Gil gets back from "vacation" and chats with St. John's College tutor David Townsend about the transcendence of good conversation, and the possibility of adding comic books to the Great Books curriculum.

Guest John B. talks about his 10-minute death last year and how he's looked at his life since then, and Gil talks about Robert Caro and the publicity-industrial complex. Trust me; it's good!

Guest Ann Rivera talks about Housekeeping in the first Secondhand Books conversation.

Host Gil Roth talks about burning libraries, Geoff Dyer, and Norah Jones

Host Gil Roth talks about Bach, Piers Anthony and the escapism of being a geek.