Jim Foster: Conversations On The Coast

About Jim Foster: Conversations On The Coast

Authors from around the world discuss their book with host Jim Foster. "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" aired for over two decades on radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Publisher

Jim Foster

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Aug 2017

Latest episode

18 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

398 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Oct 2026

   Kinder Than Solitude by Yiyun Li

   Yiyun Li, Author of "Kinder Than Solitude," explains the book title and how one of the goals of the novel was to encourage people to look at everything more closely in life instead of skipping through.  The full interview from this 2014 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here (https://www.spreaker.com/episode/li-kinder-than-solitude--45094869).

2. 

   11 Oct 2026

   Putin's Labyrinth by Steve Levine

   Steve Levine, Author of "Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia," talks about how former KGB and defector Alexander Litvinenko differed from investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya even though both were harsh critics of Vladimir Putin.  The full interview from this 2008 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here (https://youtu.be/D7MuwV7JI8g?si=lhlzbsEu1Ywjv4DU).  Photo (http://stevelevinebooks.com/).

3. 

   4 Oct 2026

   The Sword Thief The 39 Clues Book 3 by Peter Lerangis

   Peter Lerangis, Author of "The Sword Thief (The 39 Clues, Book 3)," talks about the challenges of writing a book in a series where the previous book was written by a different author.  The full interview from this 2009 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts, and here (https://www.spreaker.com/episode/lerangis-the-sword-thief-the-39-clues-book-3--44973360).  Photo: Jim Foster.

Who has been a guest on Jim Foster: Conversations On The Coast

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• Marie Lawson Fiala
• Jared Farmer
• James Fallows
• Harold Evans
• TJ English

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Spotify

3.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

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Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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