Beaks & Geeks podcast

I chose the Beaks and Geeks podcast, a podcast under Penguin Random House. Its 'tag' is "Candid conversations with authors" which seems pretty true to form based on the episode I listened to from December 2015 with guest George Saunders -- which, yeah, I chose because I like George Saunders. He was phoning in though, so it was a little weird at first to be listening to a podcast of two people having a phone conversation. It starts similarly to late-night shows, where the guest promotes what they've been working on. For Saunders at this point it was promoting his children's book The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip. After that, though, they went on to discuss the implications of the book, which is centered around the Syrian refugee crisis, and delved into national morality, etc. It's really less about the work and more about picking the brain of the author, based on this episode. Emily, the host, was a little awkward, but that's to be expected from someone whose career centers around books (no offense, professor). Early on in the podcast she said "I'm sure New York is happy to be used by you" and I could hear the regret after she said it. She also asked certain prompts like "What is your most productive time to write" or "What is your favorite place to write".