KGB Radio Hour w/ Mark Jacobson: Epsiode 1

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When: Nov 16 2006 - 10:00pm
End: Nov 16 2006 - 11:00pm
Time: 57:18

An evening of LUCK, MAGIC, and MUSIC...

First edition of the long-running KGB Radio Broad(pod)casting throughout the Lower East Side and the world with live (pulse taken at the door) audience.

Your host Mark Jacobson, sub-zero commandante, with assistance of sub-basement commandante Miki the Milf, our favorite post-45 lady of the night.

Tonite's guests include: The famous Larry Ratso Sloman and William Kalush, authors of the recent book on Houdini, talking about the Great Hou's life as an American spy. Also: Jamie Gillis, the most famous of all 70's porn stars and now professional poker player, talking about being a very lucky guy. Also: KGB religion correspondent Jeff Sharlet (and editor of Revealer.org) talks about his close encounter with mega-preacher, mega meth-user Ted Haggard. Plus, special guest Steve Earle.

Sunday Fiction: Nell Freudenberger, Sam Lipsyte, and Jordi Punti

Who: Nell Freudenberger, Sam Lipsyte, and Jordi Punti
When: Dec 10 2006 - 7:00pm
Time: 61 minutes

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Nell Freudenberger's collection of stories, Lucky Girls, was a New York Times Notable Book and won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 205 she was the recipient of a Whiting Writes Award. She lives in New York City and she reads from her novel:The Dissident

"Nell Freudenberger is awesomely skilled at making characters, setting scenes, and launching in old-fashioned plot suited to the twenty-first century..." Benjamin Kunkel

Sam Lipsyte is the author of Venus Drive and Homeland. He teaches at Columbia University. He reads from new work.

Jordi Puntí is a regular contributor to El País in Barcelona. He has published short-story collections such as Pell d’armadill and Animals tristos, and his work has been included in several anthologies of new Spanish writers, such as After Hours, Mar y montaña, and Pequeñas resistencias. He has also translated work by Daniel Pennac, Amélie Nothomb, Marie Darrieussecq, and Paul Auster, among others. He reads new work.

Sunday Night Fiction :: Kelly Braffet and David Evanier

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Date: Dec 3 2006 - 7:00pm
Time: 59:55

Kelly Braffet is the author of Josie and Jack. She reads from her novel: Last Seen Leaving

"A suspenseful, emotionally resonant story...A keen, heartfelt thrill" Kirkus Reviews

David Evanier has written for The New York Times Sunday Magazine, New York Magazine, The New Republic, The Paris Review, The New York Times Book Review, and scores of other publications. His work has been anthologized in Best American Short Stories, and Many Lights In Many Windows: Twenty Years of Great Fiction and Poetry From The Writers Community. He won the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction. He is a former Fiction Editor and Senior Editor of The Paris Review and a former creative writing teacher at UCLA. reads from his novel: The Great Kisser

"The Great Kisser is felt, original, and does what only David can do. So Swift, each line a gem; a real rollercoaster ride of emotions..." Stephen Dixon