Episodes 20
Avg. Duration 40m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (11)
Since Jan 2026
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
15%
Hosting
www.wyso.org

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About This Podcast

Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them.Vick Mickunas introduced the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994. Over the years, he has produced more than 1,700 interviews with writers, musicians, poets, politicians, and celebrities.He has interviewed historians such as Studs Terkel, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon Sebag Montefiore, and Gary Wills; politicians including Mario Cuomo, Sherrod Brown, George McGovern, John Kasich, Gary Hart, and Donald Trump; pundits such as Karl Rove, Ann Coulter, Ralph Nader, and Christopher Hitchens; broadcast journalists like Jim Lehrer, Robin MacNeil, Chris Wallace, Ken Bode, and Richard Threlkeld; movie stars including Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Peter Ustinov, Kevin Bacon, and Bruce Campbell; romance writers Nora Roberts and Janet Dailey; astronauts such as John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, Tom Stafford, and Gene Cernan; diplomats including Richard Holbrooke and Jose Ramos Horta; humorists like Bill Bryson, Gary Shteyngart, Art Buchwald, Gail Collins, Dave Barry, Roz Chast, and Sarah Vowell; food writers including Amanda Hesser, Molly O'Neill, Michael Ruhlman, and Judith Jones; poets such as Galway Kinnell, Donald Hall, Nikki Giovanni, Billy Collins, Coleman Barks, Hanif Abdurraqib, and Shuly Cawood; crime writers like P.D. James, Sue Grafton, James Lee Burke, Louise Penny, Robert Crais, John Sandford, Don Winslow, Lawrence Block, Ian Rankin, Adrian McKinty, Lee Child, Walter Mosley, Ed McBain, and Philip Kerr; espionage novelists like Alan Furst, Mick Herron, and Olen Steinhauer; horror novelists including Clive Barker, Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Danielle Trussoni, and Paul Tremblay; and music legends from bands like The Animals, Duran Duran, Joy Division, The Doors, the Byrds, and The Rolling Stones.Vick Mickunas reviews books for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News Sun.

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Recent Episodes

Best of the Book Nook: 'The Kommandant's Mistress' and 'Only with the Heart' by Sherri Szeman

Apr 06, 2026 50m

This author's first two novels were written under the pen name "Sherri Szeman."

Book Nook: 'The Rock 'N' Roll Haggadah' by Meredith Ochs, illustrated by Kay Miller

Mar 20, 2026 28m

Passover begins on April 1 and some people will be observing it with arocking soundtrack.

Book Nook: 'Bone Valley' by Gilbert King

Mar 18, 2026 49m

He spent over 30 years in a Florida prison for killing his wife. But hedidn't do it.

Book Nook: 'Heartland: a Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird' by Keith O'Brien

Mar 06, 2026 28m

The story of a basketball star who almost wasn't.

Book Nook: 'Escape to America' by David Truong

Mar 04, 2026 28m

The story of how a family from Vietnam fled to America half a century ago.

Best of the Book Nook: 'Affluenza: How Overconsumption Is Killing Us and How to Fight Back' by John De Graaf

Mar 03, 2026 51m

Did you know that we Americans are consuming 25% of the world's resources?

Book Nook: 'I Built That! And So Can You' by Roger Hoover

Mar 02, 2026 49m

This is quite possibly the first book ever published by a sheet metalworker.

Book Nook: 'The Last Hitman' by Robin Yocum

Mar 01, 2026 28m

My favorite crime novel of 2026 so far is this one.

Best of Book Nook: 'Picasso's War: the Destruction of Guernica, and the Masterpiece that Changed the World' by Russell Martin

Feb 20, 2026 50m

Exploring the history of a monumental painting.

Book Nook: 'The Hadacol Boogie' by James Lee Burke

Feb 19, 2026 28m

Celebrating 30 years of interviews with a legendary crime writer.

Book Nook: 'I Want That!: How We All Became Shoppers' by Thomas Hine

Feb 16, 2026 51m

A Book Nook flashback to the infancy of online shopping 24 years ago.

Book Nook: 'The Final Score' by Don Winslow

Feb 13, 2026 28m

One of our greatest crime novelists makes an unexpected return with astory collection.

Best of Book Nook: 'What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex' by Dr. Hilda Hutcherson

Feb 11, 2026 50m

The day an eminent gynecologist talked for an hour about sex on WYSO.

Book Nook: 'Girl to Country' by Amy Rigby

Feb 05, 2026 50m

Amy Rigby's third visit to the program. Her first appearance was 30years ago.

Book Nook: 'A Pocketful of Nickels - and related stories' by James Wilbur

Feb 04, 2026 28m

Some of Jim Wilbur's stories took decades to write.

Best of the Book Nook: 'Big Stone Gap' by Adriana Trigiani

Feb 02, 2026 50m

This author's debut novel was a best seller that inspired a movie.

Book Nook: 'Wreck Your Heart' by Lori Rader-Day

Feb 02, 2026 28m

She was a country singer in Chicago and also a woman of mystery.

Best of the Book Nook: 'Heaven in High Gear' by Joan Brady

Feb 01, 2026 28m

An interview from the archives with the author of the best-selling "God on a Harley."

Best of the Book Nook: "Bin Laden, Islam & America's New 'War on Terrorism'" by As'ad AbuKhalil

Jan 27, 2026 50m

This interview from the Book Nook archive is a snapshot of time and history in the U.S. during early 202.

A Living Landmark: The Story of Carillon Historical Park | Book Nook

Jan 20, 2026 49m

Alex Heckman and Steve Lucht discuss 75 years of Carillon Historical Park history in Dayton. Plus a WYSO reunion with former Excursions engineer Steve Lucht.

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