Author Yael van der Wouden joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her Booker Award-nominated novel The Safekeep.

To learn more about Yael van der Wouden, visit her official website.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Craig Thomas, co-creator of "How I Met Your Mother" and co-host of the podcast "How We Made Your Mother," joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his debut novel That's Not How It Happened.

To learn more about Craig Thomas, follow him on Instagram. Also listen to our interview with Carter Bays in Episode 534.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

In this edition of Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses the life of David Ruggles, a New York City-based abolitionist who operated the first known Black bookstore and is featured in our guest's book, and his connections to New England. She also mentions the David Ruggles Center for History & Education, located in Northampton, Mass.

Then author and journalist Char Adams joins Daniel Ford to chat about her book Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore.

To learn more about Char Adams, visit her official website.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

In this episode, we celebrate the short story and the recently published The Best American Short Stories 2025 with author and guest editor Celeste Ng and series editor Nicole A. Lamy.

To learn more about Celeste Ng, visit her official website. Learn more about this year's Best American Short Stories.

This episode is sponsored by The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes and Libro.fm.

Michael McFaul, former Ambassador to Russia for President Barack Obama and NBC News contributor, joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his new book Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.

To learn more about Ambassador Michael McFaul, visit his official website.

This episode is sponsored by The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes and Libro.fm.

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit, with an assist from the late comedian George Carlin, discusses poverty and homelessness in America (and who is getting rich off of both).

Author and activist David Ambroz then joins Daniel Ford to chat about his memoir A Place Called Home.

To learn more about David Ambroz, visit his official website.

This episode is sponsored by The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes and Libro.fm.

Author and journalist Jeff Pearlman returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.

To learn more about Jeff Pearlman, visit his official website. Also listen to our first interview with the author and subscribe to his podcast "Two Writers Slinging Yang."

This episode is sponsored by The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes and Libro.fm.

Author Mary Roach returns to the show to discuss her latest book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy.

To learn more about Mary Roach, visit her official website. Also listen to our past interview with the author in Episode 198 and Friday Morning Coffee.

This episode is sponsored by The Dark Road by Kathleen Rhodes and Libro.fm.