{"id":17896,"date":"2025-12-23T14:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=17896"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:25:56","slug":"episode-668-the-guest-list-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-668-the-guest-list-2025","title":{"rendered":"Episode 668 &#8211; The Guest List 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_668_-_The_Guest_List_2025.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Memories Show:<br \/>\nThe Guest List 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_324\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17896-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_668_-_The_Guest_List_2025.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_668_-_The_Guest_List_2025.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_668_-_The_Guest_List_2025.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_668_-_The_Guest_List_2025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=17896-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_668_-_The_Guest_List_2025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_668_-_The_Guest_List_2025.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for our year-end <strong>Virtual Memories Show<\/strong> tradition, now celebrating its <strong>thirteenth<\/strong> anniversary: <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Guest List!<\/em><\/a> I reached out to 2025&#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 2026! Twenty-six guests responded with wonderful, idiosyncratic, and illuminating book recommendations: <strong>Jonathan Ames, Kayla E., Dan Goldman, Dean Haspiel, Jennifer Hayden, Rian Hughes, Paul Karasik, Glenn Kurtz, David Leopold, Seth Lorinczi, Sacha Mardou, Kate Maruyama, Whitney Matheson, Josh Neufeld, Lance Richardson, Ari Richter, ML Rio, Dmitry Samarov, Jonathan Sandler, Damion Searls, David Shields, Peter Stothard, Tom Tomorrow, Peter Trachtenberg, Cecile Wajsbrot,<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Mia Wolff<\/strong> (and me)! This great episode of <strong>The Virtual Memories Show<\/strong> offers up <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2025\" 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, so <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_668_-_The_Guest_List_2025.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_668_-_The_Guest_List_2025.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>, but if you visit <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our special <em>Guest List 2025<\/em> page<\/a>, you&#8217;ll find the list of 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\/5AoPQo8Vp-g?si=nd8r-l2CuQkcyzQV\" 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-668-the-guest-list-2025\/id531173075?i=1000742505113\" 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\/1G1Lkc2GxmpCXgFyUzUKOB?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-625-jonathan-ames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Ames<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-656-kayla-e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kayla E.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-650-dan-goldman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Goldman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-660-dean-haspiel-and-whitney-matheson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dean Haspiel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-663-jennifer-hayden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennifer Hayden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-662-rian-hughes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rian Hughes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-644-paul-karasik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Karasik<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-664-glenn-kurtz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glenn Kurtz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-653-david-leopold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Leopold<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-627-seth-lorinczi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seth Lorinczi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-648-sacha-mardou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacha Mardou<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-643-kate-maruyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Maruyama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-660-dean-haspiel-and-whitney-matheson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whitney Matheson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-661-josh-neufeld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Neufeld<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-658-lance-richardson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lance Richardson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-635-ari-richter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ari Richter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-654-ml-rio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ML Rio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-652-dmitry-samarov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmitry Samarov<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-667-jonathan-sandler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Sandler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-620-damion-searls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Damion Searls<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-631-david-shields\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Shields<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-641-peter-stothard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Stothard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-657-tom-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Tomorrow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-632-peter-trachtenberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Trachtenberg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-640-cecile-wajsbrot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecile Wajsbrot<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-621-mia-wolff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mia Wolff<\/a> and me, <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-651-ama\" target=\"blank\">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 2025 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 2025 It&#8217;s time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition, now celebrating its thirteenth anniversary: The Guest List! I reached out to 2025&#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=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-668-the-guest-list-2025\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 668 &#8211; The Guest List 2025&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17897,"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":[25,22,27,26,46,4,45,40,1183,17,18,20,19],"tags":[7877,7918,7754,7973,4180,982,4788,2933,6575,3848,2483,8045,8014,5689,8054,5312,5133,7990,1475,6905,2259,6247,7958,7806,1655,5973],"class_list":["post-17896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-art","category-big-business","category-comics","category-design","category-literature","category-monday-morning-montaigne","category-music","category-podcasts","category-politics-explicit","category-politics-implicit","category-religion","category-urban-issues","tag-ari-richter","tag-cecile-wajsbrot","tag-damion-searls","tag-dan-goldman","tag-david-leopold","tag-david-shields","tag-dean-haspiel","tag-dmitry-samarov","tag-glenn-kurtz","tag-jennifer-hayden","tag-jonathan-ames","tag-jonathan-sandler","tag-josh-neufeld","tag-kate-maruyama","tag-kayla-e-2","tag-lance-richardson","tag-mia-wolff","tag-ml-rio","tag-paul-karasik","tag-peter-stothard","tag-peter-trachtenberg","tag-rian-hughes","tag-sacha-mardou","tag-seth-lorinczi","tag-tom-tomorrow","tag-whitney-matheson","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4872-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1671&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-4EE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15758,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-519-the-guest-list-2022","url_meta":{"origin":17896,"position":0},"title":"Episode 519 &#8211; The Guest List 2022","author":"Gil","date":"December 19, 2022","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2022 It's time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition, now celebrating its tenth anniversary: The Guest List! 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