The guest for the hour is Julie Rea, an award-winning fiction writer from Glasgow, Scotland. She is the recipient of the Scottish Book Trust Next Chapter Award and the Book Edit Writers’ Prize. She has been placed and shortlisted in many competitions, including the Bath Short Story Award, the Cambridge Short Story Prize, and the Grindstone Literary Short Story Award. Her fiction has been published in literary journals and anthologies, including ‘Gutter,’ ‘New Writing Scotland,’ and ‘thi wurd.' Rea has worked with several organizations including the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh International Poetry Festival, and Book Week Scotland. She was nominated for The Pushcart Prize.

On each show, invited guests are asked to discuss a number of items that they would take with them to their Catskill Cabin getaway. As Mike and Andy discuss their chosen items, it is intended that you, the listener, will enjoy getting to know each guest that little bit better. This WGXC podcast is subscribable. An excerpt of this show often airs later on "All Together Now!" or on the "WGXC Morning Show." Before March 2021, the show was called "Catskill Cabin Conversations."