Season 2–Episode 8–Chelsea Bieker

Our conversation with Portland writer Chelsea Bieker about her new novel Godshot, and her upcoming short story collection Cowboys and Angels. Within: lost mothers, the power of Nina Simone, Blink-182 t-shirts, the pelvic floor.

Talk:

Playlist:

Playlist setlist:

Nina Simone: Ain’t Got No, I Got Life

John Prine: Angel From Montgomery

Reba McEntire: Fancy

Blink-182: What’s My Age Again?

Merle Haggard: Mama Tried

Youth Lagoon: 17

Selena: Dreaming of You

Alison Krauss: Down To The River To Pray

Joe Purdy: Outlaws

Artwork:

Paul Klee–Actor’s Mask–1924