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Podcast Interviews Rag Radio -- An hour-long audio interview with the host Thorne Dreyer Boomer Bedtime Story Radio -- An audio interview and my reading of an excerpt about my conscientious objector days and military prison experience (includes dramatic background sound effects and music) Feature Story in Literary Yard and 40-minute video interview with Editor Onkar Sharma (click here for YouTube video link) Meet the Expats Podcast -- A 40-minute interview with the host Pauline Mura Specifically for Seniors Podcast -- I was the third guest on this 90-minute program (titled Three Men, Three Stories) with the host Dr. Larry Barsh (My interview starts at the 46' 16" mark) Uncorking a Story Podcast -- A fun 40-minute interview with the host Michael Carlon (Links to both audio and video are at the bottom of the page.) Should Have Listened to My Mother Podcast — This 30-minute interview with host Jackie Tantillo gave me a wonderful chance to tell stories about my mother Talking With the Hippies Podcast host Tom Widdicombe and I reminisce about our "hippie daze" in the 1960s and 1970s An absolute joy to visit with host Daniela Stockfleth-Menis on her Because Everyone Has a Story podcast A 40-minute video interview with Authors Over 50 podcast host Julia Daily (I also read a section from the preface explaining how I came to write the book) An hour-long video interview with host Matt Gilhooly of The Life Shift podcast, which was named Ear Worthy's best indie podcast of 2024.  A fun audio interview with host Agnes Knowles of The Boomer Woman's Podcast. We covered a lot of ground about both my mother's life and my own. A conversation with Nigerian poet Peter Okonkwo. A half-hour audio interview with host John Ross. We talk about my life in Japan from the beginning to retirement. Agnes Knowles kindly invited me back for a second interview on The Boomer Woman's Podcast. We talked for over an hour about my 40+ years of ex-pat life in Japan. My favorite podcast interview. The episode is number 45. Host Michelle Redo asked great questions and allowed me to read a long excerpt. Daring to Tell recently took a silver medal in the Best Indie Podcast category of the 2024 Signal Awards.

Excerpts, Reviews, Feature Articles, and Print Interviews

— Boomer Magazine -- Preface

— Babyboomers.com -- A Foreign Dean of Students at a Japanese University

— Humboldt Times-Standard interview (PDF)

— Memoirist.org -- Childhood in the Redwoods

— Five-Star Review from Big Al's Books and Pals

— Feature Story in Northwest Prime Time

— Five-Star Review from Manhattan Book Review

— Barbara Lloyd McMichael's (The Bookmonger) review in Coast Weekend

— My author interview in Review Tales: A Book Magazine For Indie Authors — 6th Edition (Spring 2023)

— Five-star Review from Readers' Favorite

— Feature Story in poet Julia Hones's book blog My Writing Life (includes a couple of my mother's paintings)

— A comprehensive (over 10,000 words) article by author and journalist Paul Haeder in Dissident Voice about my book and our correspondence over several months (includes some links to relevant songs on YouTube)

— A top-notch review from U.K. book blogger Bookaholic Bex

— Five-star review from memoirist, editor, and book blogger Mary Jo Doig

— The BeZine (Vol. 10, Issue 2) -- B-52 Security Guard Becomes a Conscientious Objector

— Excellent review from Rachel Deeming at her Scuffed Granny blog

— Psychedelic Press published my story "An Old Vietnam War Conscientious Objector Takes a Mushroom Journey in Amsterdam" in their quarterly journal Psychedelic Press XXXIX

— An interview with Ashley Hasty on her Hasty Book List blog.

— My guest post (titled "My Mother Imparted to Me a Love of Stories") at Cindy Hudson's Mother Daughter Book Club blog. (Click here to read Cindy's review of my memoir.)

— My guest post (titled "A 73-Year-Old Expat Author's Promotion Adventures") at Laura's Books and Blogs site. It's a world-weary and stubborn old codger’s take on trying to navigate the challenges of promoting a memoir in this age of social media.
 
— Great review from Jennifer Kaufman (bookishjen) at The Book Self Blog.

—  A very nice review from Susan Griggs at Reedsy Discovery.

— A wonderful review from Suroor Alikhan at her blog Talking About Books. (Click here to read Suroor's interview with me. She asked some great questions.)

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