The Pop Culture Affidavit Podcast Interviewed Me About Déjà View, Danger Peak, and How “There’s Something Not Right With This World”

courtesy of Pop Culture Affidavit (duh)

The Pop Culture Affidavit Podcast, a podcast dedicated to—you guessed it—pop culture, interviewed me last week about my latest novel, Déjà View, as well as Danger Peak and my ol’ college days. “Why my college days?” you ask. Well, that’s because the host of the show, Tom Panarese, is an old college buddy and my former boss at The Greyhound, the student newspaper of Loyola University Maryland, where we both attended. Back then, Loyola was named “Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland” (it was the only Loyola College in the country; now there are none), milk was just a buck (I think?), and Danger Peak and Déjà View were just twinkles in my eyes. (I believe Déjà View was the left one.) Yes, Tom was the Editor-in-Chief of The Greyhound, while I was just the lowly Features Editor. I kid! (But no, power dynamics are an ongoing problem in the collegiate world.) I think it was Tom’s idea to combine the Focus, or campus news, section with the Arts section to form the Features section, and I was the lucky first editor to give it a crack. How’d I do? Well, it turns out I forgot about the whole Focus section and ran a lot of CD reviews. Hey, I tried! Plus, the CDs were free, and they were hard to resist. These were the days before downloading and when music is basically—and unfortunately—considered worthless by most people. (At least they’re not readily willing to pay for your music, unless your name is Beyoncé or Taylor Swift.)

Anyway, we go down the rabbit hole and explore the major themes of Déjà View, including how “there’s something not right with this world.” This is my fourth podcast interview, and at nearly an hour, it’s my longest. The link is below, and I urge people to also check out Tom’s website at www.popcultureaffidavit.com. Enjoy!

Pop Culture Affidavit Interview

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P.S.: Next week’s blog: How I Came to Appreciate Thanksgiving More Than Christmas

P.P.S.: Déjà View is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble:

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