Episode 4 📚 Jamie Baker | The Novel You Can Eat (Almost)
Chopping It Up with Keith Saarloos · Released August 14, 2025 · Santa Ynez Valley, California
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Playwright, foster care advocate, VR arcade owner… and now novelist. Jamie Baker’s debut novel You Ate It is more than a story—it’s an interactive experience that pulls you through QR codes, secret calls, and even the mysterious “Pretentious Boar” restaurant Instagram that had the Santa Ynez Valley hunting for reservations that didn’t exist. We talk about his theatre roots, years in child welfare, raising three kids in the Valley, and why his book blends fiction with real local people and places. Part mystery, part love letter to the Valley, this is storytelling with teeth.
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