Host Caitlin Malcuit discusses New York committing to universal school meals in its next budget...and the federal budget cuts that will affect meal programs across the country.

Author Tom McAllister then joins Daniel Ford to chat about his essay collection It All Felt Impossible.

To learn more about Tom McAllister, visit his official website.

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Author and journalist Steve Oney joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR.

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Author and journalist Elon Green (Last Call) returns to the show and talks with Daniel Ford about his latest book The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York.

To learn more about Elon Green, visit his official website. Also listen to our previous interview with the author and read his guest essay in The New York Times titled "Why Should I Change My Name? He’s the Problem."

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Friday Morning Coffee host Caitlin Malcuit discusses the budget shortfalls facing libraries and how intrepid library lovers can support their local library by running a lemonade stand (with the help of For the People). As FTP's website suggests: "When life gives you book bans, let's make lemonade!"

Sophie Gilbert, author and staff writer for The Atlantic, then joins Daniel Ford to discuss her book Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves.

To learn more about Sophie Gilbert, read her work with The Atlantic.

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Author Annie Harnett (Rabbit Cake, Unlikely Animals) returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about her latest novel The Road to Tender Hearts, out now from Ballantine Books.

To learn more about Annie Hartnett, visit her official website. Also listen to our past conversations with the author in Episode 527 and Episode 262.

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Local Reading, Mass., author Amanda Rotondo sits down with Daniel Ford at the Writers' Collaborative Learning Center to chat about her book Place Names in Boston & Beyond: Tongue-Twisted Town Tales.

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Author Charlotte Wood joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her book Stone Yard Devotional, which was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize.

To learn more about Charlotte Wood, visit her official website.

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Author Xhenet Aliu (Brass) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her lates novel Everybody Says It's Everything.

To learn more about Xhenet Aliu, visit her official website.

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