The Interview
Esoterica speaks with the interesting, intelligent and curious.



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

Esoterica’s The Interview with
In this episode, we meet Alison Maclean, a publishing executive and professor; a former vice-president at Wiley, and now a publishing consultant in the UK.

The Interview: Carlyn Montes De Oca on her Memoir, Junkyard Girl
In this episode, Esoterica speaks with Carlyn Montes De Oca who, at 57, took a DNA test on a whim, discovering that she was not

The Interview with Terry Fallis
In this episode, Esoterica speaks with award-winning novelist Terry Fallis about his writing process, going from ‘no-one-will-return-my-calls’ to eight bestsellers and his most recent book,