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Alone At Lunch

Alone at Lunch | Morbid Network

Whether you were the only girl on the football team, the only jock at robotics camp, or you just could never find anyone who appreciated your action figures enough, we’ve all felt like the weird kid at some point in our lives. Join comedians Carly Montag and Emily Walsh as they ask their guests about any time in life they felt like the odd one out. New episodes out every Monday!

Alone Being Witchy with Author Isabel Sterling

This week we are joined by author Isabel Sterling! In this episode, we to talk to Isabel about her new sapphic ghost story, With All My Haunted Heart, and how a childhood steeped in witchy books, tarot, and Practical Magic grew into the worlds she writes today.

Sep 7

55 min

Alone Capturing The Complicated Human Experience with Author Ally Zetterberg

This week we are joined by author Ally Zetterberg! In this episode we discuss how modeling, psychology, and motherhood shaped Ally's knack for writing complicated, unforgettable women.

Aug 31

51 min

Alone Growing Up Jewish in Calgary With Comedian Ophira Eisenberg

This week we are joined by comedian Ophira Eisenberg! In this episode, we talk about stand-up, storytelling, and the experiences that shaped Ophira’s comedic voice, covering everything from performance anxiety to Jewish identity and parenthood.

Aug 24

1 hr 5 min

Alone Going on Safaris with Author Natalie Moss

This week we are joined by author Natalie Moss. In this episode, Natalie shares the inspiration behind her debut psychological thriller, The Night Hunter and how her lifelong relationship with the Southern African wilderness informed the novel's setting and its exploration of identity and belonging.

Aug 17

54 min

Alone Being Ruined By The Exorcist with Author Isabelle Spotts

This week we are joined by author Isabelle Spotts! In this episode, Isabelle shares how her childhood terror of horror films evolved into a creative passion, leading her to transform those early anxieties into compelling narratives

Aug 10

50 min

Alone Writing Detective Series with author Abbi Waxman

This week we are joined by author Abbi Waxman. In this episode, Abbi discusses her background, from growing up in Bath and moving between the UK, New York, and California to finding her way from advertising into novel writing.

Aug 3

58 min

Alone Plotting Revenge on Henry Tudor with author Jillian Laine

This week we are joined by author Jillian Laine. In this episode, Jillian shares how her fascination with Tudor history and powerful women inspired her writing, including her novel *Henry Tudor Must Die*.

Jul 27

1 hr 2 min

Alone During the Summer of Love with author Kerri Maher

This week we are joined by author Kerri Maher. In this episode, she discusses her latest novel, Summer of Love, set against 1967 California's counterculture.

Jul 20

56 min

Alone Observing The World with Liza Tully

This week we are joined by Liza Tully, author of the Merritt & Blunt comedy mystery series, including the The Forty Year Grudge, published in June 2026. In this episode, Liza opens up about her creative routines, the importance of daydreaming and unstructured time, and how themes of marriage, friendship, and self-discovery weave through her work.

Jul 13

51 min

Alone Coasting on Vibes with Author Emma Mills

This week we are joined by author Emma Mills! In this episode, Emma talks about the inspiration behind her novel Rachel West and the Fallen Starlet, including her love of early-2000s celebrity culture, magazines, and outsider characters finding their place.

Jul 6

53 min