Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read

Adriana Trigiani is The New York Times best selling author of 21 books in fiction and nonfiction, award-winning filmmaker, and the host of You Are What You Read . In this podcast, Adriana goes one-on-one in deep, surprising, and humorous conversations with the great cultural figures of our time about the books that built their souls.

Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read is a arts podcast hosted by Adriana Trigiani, with 162 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Adriana Trigiani hosts Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read, a arts show with 162 episodes published.

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  Scott Carter: Ye Gods

  Aug 18, 202649 min

  On today’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are thrilled to welcome a fellow podcaster and award-winning executive producer and writer, Scott Carter. Scott is the host of Ye Gods, a podcast that explores religion and culture with amazing guests. In his latest season of Ye Gods, Scott celebrates the 250th anniversary of America with notable historians and authors for conversations that explore our nation’s political and spiritual history and share the beliefs that define their own moral compass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Richard Russo: Under the Falls

  Aug 12, 202658 min

  On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are excited to welcome the great RICHARD RUSSO. You know Richard’s work: Somebody’s Fool, Chances Are…, Everybody’s Fool, and That Old Cape Magic; two collections of stories; and the memoir Elsewhere, among others. In 2002, Richard received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which, like Nobody’s Fool, won multiple awards for its screen adaptation, and in 2023 his novel Straight Man was adapted into the television series Lucky Hank. In 2017 he received France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine. Richard’s new novel, Under the Falls, is out this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Jayne Anne Phillips: Small Town Girls

  Aug 4, 20261h 1m

  This week on You Are What You Read, we are joined by Jayne Anne Phillips to talk about her new memoir, Small Town Girls. Jayne is the author of Black Tickets, Machine Dreams, Fast Lanes, Shelter, MotherKind, Lark and Termite, Quiet Dell, and Night Watch, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2024. Jayne’s work has been a finalist once for the National Book Award and twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The recipient of Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Arts, Howard, Bunting, and Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships, she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Audrey Smaltz: Every Inch A Lady

  Jul 28, 202642 min

  On this week's episode of You Are What You Read, we are excited to welcome fashion icon Audrey Smaltz. Audrey bas been a trailblazer in the fashion industry for over sixty years, founding the Ground Crew, a backstage operation of high-end modeling shows. Audrey's Ground Crew has teamed up with designers including Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Donna Karan, Vera Wang, Giorgio Armani, and more. Audrey was a student of the first Black model Ophelia DeVore and worked for the Grace del Marco Modeling Agency. In 1970, Smaltz was hired as the Fashion Editor for the Ebony Magazine and commentator the Ebony Fashion Fair in Chicago. Her exquisite style and humor made her an instant hit on the fashion show circuit. Audrey also has worked with numerous major corporations, among them, Macy’s, Sak’s Fifth Avenue, Vogue, Black Entertainment Television, Kmart. She was a contributing editor to Vogue, Mirabella, and Mode magazines.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Lisa Scottoline: This Changes Everything

  Jul 21, 202646 min

  On this week's episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline with her latest, This Changes Everything. The author of 38 novels, Lisa is the President of Mystery Writers of America and has been named a Thriller Master by International Thriller Writers. Lisa is a former trial lawyer and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and its law school, where she taught Justice & Fiction, a course she developed. Lisa co-wrote a series of humorous memoirs with her daughter, novelist Francesca Serritella. We hope you read Francesca’s books, The Ghosts of Harvard and Full Bloom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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