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For more than two decades, Suzanne was the voice behind A Novel Idea, bringing thoughtful conversations with acclaimed authors to listeners throughout our community.            It is with profound sadness that we share the unexpected passing of our friend and longtime KRCB host, Suzanne Lang.   For more than two decades, Suzanne was the voice behind A Novel Idea, bringing thoughtful conversations with acclaimed authors to listeners throughout our community. She was an exceptional interviewer - curious, insightful, and deeply respectful of every story she shared. Her professionalism, warmth, and intellect earned the admiration of countless authors, colleagues, and listeners alike.   We will continue to share selections from her remarkable archive of interviews, preserving the conversations she loved and the legacy she created.   Our thoughts are with Suzanne's family, friends, colleagues, and everyone whose lives she touched. She will be profoundly missed.

Suzanne Lang and Lisa Lee talk about American Han, Lisa’s darkly humorous and sometimes chilling look at one Korean American family. Chip Jacobs talks with Suzanne about his novel Later Days, a coming of age story set in 1980’s Pasadena. It’s A Novel Idea, Saturday June 20th at 5am and Sunday June 21st at 10am on 104.9 FM, streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

Suzanne Lang talks with two ground breaking doctors on their books. Fazlur Rahman with The Temple Road, a Doctor’s Journey and Brian H. Williams with The Bodies Keep Coming, Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal.  Two big hearted doctors. Saturday, June 6th at 5am and Sunday, June 7th at 10 am. It’s A Novel Idea streaming and podcasting at KRCB.org.

Suzanne Lang is joined by author, hiker, and outdoors person Heather Balogh Rochfort with her book Women Who Hike National Parks, Walking with America’s Most Inspiring Adventurers. Also featured is Suzanne’s conversation with Laurel Munson Boyers on her life and book about it, Across Yosemite’s Wilderness, a Trailblazing Woman’s Career Protecting the Park’s Backcountry.   It’s A Novel Idea with Suzanne Lang, Saturday May 30th at 5am and Sunday May 31st at 10am PT. Streaming and podcasting at https://krcb.org/radio-programs/a-novel-idea.

Suzanne Lang talks with Jarrett Humphreys about moving to Alaska with his dog Abbey and his book Life with Abbey, Our adventures across the wilderness of Alaska and beyond. Also, Shannon Nering joins Suzanne to talk of her move to Kauai where she discovers the healing nature of plant medicines; her book is The Mother Vine, How I Healed My Heart with Ayahuasca. It’s A Novel Idea with Suzanne Lang on KRCB radio, Saturday May 16th at 5 am PT and Sunday May 17th at 10 am PT. Streaming at podcasting at krcb.org.

Suzanne Lang is joined by Zeeva Bukai with her book The World Between, the tale of an aging actress of the Yiddish Theatre who inexplicably finds herself in a Jaffa sanitorium run by nuns. Also featured are best-selling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie with their book A Founding Mother, a Novel of Abigail Adams. It’s A Novel Idea, streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

Peter Coyote — actor, author, influential thinker, and Zen Buddhist Priest joined Suzanne Lang on stage at the Tomales Town Hall for this ranging conversation on his life and work. A Novel Idea, Saturday at 5am and Sunday at 10am. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

This week Suzanne Lang is joined by Dena Moes, author of The Buddha Sat Right Here, A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal.  Also on the show, Priya Hutner with her book, Chasing Nirvana: A Seeker’s Story of Love, Loss and Liberation. Both authors talk about their journey’s toward enlightenment, against all odds. A Novel Idea is heard every first, third, and fifth Saturday at 5:00am PT, and first, third, and fifth Sunday at 10:00am PT on KRCB 104.9 FM in Sonoma County. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org/anovelidea - subscribe and never miss an episode.

Longtime adventurer Caroline Paul joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her latest book Why We Fly: Seeking Awe, Healing, and Our True Selves in the Sky. Scientist and aerobatic flyer Cecilia Aragon joins Suzanne to talk about her book Flying Free: My Victory Over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team. A Novel Idea, on KRCB Saturday March 21st at 5:00 am and Sunday March 22nd at 10:00 am; podcasting at krcb.org.

So You want to Own Greenland? Lessons from the Vikings to Trump is Arctic strategic policy advisor Elizabeth Buchanan’s latest book and she joins Suzanne Lang in conversation. Also featured is journalist Andrea Pitzer with her book on Arctic exploration, Icebound, Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World. It’s A Novel Idea, Saturday March 7th at 5am and Sunday March 8th at 10am PT. Streaming and podcasting at norcalpublicmedia.org.

Prize-winning biographer Carla Kaplan talks with host Suzanne Lang about her definitive new book, Trouble Maker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford. A Novel Idea can be heard every first, third, and fifth Saturdays at 5:00 am and Sundays at 10:00 am on KRCB, 104.9 FM. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

Suzanne Lang talks with Elene Catrakilis on her novel, Under an African Sky, a story of profound friendship between a Greek woman and her Black South African maid, set in the waning days of South African apartheid. Nancy Econome talks with Suzanne on her novel of Greek identity and extended family set in Northern California of the 1950’s: Finding My Olympia. It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Saturdays at 5:00am and Sundays at 10:00am on KRCB 104.9. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

Suzanne Lang talks with art historian and author Jo-Anne Berelowitz on her work of auto-fiction, Somewhere I Belong, a Story of Country, Family, Home, and Jewish Identity, her story of discovering her Jewish roots and leaving South Africa in the wake of apartheid. Shivani Malik brings us her novel of a determined young woman who leaves India to fulfill her dream of becoming a scientist, The Sky is Different Here. It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Saturdays at 5:00 am and Sundays at 10:00am. Streaming and podcasting at KRCB.org.

Peabody winning filmmaker, journalist, and author Martyn Burke joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on his latest novel The Gossip Columnist, set in Nazi era Berlin. Also featured is Katrin Ciaffa, translator of Hannelore Krollpfeiffer’s We Lived in Berlin: A Story from the End of the War. Krollpfeiffer is a journalist who was a young woman in Berlin at the end of WWII. (Photo: Katrin Ciaffa, pictured left, with Hannelore Krollpfeiffer - courtesy of the author). A Novel Idea is heard every first, third, and fifth Saturdays at 5am and Sundays at 10am. Streaming at krcb.org.

Suzanne Lang talks with NYTs best selling author Steven Rowley on his latest book, The Dogs of Venice. Julia Mary Gibson joins Suzanne and talks about her novel The Copper Stone. It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Saturday at 5:00am, and first, third, and fifth Sundays at 10:00am on KRCB 104.9 FM.