Podcasts
SELF WORST podcast: EPISODE 186 — The devil and paula bomer
Paula sat down with host Brad Pearson on Self Worst—a podcast dedicated to honest discussions on art, labor, failure, and the psychology behind creative work.
In this wide-ranging and unfiltered episode, Paula talks about her book The Stalker alongside her earlier work, reflecting on personal transformations, a past Catholic phase, and life in pre-digital New York. The conversation also tackles modern culture head-on: the internet's toll on our attention spans, coping with "fried brains," and the realities of sustaining a creative life amid modern distraction.
August 5th, 2026
FRAMED + BOUND podcast: “EVEN MONEY” WITH Paula Bomer
What happens when writers spiral on screen? Paula joined Tobias Carroll on the literary-film podcast Framed & Bound to dig into Mark Rydell’s 2006 crime ensemble Even Money.
While the film tracks multiple interlocking stories across the gambling underworld, the conversation centers on Kim Basinger’s performance as Carolyn Carver—a teacher and author whose writer's block morphs into an all-consuming addiction at the casino slots, threatening her marriage, her savings, and her unfinished manuscript. Paula and Tobias unpack the film's depiction of compulsive behavior, creative desperation, and how Hollywood frames the pressures of the blank page.
June 1st, 2026
Burned by books podcast: Paula Bomer, "The Stalker" (Soho Books, 2025)
A podcast for writers and readers who are obsessive about their books. Interviews with established and up-and-coming writers, and recommendations for the best in contemporary fiction, poetry, and drama. Chris Holmes speaks with Paula Bomer, the author of The Stalker (Soho Books, 2025,) which received a starred Publisher’s Weekly, calling it “dark and twisted fun”.
November 12th, 2025
OUT OF YOUR MOUTH PODCAST: Ep 1 - Paula Bomer
Paula Bomer’s new novel The Stalker lets us into the mind of a predator, a young man as stupid as he is entitled, and yes, a stalker. His name is Robert Savile, and he goes by “Doughty.” He torments those around him, while his self-delusion allows him to believe he is the best thing to happen to them all. The book is funny, even as it delves into very serious topics such as the sexual assault, misogyny and the privilege of the wealthy.
June 18th, 2025
OUT OF YOUR MOUTH PODCAST: Ep 1 - Paula Bomer
Out of Your Mouth is a show about creating art together and sharing work in the oral tradition. I speak to a guest, we write, compose or create together, then share it with you. In episode one, we discuss Paula Bomer’s forthcoming novel, The Stalker.
November 4, 2024
A Caregiver's Narrative: Loving someone with schizophrenia
Paula's journey with her father's schizophrenia sheds light on the challenges, stigma, and the profound impact that serious mental illness can have on the whole family.
February 28th, 2024
Subjects Discussed: How physically scarred characters inspire dimension inside characters, Flannery O’Connor’s thoughts on the grotesque, how character details create mystery, Dorothea Lange and the Dust Bowl…
May 28th, 2014
Episode 113 — Paula Bomer: From Otherppl with Brad Listi
Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading writers. Click HERE to start listening.
Oct 14, 2012
Subjects Discussed: Katie Roiphe’s In Praise of Messy Lives, similarities between exploring women’s issues in fiction and hyperbolic op-ed journalists, how emotional candor and candid language reveals issues about women and motherhood, people who use children as an excuse not to write…
August 31, 2012
The Bat Segundo Show and Follow Your Ears
Paula Bomer appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #375. She is most recently the author of Baby.
January 20, 2011