Passions & Prologues

An Unexpected
Literary Podcast

Every week, host Adam Sockel interviews a popular member of the literary world about their passions beyond what they're known for. These longform, relaxed conversations show listeners a new side of some of their favorite content creators as well as provide insight into the things that inspire their work.

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Yes and-ing with Sidney Karger

Sidney Karger is an award-winning screenwriter for film and television with credits including Billy on the Street, Comedy Central, and Saturday Night Live. Growing up near Chicago, he was raised on a steady diet of improv and sketch comedy from some of the greats of Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade. It's a shared love Adam also adores. They also get into his incredible new romantic comedy Best Men!

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The art of the heart with Margaret Owen

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Margaret Owen creates elaborate and fantastical worlds that feel so vibrant you can almost touch them....
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And that's the gospel tunes with Anissa Gray

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In this discussion, we get into how the music of her childhood home shaped her work and her life at large. We get into the music of her adult life...
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A trench coat full of book recs with Mallory O'Meara

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It's a bonus episode with friend of the show, Mallory O'Meara! We are dishing out loads of book recommendations but before you get to those, go pr...
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Literature is littered with rabbits and mice with H.G. Parry

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H.G. Parry's newest book, The Magician's Daughter has a few magical animal characters and when you learn about her interests, you'll understand wh...
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The Team

Adam Sockel

Host / Producer
Adam Sockel has spent over a decade in the literary world interviewing authors and promoting books. He will read anything that is written well but is especially drawn to small, heartfelt stories with big emotions, literary and speculative fiction, and stories with a touch of magic and nostalgia.

David Allen Moss

Executive Producer
CCO of Evergreen, David is an award-winning creator, design entrepreneur, and musician passionately serving several non-profit arts and industry boards.

Sean Rule Hoffman

Mix Engineer / Producer
Sean Rule Hoffman (mix engineer), hailing from Orange, Ohio, earned a degree in Music Technology with a minor in Electronic Media and Film from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.