A few weeks ago, I drove to Austin with a friend to record a podcast in front of a live audience at Sahara Lounge. My guests are the authors Andrew Hilbert and Max Booth III. My friend Marc Dulang of the band M.D. And The Bids, invited me to be the opening act. We had a great time. Thanks for listening. Peace & Love, François

Show Number 2 of 2020 Slow start to the new year, however great guests so far! Author, poet, and wrestling expert, Reyes Ramirez came over to my place last week for a visit. Reyes recently had a short story published in "Houston Noir" edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda (Akashic Press 2019), and since I read his story last year, I've been wanting to talk with him about what he's doing, and his writing. We had a wonderful conversation where we talk about mixing languages into creative writing, curanderas, and so much more. Please go say hello to Reyes on his website: ReyesVRamirez.com Thanks for listening, have a great week! Peace & Love, François

Happy New Year! This is my first show of 2020, and my guest is poet, performance artist, and teacher, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton. Her book "Newsworthy" (Bloomsday Literary 2019) is available, and you should go buy it at your local bookstore. You can learn more about Deborah by visiting her website, LiveLifeDeep.com. It was such a pleasure to talk with Deborah. We had a wonderful conversation where we talk about her new collection of poems, her experience as a teacher, and so many other things. Please listen, share with your friends, and tell me what you think. Peace & Love François

Author and ex-US Marine came to visit me in my studio in West Houston. He drove down from Waco, Texas, for our conversation, and I'm so glad he did. We talked mostly about his book, "Behind Friendly Lines: Memoirs of a US Marine in Chile" (Lucid Books 2019), and we also talk about learning and using a second language, and translating from English to Spanish. Thank you for listening. You can find my show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify, as well as featured once per month at Lone Star Literary Life. Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Merry Festivus! Whatever! Have fun, be merry, be nice, and party all night long! See you in 2020 Peace & Love François

Mark Haber came over for a visit earlier this week. He brought a copy of his first published novel, "Reinhardt's Garden" (Coffee House Press 2019). Great conversation. Mark tells us about his influences, his writing choices, and how he goes about creating a story. I loved his book, and we had plenty to talk about You can find his book at Brazos Books in Houston, Texas. Thank you so much for listening! I'd love to hear from you my listeners: What do you think? Please comment, share, and tell me what you think. You can find RADAR TALK INTIMATE on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, and featured once per month at LoneStarLiterary.com.

Miranda Ramirez dropped in to see me last week. She is a writer of poetry, non-fiction, and short stories. She's also the founder of Defunkt Magazine. We had a wonderful conversation about why she decided to start a new magazine, about her life as a mother, an artist, and a student, and so much more. We had a lot of fun, and I'm so grateful for her visit. I hope you enjoy my show. You definitely should check out DEFUNKT MAGAZINE, and go find out more about Miranda on her WEBSITE. Tell me what you think and please share with your friends! Peace & Love François

The performance artist Courtney Frances Fallon came to visit with me at my new digs in West Houston all the way from Brooklyn, NY! We had such a good time recording our conversation, I hope you have just as much of an amazing time listening to us. We are both taking part in Revolution! Scholars & Artists Rethinking Political Action in 2020. She as an artist, me as a moderator, and I can't wait to see more of Courtney in action. You can learn more about Courtney, by visiting her website: CourtneyFrancesFallon.com Thank you for listening! Please share with your friends, and please please please tell me what you think, leave comments, and be merry! François

The author of RULE OF CAPTURE (Harper Voyager 2019), Christopher Brown came to visit with me at my studio in the Heights of Houston, Texas this week. And this is our conversation. Chris is a really cool guy. He's easy to talk with, full of insight, and always intelligent. Oh, and his novel is a fun roller-coaster ride that you won't be able to put down until you are done reading. And when you do put it down, you'll continue thinking about the story, because it might just scare to bejesus out of you. In a good way. Also, please go to my Kickstarter where I am selling copies of my book SONGS OF THE ROLLIN CHATEAU, as well as posters with the incredible artwork of Brian Wootan. Thank you for listening, for sharing, and for telling me what you think!

Nick Zaccaria and Scott Karliner came by my studio in the Heights a couple of weeks ago, to talk with me about their new album coming out, HALF DRUNK, and their upcoming tour in the North West. We play two songs by Nick, Half Drunk and Back In Those Days, and we close with a song by Scott, Summer Breeze. Please check out their work. And please go to Kickstarter, and look for my my project SONGS OF THE ROLLIN CHATEAU, we're in the very last stretch, and I need you to buy some books, posters, and t-shirts. Thank you!

Poet Mike Alexander came over to my studio in the Heights of Houston, Texas a couple of weeks back. We did what I tend to do when people come visit me, we recorded a conversation. Mike is a poet, a translator, and the host of Poetry Fix, a poetry reading that happens almost every other week at Fix Coffeebar in the Montrose neighborhood, just east of Montrose Blvd on Tuesday evening. We talk about all things poetry, and Mike read a couple of poems, including a translation! We had fun, and I hope you will enjoy our conversation, share it with your friends, tell me what you think, and go visit with Mike at Fix Coffeebar for Poetry Fix. Thanks for listening, and please visit my Kickstarter page, where the artist Brian Wootan and myself have a project that we are funding. The project is already completed, we just need the money to go to press, and that's where you come in. Thanks for pledging!