw The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler: https://amzn.to/3GbYM33 The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler: https://amzn.to/4lp44Y7 More Books by Raymond Chandler: https://amzn.to/4lffEow Join Patreon or Substack to get FULL access to Heavy Bored! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored Substack: https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Sign up for Andrew’s Newsletter for FREE! https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Contact us: heavyboredpodcast@gmail.com Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-bored/id1617156706 Follow Us! Twitter: @heavyboredpod https://x.com/HeavyBoredPod @AndrewWittstadt https://x.com/AndrewWittstadt Instagram: @heavybored https://www.instagram.com/heavybored/ TikTok: @heavyboredpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@heavyboredpodcast YouTube: @heavybored https://www.youtube.com/@heavybored @heavyboredclips https://www.youtube.com/@heavyboredclips *when available, we use affiliate links*

Andrew Wittstadt is joined by author, inventor, and entrepreneur Ron Richard. Recorded 5/14/2025 *LINKS* *Buy the Books* The Zenith Project by Ron Richard: https://amzn.to/3ZGLphH The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3ZIjjTn The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien: https://amzn.to/44rBBe5 Bellevue by Robin Cook: https://amzn.to/4lbrIH8 More Books by Robin Cook: https://amzn.to/4jZWdPe Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton: https://amzn.to/4jVTAxL More Books by Michael Crichton: https://amzn.to/3Gb4Mc0 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell: https://amzn.to/4kUY7SA More Books by Malcolm Gladwell: https://amzn.to/4loWQDf Join Patreon or Substack to get FULL access to Heavy Bored! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored Substack: https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Sign up for Andrew’s Newsletter for FREE! https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Contact us: heavyboredpodcast@gmail.com Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-bored/id1617156706 Follow Us! Twitter: @heavyboredpod https://x.com/HeavyBoredPod @AndrewWittstadt https://x.com/AndrewWittstadt Instagram: @heavybored https://www.instagram.com/heavybored/ TikTok: @heavyboredpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@heavyboredpodcast YouTube: @heavybored https://www.youtube.com/@heavybored @heavyboredclips https://www.youtube.com/@heavyboredclips *when available, we use affiliate links*

Andrew Wittstadt is joined by author and public speaker Tara Heaton, in a discussion about her debut memoir, Life Minutes: Igniting Joy from the Fire of Heartache. Topics include: Sales and marketing–messaging and advertising–the art of storytelling–the art of sales–neuroscience as self empowerment–the craft of memoir–grief–motherhood–trauma–and more! Recorded 5/6/2025 *LINKS* *Buy the Books* Life Minutes: Igniting Joy from the Fire of Heartache by Tara Heaton: https://amzn.to/45909tg A Place Called Home by David Ambroz: https://amzn.to/3HKXbBm Join Patreon or Substack to get FULL access to Heavy Bored! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored Substack: https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Sign up for Andrew’s Newsletter for FREE! https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Contact us: heavyboredpodcast@gmail.com Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-bored/id1617156706 En Pointe Communication: https://enpointeglobal.com/lifeminutes/ Follow Us! Twitter: @heavyboredpod https://x.com/HeavyBoredPod @AndrewWittstadt https://x.com/AndrewWittstadt @TaraHeatonEPC https://x.com/TaraHeatonEPC Instagram: @heavybored https://www.instagram.com/heavybored/ @taraheatonauthor https://www.instagram.com/taraheatonauthor/ TikTok: @heavyboredpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@heavyboredpodcast @talktothebrain https://www.tiktok.com/@talktothebrain YouTube: @heavybored https://www.youtube.com/@heavybored @heavyboredclips https://www.youtube.com/@heavyboredclips *when available, we use affiliate links*

Meg Hamand joins Andrew Wittstadt for an extended bonus interview for subscribers only. Topics include: dogs vs cats–ghost stories and technique–pov in fiction writing–adoption journeys–and more! Recorded 5/1/2025 *LINKS* *Buy the Books* Diamonds in Auschwitz by Meg Hamand: https://amzn.to/43sRhw2 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: https://amzn.to/43HrvFD More Books by Jane Austen: https://amzn.to/43xGGQy Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: https://amzn.to/4mw0yfB Join Patreon or Substack to get FULL access to Heavy Bored! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored Substack: https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Sign up for Andrew’s Newsletter for FREE! https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Contact us: heavyboredpodcast@gmail.com Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-bored/id1617156706 Read Meg Hamand: https://www.meghamandauthor.com/ Follow Us! Twitter: @heavyboredpod https://x.com/HeavyBoredPod @AndrewWittstadt https://x.com/AndrewWittstadt Instagram: @heavybored https://www.instagram.com/heavybored/ @meghamand https://www.instagram.com/meghamand/ TikTok: @heavyboredpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@heavyboredpodcast YouTube: @heavybored https://www.youtube.com/@heavybored @heavyboredclips https://www.youtube.com/@heavyboredclips *when available, we use affiliate links*

Andrew Wittstadt is joined by author Meg Hamand in a discussion of her debut novel, Diamonds in Auschwitz. Topics include: historical fiction–Millennial childhoods–Pride and Prejudice–Jane Austen–Wishbone stories–romanticism in writing–earning a living as a writer–and more! Recorded 5/1/2025 *LINKS* *Buy the Books* Diamonds in Auschwitz by Meg Hamand: https://amzn.to/43sRhw2 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: https://amzn.to/43HrvFD More Books by Jane Austen: https://amzn.to/43xGGQy Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: https://amzn.to/4mw0yfB Join Patreon or Substack to get FULL access to Heavy Bored! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored Substack: https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Sign up for Andrew’s Newsletter for FREE! https://andrewwittstadt.substack.com/ Contact us: heavyboredpodcast@gmail.com Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-bored/id1617156706 Read Meg Hamand: https://www.meghamandauthor.com/ Follow Us! Twitter: @heavyboredpod https://x.com/HeavyBoredPod @AndrewWittstadt https://x.com/AndrewWittstadt Instagram: @heavybored https://www.instagram.com/heavybored/ @meghamand https://www.instagram.com/meghamand/ TikTok: @heavyboredpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@heavyboredpodcast YouTube: @heavybored https://www.youtube.com/@heavybored @heavyboredclips https://www.youtube.com/@heavyboredclips *when available, we use affiliate links*