Novelist Alexander Maksik joins us for a conversation about his latest novel, Passengers, a gripping story of a father and daughter whose delayed departure from Los Angeles becomes something far stranger and far more revealing than anticipated.

As the ordinary rhythms of travel give way to mounting uncertainty, the novel explores family, memory, forgiveness, and the fragile bonds that endure even as the world seems to unravel. Drawing on his acclaimed body of work, Maksik reflects on the inspiration behind Passengers, the emotional terrain of the novel, and the enduring questions that shape his fiction.