One Drink Book Club

In this episode, Jamey talks with author Samuel Ashworth about his new novel The Death and Life of August Sweeney. The novel's main character August Sweeney is a celebrity chef who is a man of huge appetites… for food, sex, and fame. The book tells his story through his autopist Dr. Maya Zhu, a focu...

In this episode, Jamey and his guest Marc Wallace discuss Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Project Hail Mary is a science fiction novel that follows the journey of Ryland Grace, a lone scientist who wakes up in a spaceship with no memory of how he got there. His memory gradually returns and he realiz...

The Thursday Murder Club is a funny, touching, and creative thriller that takes place at a retirement village in Britain. The book follows a group of retirees who solve a series of murders that occur close to home. Jamey discusses this first book in an addicting series from Richard Osman with his fr...

In this special episode of the One Drink Book Club, Jamey hosts Lindsey Bowers to talk about Al Roker’s newest cookbook, Recipes to Live By written with his daughter Courtney Roker Laga. Since Roker’s book is a father-daughter project, Jamey and Lindsey make it a father-daughter project to make seve...

Shuggie Bain is the heartbreaking story of a young boy growing up in Glasgow Scotland and being raised by his alcoholic mother. The story highlights the challenges Shuggie faces as he tries to navigate a spiraling home life and a bleak outside world of bullies and economic dispair. Jamey discusses t...

In this episode of the One Drink Book Club, Jamey discusses Anything is Good with the New York Times best-selling author Fred Waitzkin (Searching for Bobby Fischer). Anything is Good is based on the true story of a brilliant man who becomes homeless and ends up living for 20 years on the streets of ...

In this episode of the One Drink Book Club, Jamey discusses Rebel Falls with the author Tim Wendel. Rebel Falls is a historical fiction that takes place during the last gasps of the Civil War and tells the true story of a Confederate plot to disrupt Abraham Lincoln's reelection. Jamey and Tim discus...

In this episode of the One Drink Book Club, Jamey discusses North Woods by Daniel Mason with his guest Billy Jones. North Woods is a novel that follows the stories of successive owners of a house and property in Western Massachusetts over 300 years. Jamey and Billy share some apple-inspired cocktail...

In this episode, Jamey discusses The Wager, A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. This New York Times bestselling book tells the true story of a British Naval ship that wrecks off the coast of Chile in the 1700s. It’s a tale of death, destruction, betrayal, and survival. His guest i...

In this episode, Jamey talks with Washington legend Rick Snider, author of Presidential Pours. It’s a great selection for the One Drink Book Club because it highlights the favorite drinks of every US president going back to George Washington. Rick Snider is a long-time Washington journalist, tour gu...