In Conversation with Terry Shepherd
In Conversation with Terry Shepherd, award-winning broadcaster and author of the Jessica Ramirez Thrillers. A deep dive into the people and support systems behind the stories we love.
Episodes
150 episodes
Corey Seemiller - The Soulmate Strategy: My Imperfect Plan to Conquer Heartbreak and Find True Love
What happens when a master planner tries to out-strategize heartbreak? Corey Seemiller's "The Soulmate Strategy," explores her honest, funny, and deeply relatable journey from trying to control the pain of a very public breakup to discovering t...
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Angela Petersen - The Wellness Glitch: Remembering What It Really Means to Be Well
Dr. Angela Petersen joins me to discuss her radical new book, "The Wellness Glitch," and why tracking every step and heartbeat might be the very thing keeping us unwell.-------
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James Gregory - Ghost Town
In the coal-dusted world of Ghost Town, the haunting new novel from James R. Gregory, we travel to Sulphur Creek, a late-19th-century mining town where ambition, isolation, and buried secrets collide. At the heart of the story are...
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Joe Battaglia - Beneath the Rings
12 athletes missing. One shadowy conspiracy. No room for error. Award-winning journalist Joe Battaglia has seen it all—from the Beijing Games to London. Now, he’s using that expertise to craft Beneath the Rings, a ge...
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Elizabeth Crowens - Bye Bye Blackbird
With her latest novel, Bye Bye Blackbird, Elizabeth Crowens steps behind the curtain of the hard-boiled mystery to investigate the ghosts that linger around Hollywood’s most iconic sets.
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Pamela Fagan Hutchins - RED GRADE
RED GRADE: A Jenn Herrington Wyoming Mystery, drops us into the rarefied world of elite polo when a celebrated player dies mid-match—an apparent accident that quickly unravels into something far more sinister. Underground betting, perfor...
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Julie Snider - Chapel Bay Secrets
I’m excited to welcome Julie Snider, whose debut novel, Chapel Bay Secrets, follows Brenda Kato, a Japanese American librarian in a quiet coastal California town, where a threatened book ban and long-buried tension...
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Chris Mannino - Making It Up: A Revolutionary Way to Bond with Kids Through Play
Christopher Mannino believes that one of the most powerful tools in parenting isn’t a schedule, a screen limit, or a perfect plan—it’s play.In his new book, Making It Up: A Revolutionary Way to Bond with Kids Through Play, Christo...
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Sarah and Jim Charles - From Work to What’s Next: Designing a Life you Don’t Want to Retire From
What if retirement isn’t the finish line—but the beginning of something more intentional? In From Work to What’s Next, husband-and-wife financial advisors Sarah K. Charles and Jim Charles rethink retirement as a redesign, not an e...
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Ryan Steck and Simon Gervais - The Second Son
The thriller genre has a new dynamic duo. In our latest episode, we sit down with Ryan Steck and Simon Gervais to discuss their debut collaboration, The Second Son.They call it "The Vintage of Collaboration." Despite writing fro...
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Nancy Cole Silverman - A Spy in Saigon
We dive into the shadows of 1970s Vietnam with author Nancy Cole Silverman and her electrifying new Kat Lawson Mystery, A Spy in Saigon. Kat’s “simple” assignment to write a travel piece and make a covert drop goes off the rails fast, thrusting...
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Michelle Yang - Phoenix Girl
From the outside, Michelle Yang’s life might look like a familiar immigrant success story—but her new memoir, Phoenix Girl, reveals something far more powerful and complex. When her family left their tight-knit Chinese community in Sou...
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Carolyn Larkin Taylor - Whispers of the Mind, a Neurologist’s Memoir
Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor is a neurologist with decades of experience, and now, she's turning her stethoscope inward in a powerful new memoir, Whispers of the Mind.Through a series of deeply personal essays, Dr. Taylor tak...
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Dr. Marissa Toussaint - Flambeau Kitchen
Ever feel like eating healthy means giving up the foods you grew up with? Dr. Marissa Toussaint says you don’t have to choose. Her new book Flambeau Kitchen blends Caribbean heritage with real, sustainable wellness—70+ recipes, practic...
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Mark Murphy - Rose Dhu
Savannah has always been a city of secrets—but none as haunting as the mystery at the center of Mark Murphy’s new novel, Rose Dhu. Tangled loyalties, buried grudges, and long-kept secrets ripple beneath the city’s live oaks as he hunts for the ...
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Jack Brown - Prophets of War
What if the next world war isn’t fought for ideology or territory — but for quarterly profits?That’s the unsettling premise behind Prophets of War, the explosive debut novel from writer, investor, and political thinker Jack Brown. A life...
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Nancy Shear - I Knew a Man Who Knew Brahms
Ever meet someone who didn’t just witness history—but lived right in the middle of it? That’s Nancy Shear.For more than twenty years, Nancy was woven into the fabric of America’s classical music world—an orchestra librarian, b...
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Mark Peres - The Accord
What happens when intelligence that isn’t human demands recognition? 🤖In The Accord, author Mark Peres explores grief, love, and the blurred lines between human and machine through the bond between a professor and her sen...
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Gil Gillenwater - Hope on the Border
Meet Gil Gillenwater — real-estate guy, Harley fan, and founder of Rancho Feliz. For 40 years he’s helped families along the U.S.–Mexico border with one surprising motto:Helping others should be fun.His new book,
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C.B. Wilson - The Fire Diamond
What happens when a gemologist writes a thriller? You get "The Fire Diamond"! We chat with author C.B. Wilson about her new book, the high-stakes world of jewel thieves, and her "diamond detective" protagonist.
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Traci Abramson - Victim #8
Former CIA officer Traci Hunter Abramson trades classified briefings for bestselling novels, written with the kind of authenticity only experience can give. We talk about her latest, Victim #8, how a layover in Istanbul sparked a story, and why...
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Raymond E. Foster - Chasing the Surge
Raymond E. Foster is a man who has lived more than one life: former lieutenant of the LAPD, Coast Guard veteran, police scholar, Mason. Then, he chose something totally different, a driver for hire, ferrying strangers through the city’s sleeple...
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Heather Ogden - The Betrayal
In a world where loyalty can be the sharpest weapon and truth itself is treason, debut novelist Heather Ogden invites us into the haunting depths of her new dystopian fantasy, The Betrayal—the first in The Lies We Fear series....
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Stephen K. Postema - Running Around Town
Stephen Postema started running in Kindergarten. His strides through Ann Arbor, Michigan in the 60s and 70s became a metaphor for a city and nation in evolution.
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Sam Daley-Harris - Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen’s Guide to Transformational Advocacy
Sam Daley-Harris has updated and expanded his classic work, Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen’s Guide to Transformational Advocacy. And it's become a playbook for positive change.Get the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Reclai...
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