{"id":16488,"date":"2023-12-19T20:27:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T01:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16488"},"modified":"2023-12-19T20:45:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T01:45:33","slug":"episode-568-the-guest-list-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-568-the-guest-list-2023","title":{"rendered":"Episode 568 &#8211; The Guest List 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_568_-_The_Guest_List_2023.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Memories Show:<br \/>\nThe Guest List 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_653\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16488-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" 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100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s time for our year-end <strong>Virtual Memories Show<\/strong> tradition, now celebrating its <strong>tenth<\/strong> anniversary: <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Guest List!<\/em><\/a> I reached out to 2023&#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 2024! Seventeen guests responded with wonderful, idiosyncratic, and illuminating book recommendations: <strong>Ho Che Anderson, Josh Bayer, Howard Fishman, Priscilla Gilman, Bill Griffith, Dean Haspiel, Sara Lippmann, Patrick McDonnell, James McMullan, Lisa Morton, Jonathan Papernick, Andrew Porter, Dawn Raffel, Paul B. Rainey, Peter Rostovsky, Scott Samuelson<\/strong>, and <strong>Karl Stevens<\/strong> (and me)! This great episode of <strong>The Virtual Memories Show<\/strong> offers up <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a big ol&#8217; list of books<\/a> that you&#8217;re going to want to read in the new year, so <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_568_-_The_Guest_List_2023.mp3\">give it a listen<\/a>, and get ready to update your reading lists!<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to <em>The Guest List<\/em> episode <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_568_-_The_Guest_List_2023.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>, but if you visit <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our special <em>Guest List 2023<\/em> page<\/a>, you&#8217;ll find the listof all our respondents and all the books they cited (w\/links!).<\/p>\n<p>Also, go check out <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Guest List<\/em> archive page<\/a>, which has links to all of the previous annual editions of The Guest List, dating back to 2013!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/siza6ZJYzbs?si=3bOv5Itklkib3eJq\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-568-the-guest-list-2023\/id531173075?i=1000639148763\" 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\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3uE9jU0kT0CP5wMvGPmPm8?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/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:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/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=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-536-ho-che-anderson\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ho Che Anderson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-561-josh-bayer\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Bayer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-548-howard-fishman\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Howard Fishman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-532-priscilla-gilman\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priscilla Gilman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-552-bill-griffith\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Griffith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-529-dean-haspiel\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dean Haspiel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-521-sara-lippmann\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sara Lippmann<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-556-patrick-mcdonnell\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick McDonnell<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-526-james-mcmullan\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James McMullan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-559-lisa-morton\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisa Morton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-541-jonathan-papernick\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Papernick<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-542-andrew-porter\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Porter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-523-dawn-raffel\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dawn Raffel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-525-paul-b-rainey\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul B. Rainey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-553-peter-rostovsky\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Rostovsky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-540-scott-samuelson\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Samuelson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-549-karl-stevens\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karl Stevens<\/a>, and me, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-520-gil-roth-and-aaron-finkelstein\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gil Roth<\/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:\/\/amzn.to\/3cGZ1Em\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q9Br0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom PodTrak P4<\/a>. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RwlQsW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a>. Photo of my 2023 reads by me. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2023 It&#8217;s time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition, now celebrating its tenth anniversary: The Guest List! I reached out to 2023&#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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-568-the-guest-list-2023\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 568 &#8211; The Guest List 2023&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16489,"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":[22,26,4,40,1183,17,18,20],"tags":[7080,1728,5757,4788,2042,7114,6534,2888,6408,3855,3062,4585,7277,7148,7029,2879,7071],"class_list":["post-16488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-comics","category-literature","category-music","category-podcasts","category-politics-explicit","category-politics-implicit","category-religion","tag-andrew-porter","tag-bill-griffith","tag-dawn-raffel","tag-dean-haspiel","tag-ho-che-anderson","tag-howard-fishman","tag-james-mcmullan","tag-jonathan-papernick","tag-josh-bayer","tag-karl-stevens","tag-lisa-morton","tag-patrick-mcdonnell","tag-paul-b-rainey-2","tag-peter-rostovsky","tag-priscilla-gilman","tag-sara-lippmann","tag-scott-samuelson","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6720-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1350","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-4hW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12769,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-355-the-guest-list-2019","url_meta":{"origin":16488,"position":0},"title":"Episode 355 &#8211; The Guest List 2019","author":"Gil","date":"December 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2019 It's time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition: The Guest List! 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