coming up on Friday's show....Eoin Colfer turns his hand to musical theatre with "Noel", Margaret Atwood found inspiration in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' for her latest novel "Hag Seed", which is reviewed today and Christmas albums from Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood, Frankie Valli, R Kelly and Pentatonix
John Byrne on the book 'Serial Fu Manchu: The Chinese Supervillain and the Spread of Yellow Peril Ideology' by Ruth Mayer which is published by Temple University Press.