{"id":18135,"date":"2026-06-24T00:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=18135"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:47:22","slug":"episode-680-kate-maruyama-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-680-kate-maruyama-and-me","title":{"rendered":"Episode 680 &#8211; Kate Maruyama and Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_680_-_Kate_Maruyama_and_me.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 680:<br \/>\nKate Maruyama and Me<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7956\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-18135-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" 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rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>BLARDY BLARDY BLARDY<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18137\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-680-kate-maruyama-and-me\/img_0456\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1994\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1994\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 16 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C598 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1196 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1595 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>During my recent LA weekend, I asked author, pal, and past guest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katemaruyama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Maruyama<\/a> if <em>she\u2019d<\/em> be interested in interviewing <em>me<\/em>, and for some crazy reason, she said yes! So this time around you get me doing my best not to ask the questions, and just letting it fly, as we talk about the history of the podcast, my dream list of pod-guests, my semi-fake erudition, why we should practice arts we&#8217;re no good at, my thoughts on mortality and progeny, the gentle change of years, the legend of the fire defenses of the Beinecke Library at Yale, and a <em>ton<\/em> of stories. <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_680_-_Kate_Maruyama_and_me.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read <a href=\"https:\/\/katemaruyama.substack.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate&#8217;s newsletter<\/a> and check out our conversations from <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-329-kate-maruyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019, <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-kate-maruyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020, <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-421-kate-maruyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021, and <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-643-kate-maruyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pwfTetdX3cM?si=U875-XXpRbAqduca\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-680-kate-maruyama-and-me\/id531173075?i=1000773989557\" 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><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3hkbTZI9jc6AR01Iub5uI7?utm_source=generator&amp;si=47018b7e4fbc44c0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_680_-_Kate_Maruyama_and_me.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/vmspod.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlueSky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good ol&#8217; RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kate Maruyama is the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781960018755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alterations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9798896920816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Collective<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781947879591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bleak Houses<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/18100372-harrowgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrowgate<\/a> and her novella <em>Family Solstice<\/em> was named Best Fiction Book of 2021 by <em>Rue Morgue Magazine<\/em>. Her short work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and she is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and winner of the Uncharted Short Story Prize.<\/p>\n<p>She served on the working Board for <a href=\"https:\/\/womenwhosubmitlit.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women Who Submit<\/a>, and is currently on the Board of Directors for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shirleyjacksonawards.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shirley Jackson Awards<\/a>. She writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from\u00a0the artist. The conversation was recorded at Kate&#8217;s home on a pair of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4e78Reu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shure Beta 58A<\/a> microphones feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q9Br0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom PodTrak P4<\/a> digital recorder &amp; interface. I recorded the intro and outro on a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4e78Reu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shure Beta 58A<\/a> mcrophone 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>. Photos 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 680: Kate Maruyama and Me BLARDY BLARDY BLARDY During my recent LA weekend, I asked author, pal, and past guest\u00a0Kate Maruyama if she\u2019d be interested in interviewing me, and for some crazy reason, she said yes! So this time around you get me doing my best not to ask the questions, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-680-kate-maruyama-and-me\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 680 &#8211; Kate Maruyama and Me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,27,3167,26,4,40,1183,18,20],"tags":[8149,4226,8118,6237,426,3268,4436,766,848,7481,6375,3665,8150,841,837,1063,3171,847,3357,4842,592,6416,85,1422,7260,6549,2483,993,3855,5689,5690,3062,1277,7044,1450,4696,5344,141,609,3262,275,1917,4855,2967,907],"class_list":["post-18135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-big-business","category-coffee","category-comics","category-literature","category-music","category-podcasts","category-politics-implicit","category-religion","tag-ann-rivera","tag-ben-model","tag-benoit-denizet-lewis","tag-celia-paul","tag-clive-james","tag-david-hockney","tag-david-m-carr","tag-david-mazzucchelli","tag-david-rawlings","tag-derek-delgaudio","tag-dorothy-gallagher","tag-ellen-datlow","tag-frank-oz","tag-gary-panter","tag-george-eliot","tag-george-lois","tag-gil-roth","tag-gillian-welch","tag-goethe","tag-gordon-van-gelder","tag-harold-bloom","tag-heather-cass-white","tag-hegel","tag-jane-borden","tag-jarrett-earnest","tag-john-lurie","tag-jonathan-ames","tag-jules-feiffer","tag-karl-stevens","tag-kate-maruyama","tag-kit-reed","tag-lisa-morton","tag-marc-maron","tag-michael-denneny","tag-michael-dirda","tag-milton-glaser","tag-moby","tag-paul-di-filippo","tag-philip-roth","tag-rembrandt","tag-robert-caro","tag-scott-edelman","tag-stephen-graham-jones","tag-tommy-lee-jones","tag-walter-kirn","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/katemecomp.jpg?fit=2000%2C800","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-4Iv","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17896,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-668-the-guest-list-2025","url_meta":{"origin":18135,"position":0},"title":"Episode 668 &#8211; The Guest List 2025","author":"Gil","date":"December 23, 2025","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2025 It's time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition, now celebrating its thirteenth anniversary: The Guest List! 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