Show overview
Virtual Memories Show launched in 2025 and has put out 29 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 40 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 16m and 1h 29m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 22 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 22 episodes published. Published by Gil Roth.
From the publisher
A weekly podcast about books and life, not necessarily in that order
Latest Episodes
View all 29 episodesEpisode 691 – Emil Wilson
Episode 690 – Jonathan Ames
Episode 689 – Dash Shaw
Episode 688 – Phillip Lopate
Episode 687 – Ida Kao
Episode 686 – Halstead York
Episode 685 – Sarah Minor
Episode 684 – Ali Trotta
Episode 683 – R Sikoryak
Episode 682 – Katie Skelly
Episode 681 – Colin Asher
Episode 680 – Kate Maruyama and Me
Episode 679 – Heather Cass White
Episode 678 – Paul Gravett
Episode 677 – Luis Mendo
Episode 676 – Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Episode 675 – Clare Carlisle
Episode 674 – Josh Alan Friedman
Episode 673 – Andrew Durbin
Episode 672 – Dean Haspiel and Doug Latino
Virtual Memories Show 672: Dean Haspiel and Doug Latino With REAL LIFE COMIX: ONLY IN NEW YORK (Cosmic Lion Productions), editors Dean Haspiel and Doug Latino bring together 66 fantastic cartoonists and writers to tell 51 autobiographical comic stories about NYC . . . and I’m among them! We got together to talk about the book & its publishing history, the incredible lineup Dean and Doug have assembled (including ~20 of my past pod-guests — like Roz Chast, Drew Friedman, Jonathan Ames, Karl Stevens, Jennifer Hayden, Ben Katchor, and Moby — and a ton of other great cartoonists!), why no one’s made a New York City-centric autobio-comics anthology before, what makes for an “Only In New York” story & why I went with a tough one for my 2-page comic, and why YOU NEED TO SUPPORT THE KICKSTARTER (ending May 8, 2026) to help bring it all into print! (Yes, we talk about other stuff, like My Joe Franklin Story, what I’ve learned on hiatus, what Doug & Dean have learned about editing, the challenges of bringing non-comics-writers into the book, why I don’t ‘think’ comics, my favorite Deadly Sin, and more.) Give it a listen! And go support REAL LIFE COMIX: ONLY IN NEW YORK! Enjoy the conversation! Then check out the archives for more great episodes! Lots of ways to follow The Virtual Memories Show! iTunes, Spotify, BlueSky, Instagram, YouTube, Tumblr, and good ol’ RSS! About our Guests Dean Haspiel is an Emmy & Ringo Award-winning NYC cartoonist, playwright + Yaddo fellow. He is the creator of Billy Dogma, The Red Hook, Covid Cop & Chest Face. Dean has worked for Marvel, DC, Archie, Image, Webtoon, etc., and is currently making the one-man comics anthology, ANTIMATTER. Doug Latino is a short story writer, visual artist, and photographer, based in Brooklyn, NY. Credits: This episode’s music is Fella by Hal Mayforth, used with permission from the artist. The conversation was recorded at Dean’s studio in Brooklyn on a pair of Blue enCORE 200 microphones and a Shure Beta 58A feeding into a Zoom PodTrak P4 digital recorder & interface. I recorded the intro and outro on a Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone feeding into a Zoom PodTrak P4. All processing and editing done in Adobe Audition CC. Photo of Doug & Dean by me. It’s on my instagram.