The Interview
Esoterica speaks with the interesting, intelligent and curious.
Episode 3: Still a Classic? Jane Eyre
In our third episode, Leah and Susan reread Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte. We both read the book in college and both of us were
Episode 2: Still a Classic? The Remains of the Day
In episode two of Still a Classic, Leah and Susan talk about the 1989 novel The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, which follows
Episode 1: Still a Classic? The Lovely Bones
In the first episode of our new podcast series, Still a Classic? Leah Eichler and Susan Catto debate whether or not Alice Sebold’s The Lovely
Esoterica’s The Interview with Cara Robertson, author of “The Trial of Lizzie Borden”
In this interview, we meet Cara Robertson, author of The Trial of Lizzie Borden. In her nail-biting book, Robertson takes us behind the scenes of
Esoterica’s The Interview with Oren Schneider on “The Apprentice of Buchenwald”
This episode is close to our heart. Oren (like Leah Eichler) is a third generation Holocaust survivor. Coincidentally, their grandfathers come from the same city
The Interview with Nathan Greenfield on “Hanged in Medicine Hat”
During World War II, 12,000 Nazis were kept in a POW camp in Medicine Hat, Alberta, a remote city with about the same population as
The Interview with Jowita Bydlowska on her novel, “Possessed”
In this week’s episode, we speak with Jowita Bydlowska on her new novel, Possessed, about a women’s love obsession. The novel was inspired in part
The Interview with Chelsea Wakelyn on “What Remains of Elsie Jane”
In this episode we meet Chelsea Wakelyn, who discusses her debut novel, What Remains of Elsie Jane, about a young mother coping with grief after
The Interview: Andrew Brobyn on his Memoir, “Babble On”
In this episode we meet Andrew Brobyn, who discusses his psycho-philosophical memoir, Babble On, where he navigates the consequences of his eccentric choices and struggles