{"id":14927,"date":"2021-12-21T08:44:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=14927"},"modified":"2021-12-21T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:44:24","slug":"episode-465-the-guest-list-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-465-the-guest-list-2021","title":{"rendered":"Episode 465 &#8211; The Guest List 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Memories Show:<br \/>\nThe Guest List 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9965\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14927-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?fit=525%2C537\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14922\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288.jpeg?resize=300%2C307\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?resize=430%2C440 430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?resize=606%2C620 606w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C785 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?resize=1502%2C1536 1502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?resize=2003%2C2048 2003w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s time for our year-end <strong>Virtual Memories Show<\/strong> tradition: <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Guest List!<\/em><\/a> I reached out to 2021&#8217;s pod-guests and asked them about the favorite book(s) they read in the past year, as well as the books or authors they&#8217;re hoping to read in 2022! Thirty guests responded with wonderful, idiosyncratic, and illuminating book recommendations: <strong>Jonathan Baylis, Zoe Beloff, Jacques Berlinerblau, Anne Cattaneo, Michael DeForge, Shary Flenniken, Sophia Glock, Heywood Gould, Glenn Head, Ron Hogan, Kate Lacour, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Matt Madden, Kate Maruyama, Robert McCrum, Robert Meagher, Anahid Nersessian, Scott Newstok, Weng Pixin, Alta Price, Keiler Roberts, Dmitry Samarov, Nadine Sergejeff, Dash Shaw, Jen Silverman, Edward Sorel, Rosemary Steinbaum, Karl Stevens, Andi Watson<\/strong>, and <strong>Heather Cass White<\/strong>! (I participated, too, in my rambling way!) <strong>The Virtual Memories Show<\/strong> offers up <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a <em>huge<\/em> list of books<\/a> that you&#8217;re going to want to read in the new year! <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3\">Give it a listen, and get ready to update your wish lists!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s <em>Guest List<\/em> episode features selections from 30 of our 2020 guests! So <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">go give it a listen<\/a>, and then visit <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our special <em>Guest List<\/em> page<\/a> where you can find links to the books and the guests who responded.<\/p>\n<p>Also, check out the new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Guest List<\/em> archive page<\/a>, which has links to all of the previous annual editions of <em>The Guest List<\/em>, dating back to 2013!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e22Jp_v0GI8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-465-the-guest-list-2021\/id531173075?i=1000545628739\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/7B77EJJnaCRR7nKrywCWF8?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t168575884\/\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The guests who participated in this year&#8217;s <em>Guest List<\/em> are <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-444-jonathan-baylis\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Baylis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-456-zoe-beloff\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoe Beloff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-451-jacques-berlinerblau\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacques Berlinerblau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-454-anne-cattaneo\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anne Cattaneo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-428-michael-deforge\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael DeForge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-432-shary-flenniken\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shary Flenniken<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-463-sophia-glock\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sophia Glock<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-446-heywood-gould\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heywood Gould<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-439-glenn-head\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glenn Head<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-440-ron-hogan\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron Hogan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-427-kate-lacour\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Lacour<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-461-matt-madden\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Madden<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-421-kate-maruyama\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Maruyama<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-450-robert-mccrum\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert McCrum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-458-robert-emmet-meagher\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Emmet Meagher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-422-anahid-nersessian\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anahid Nersessian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-449-scott-newstok\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Newstok<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-442-weng-pixin\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weng Pixin \/ PIX<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-459-tess-lewis-and-alta-price\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AL Price<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-437-keiler-roberts\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keiler Roberts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-436-dmitry-samarov\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmitry Samarov<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-453-nadine-sergejeff\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nadine Sergejeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-457-dash-shaw\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dash Shaw<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-424-jen-silverman\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jen Silverman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-462-edward-sorel\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Sorel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-452-rosemary-steinbaum\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosemary Steinbaum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-434-karl-stevens\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karl Stevens<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-441-andi-watson\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andi Watson<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-445-heather-cass-white\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heather Cass White<\/a>, + me, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-416-wendung\" target=\"_blank \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gil Roth<\/a>! <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check out their episodes at our archives<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from the artist. The episode was recorded at stately Virtual Memories Manor on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DRPVEUK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00DRPVEUK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=902a694e24a241f7cee18f483a6ce2dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00DRPVEUK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Photo of one of my bookshelves and my 2021 books-read pile by me. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2021 It&#8217;s time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition: The Guest List! I reached out to 2021&#8217;s pod-guests and asked them about the favorite book(s) they read in the past year, as well as the books or authors they&#8217;re hoping to read in 2022! Thirty guests responded with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-465-the-guest-list-2021\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 465 &#8211; The Guest List 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,26,4,45,1083,1183,17,18,20],"tags":[6416],"class_list":["post-14927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-comics","category-literature","category-monday-morning-montaigne","category-movies","category-podcasts","category-politics-explicit","category-politics-implicit","category-religion","tag-heather-cass-white","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?fit=2504%2C2560","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-3SL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14095,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-412-the-guest-list-2020","url_meta":{"origin":14927,"position":0},"title":"Episode 412 &#8211; The Guest List 2020","author":"Gil","date":"December 13, 2020","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2020 It's time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition: The Guest List! 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