Dinner with Anne: The Ultimate Anne Rice Episode Guide

A guide to the Christopher & Eric podcast and The Dinner Party Show podcast episodes featuring Anne Rice, Premiere Party Person.

Christopher & Eric Podcast Episodes Featuring Anne

• Ep. 160 – SPECIAL ENCORE PRESENTATION Dinner with Anne Pt. 4, Live From Burbank
  “God gave us memory so we might have roses in December.” This J.M Barrie quote is one of Eric Shaw Quinn’s favorites, and it’s why your hosts have chosen to mark their first holiday season without our beloved Anne Rice with a special tribute series to her memory. Anne’s book tour for PRINCE LESTAT took her all over North America, but it was in beautiful downtown Burbank where she stepped on stage for her only live interview with Christopher and Eric in front of an audience. Enjoy Anne at her most hilarious and outspoken as she basked in the glow of one of her most successful publications.
• Ep 159 – SPECIAL ENCORE PRESENTATION Dinner with Anne, Pt. 3: The Lestat Coronation Ball in New Orleans
  “God gave us memory so we might have roses in December.” This J.M Barrie quote is one of Eric Shaw Quinn’s favorites, and it’s why your hosts have chosen to mark their first holiday season without our beloved Anne Rice with a special tribute series to her memory. In 2014, Anne thrilled her legions of fans when she announced the return of her most beloved character, the vampire Lestat. PRINCE LESTAT was published later that year, and your hosts Christopher and Eric traveled with her to New Orleans where they attended one of the wildest fan club celebrations to date. This intimate and special interview was recorded in Anne’s hotel suite the morning after that spectacular event.
• Ep. 158 – SPECIAL ENCORE PRESENTATION – Dinner with Anne Pt. 1, Premiere Party Person
  “God gave us memory so we might have roses in December.” This J.M Barrie quote is one of Eric Shaw Quinn’s favorites, and it’s why your hosts have chosen to mark their first holiday season without our beloved Anne Rice with a special tribute series to her memory. Join us as we travel back in time to our very first live broadcast from the TDPS studio in West Hollywood where we’re joined by our first guest, Anne Rice. The beloved author — and beloved mother and friend — joined us for a lively, wide-ranging interview that exemplified her fiercely independent style.
• Ep. 157 – SPECIAL ENCORE PRESENTATION Our Anne Rice: A Special Live Recording featuring Lexi Blake and Xio Axelrod
  It’s been one year since we lost our beloved Premiere Party Person, Anne Rice. As we remember this sad anniversary, we bring you a special encore presentation of one of our most emotional episodes. Recorded before a live audience at Colleen Hoover’s Book Bonanza in Dallas, Texas earlier this year, join Christopher and Eric, and their special guests, bestselling romance writers Lexi Blake and Xio Axelrod, as they pay tribute to one of popular fiction’s most legendary authors, who was also a remarkable mother to Christopher and one of Eric’s dearest friends.
• Ep. 147 – A Birthday Tribute to Anne Rice feat. “Haunted History: Ghosts of Gettysburg”
  It’s almost impossible to believe that our beloved Premiere Party Person, Anne Rice’s 81st birthday is happening without her on this earth, but Christopher and Eric are sure she would have loved this tribute to one of her favorite subjects — tales of the paranormal — and one of her favorite films. To celebrate Anne’s life and work, we asked you, our Party People, to share ghost stories of your own and the results were emotional, moving and a little spooky.
• Ep. 135 – Our Anne Rice: A Special Live Recording featuring Lexi Blake and Xio Axelrod
  In their first ever live on location episode of “TDPS Presents CHRISTOPHER & ERIC”, your hosts travel to Book Bonanza in Dallas, Texas for a mimosa-filled celebration of Premiere Party Person — and Christopher’s mother — Anne Rice. For this special tribute, they’re joined by bestselling romance authors Lexi Blake and Xio Axelrod, who celebrate the impact Anne had on their work and the world of preternatural fantasy and romance as Christopher and Eric share personal and collegial memories of their own. Profound gratitude to Colleen Hoover and her amazing Book Bonanza staff for making this special presentation possible.
• Ep. 113 — Anne Rice Will Live Forever, A Discussion of “Ramses The Damned – The Reign of Osiris” by Anne Rice & Christopher Rice
  Great artists remain immortal through their work, so we never have to truly say goodbye.   To honor the posthumous release of “Ramses the Damned – The Reign of Osiris”, your hosts Christopher and Eric have their first unscripted discussion of Anne Rice’s impact on their lives and work since her passing. Christopher offers a glimpse inside the collaborative writing process with his late mother on the second and third books in her wildly popular series about resurrected and immortal pharaoh, Ramses The Damned, a fictional creation who rivals the vampire Lestat in popularity.
• Ep. 112 – Dinner with Anne Pt. 4, Live From Burbank!
  “You have to write the book you want to read.” – Anne Rice What better way to wrap up this special tribute to Anne’s memory than with cheers and applause? In our fourth “Dinner with Anne” we bring you Anne’s appearance at the only episode of The Dinner Party Show ever to take place in front of a live audience. Join a gleeful crowd of cosplayers and comic book fans as they cheer Anne’s thoughts on the ins and outs of Hollywood, the genius of Star Wars and…Lexapro keyboards? You’ll have to listen to find out.
• Ep. 111 – Dinner with Anne Pt. 3, The Lestat Coronation Ball in New Orleans, 2014
  “It seemed like the gift you gave everyone last night at the [Lestat Coronation] Ball was freedom.” – Eric Shaw Quinn  The TDPS celebration of Anne Rice’s memory continues. For our third “Dinner with Anne”, we’re headed south for an elegant sit-down in the city that care forgot. Step into Anne’s French Quarter hotel suite the day after the dazzling Lestat Coronation Ball to hear Anne’s joyful account of the many costumed fans who celebrated the Brat Prince’s return to the printed page with a night of music and dance, Big Easy style.
• Ep. 110 – Dinner with Anne Pt. 2, The Return of Prince Lestat
  “You forever changed the vampire genre. You took us into their hearts and into their souls.” – Christopher Rice  As they continue to celebrate the memory of their most beloved guest — and Christopher’s mother, and Eric’s dear friend — your hosts serve up another “Dinner with Anne”. In 2014, the menu for this particular meal was a closely guarded secret until the last possible second. When the cover on the serving dish was finally drawn back, the reveal made headlines around the world. Join us for the return of one of popular fiction’s most iconic characters, and one of the most exciting nights in TDPS history, the return of Prince Lestat.
• Ep. 109 – Dinner with Anne Pt. 1, Premiere Party Person
  “I am the only woman I know of who’s ever been played by Brad Pitt on screen.” – Anne Rice Still reeling from the loss of Anne Rice, our beloved Premiere Party Person, Christopher and Eric return to the studio for the first time since her passing to bring you the first in this special series of archival interviews showcasing some of the finest moments of Anne’s career. We’re calling it “Dinner with Anne”.  In our first installment, travel back in time to the live, debut episode of The Dinner Party Show. Anne was the featured guest and the delightful conversation served up everything from Christopher’s most notorious childhood antics to the real contents of caviar.
• Ep. 93 – Who Wants To Live Forever? Announcing RAMSES THE DAMNED: THE REIGN OF OSIRIS by Anne Rice & Christopher Rice
  He’s baaaaaack! And no, we’re not talking about Eric’s appendix. (Thank God!) In this episode, Christopher and Eric celebrate the return of one of Anne Rice’s most iconic characters, the brilliant and immortal Ramses, who returns to bookstores in early 2022 in a brand new adventure penned by Anne and Christopher entitled RAMSES THE DAMNED: THE REIGN OF OSIRIS, available for pre-order now. Not only do Christopher and Eric reveal scintillating new story details, to mark the occasion we surveyed you, our beloved Party People, to discuss your thoughts on immortality, and, your fascinating answers to the question “What type of immortal would you be if you were given the gift of eternal life?” This way, your answers will live forever, even if you don’t.

The Dinner Party Show Podcast Episodes Featuring Anne

• Ep. 132 – Favorites Month with Anne Rice
  Iconic author Anne Rice returns to kick off Favorites Month on “The Dinner Party Show.” Plus, adorably incompetent critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand contributes a predictably profane take on “The Night Before Christmas” and Christopher and Eric offer their spin on the week’s outrageous headlines in The Not Report.
• TDPS SUMMER SAMPLER #6: Our Favorite Things with Marc Andreyko, Steve Berry, Lexi Blake, Jan Burke, Ted Casablanca, Marcia Clark, Jackie Collins, Bryan Fuller, Gregg Hurwitz, Ted Johnson, Julie Kenner, Leslie S. Klinger, Alec Mapa, Jack Morrissey, Anne Rice, Tony Sweet and Tim Williams
  The sixth edition of the TDPS Summer Sampler series celebrates a new menu of Christopher and Eric’s favorite books, music, gadgets and other products and reviews the favorites of past guests including Marc Andreyko, Steve Berry, Lexi Blake, Jan Burke, Ted Casablanca, Marcia Clark, Jackie Collins, Bryan Fuller, Gregg Hurwitz, Ted Johnson, Julie Kenner, Leslie S. Klinger, Alec Mapa, Jack Morrissey, Anne Rice, Tony Sweet and Tim Williams.
• TDPS SUMMER SAMPLER #5: The Dinner Party Show-Show with Jan Burke, Marcia Clark, Caprice Crane, Patricia Cornwell, Pauly David, Greg Hurwitz, Alec Mapa, Ed Marco, Armistead Maupin, Jack Morrissey, Anne Rice, Tony Sweet and Ann Walker
  The fifth installment of the TDPS Summer Sampler is all about “The Dinner Party Show” and highlights some of Christopher and Eric’s favorite outrageous moments from the past three seasons featuring Jan Burke, Marcia Clark, Caprice Crane, Patricia Cornwell, Pauly David, Greg Hurwitz, Alec Mapa, Ed Marco, Armistead Maupin, Jack Morrissey, Anne Rice, Tony Sweet and Ann Walker.
• TDPS SUMMER SAMPLER #4: NSFW—SEX & ROMANCE with Laura Benanti, Jackie Collins, novelist Heather Graham, Chad Hodge, Jenny Johnson, Alec Mapa, Elisabeth Naughton, Anne Rice, Tony Sweet and Ann Walker.
  The fourth installment of the TDPS Summer Sampler turns the “1001 Dark Nights” Author Spotlight on Elisabeth Naughton. Plus, R-rated thoughts on sex, romance and relationships from Laura Benanti, Jackie Collins, novelist Heather Graham, Chad Hodge, Jenny Johnson, Alec Mapa, Anne Rice, Tony Sweet and Ann Walker.
• TDPS SUMMER SAMPLER #3: WRITE ANSWERS with Ted Casablanca, Jackie Collins, Patricia Cornwell, Kami Garcia, Armistead Maupin, Anne Rice, MJ Rose, Dan Savage, Margaret Stohl, Patricia Nell Warren and ‘1001 Dark Nights’ Author Spotlight Larissa Ione
  The third installment of the TDPS Summer Sampler features a new “1001 Dark Nights” Author Spotlight on Larissa Ione. Plus: tips, tricks and secrets about books and writing and the publishing industry from Ted Casablanca, Jackie Collins, Patricia Cornwell, Kami Garcia, Armistead Maupin, Anne Rice, MJ Rose, Dan Savage, Margaret Stohl and Patricia Nell Warren.
• Ep. 93 – ANNE RICE, LIVE FROM BENT CON
  In the first ever “live on location” episode of The Dinner Party Show, Christopher and Eric come to you LIVE from the floor of Bent Con, the only convention dedicated to celebrating LGBT contributions to pop culture and geekdom. Their special guest is Anne Rice, still in the midst of her blockbuster book tour celebrating the return of PRINCE LESTAT.
• Ep. 92 – ANNE RICE & PRINCE LESTAT
  Step inside Anne Rice’s New Orleans hotel suite for an intimate recap of the annual gathering of the Anne Rice Fan Club. It’s the day after the Lestat Coronation Ball and Christopher, Eric and Anne have lots of stories to tell about the best moments, costumes and musical performances from the event. Are Vampire Chronicles fans excited for the return of their favorite “brat prince”, the Vampire Lestat himself? Find out first hand, from the queen herself, Anne Rice, in this very special episode of The Dinner Party Show.
• Ep. 64 – LESTAT LIVES! – ANNE RICE
  Anne Rice reveals that her next novel will feature the return of her beloved hero, the vampire Lestat. When it releases this October, PRINCE LESTAT will be the first new chapter in her bestselling series, The Vampire Chronicles, since 2003. With hosts Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn, Anne gives some story hints (but no spoilers!) and responds to the overwhelming excitement among her many fans who listened to the show live and posted questions for her on The Dinner Party Show’s Facebook page. You have to tell yourself, stop being a perfectionist. Stop editing and re-editing what you just did. Let it start rolling for you. You can go back later and re-read the beginning. Stop just running to the laboratory and washing your hands, trying to get them clean, trying to get everything perfect. Just calm down and keep going. ANNE RICE The Dinner Party Show Podcast — Ep. 64: Anne Rice Interview Transcript {This transcript is the Anne Rice interview portion of Episode 64}{This transcript is provided as a courtesy and was transcribed as best as possible. Any errors or omissions in the transcript are unintentional. The recorded audio file of the podcast episode is considered the master of what was said.} Christopher Rice: Welcome back to The Dinner Party Show. I’m Christopher Rice. Eric Shaw Quinn: And I’m Eric Shaw Quinn. Christopher Rice: And I’m sorry, who are you, ma’am? Anne Rice: My name’s Anne Rice. I’m a writer. Christopher Rice: Oh, your publicist called a few hours ago and was […]
• Ep. 42 – INSIDE ‘THE HEAVENS RISE’, with Anne Rice
  Eric hosts this sneak peek inside Christopher Rice’s forthcoming novel and first supernatural thriller, featuring an interview with Anne Rice on the true definition of a horror novel. Christopher performs readings from the book itself. The Dinner Party Show’s “Special Correspondents”, relationship expert JoNell Samms and critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand, deliver their advance reviews of the book.
• Ep. 22 – Anne Rice
  Eric is incensed over allegations that the upcoming Starz show, DA VINCI’S DEMONS, is going to “straight wash” one of history’s most famous artists. Christopher explains why he isn’t afraid of North Korea. Fairly imbalanced newsman Breck Artery reports on government funding…or lack thereof. She’s baaack! World famous author Anne Rice returns to the dinner table. She has plenty to say, including about the studio development process roadblocking a screen adaption Christopher penned of one of her famous vampire novels. She riles things up with her answers to mountains of questions posted by listeners on the show’s Facebook page. Will the Talamasca appear in another novel? Will there ever be a TV series based on her Mayfair Witch novels? Anne Rice responds to as many listener questions as she can before a ridiculous technical malfunction threatens to throw the show off the rails. Eric, Christopher, and Anne bravely recovery from an alleged cyber-attack by circumcised Honey Boo Boo fans (you’ll get the joke if you just listen.) In between Anne’s jaw-dropping answers, Twan, “Queen of the Stars,” reads the signs before they read you. Relationship expert JoNell Samms advocates for a healthy amount of distance between long term marriage partners. And critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand files a report from the White Party in Palm Springs that results in his near-death.
• Ep. 20 – At The Table: Anne Rice, Marcia Clark, Alec Mapa
  Christopher and Eric present highlights from some of their best celebrity interviews so far, featuring Anne Rice, Marcia Clark, Alec Mapa, Patricia Nell Warren and others. It’s a hilarious, fast-paced montage of celebrity fun from The Dinner Party Show.
• Ep. 1 – Anne Rice
  The premiere episode! Special Guests, superstar novelist Anne Rice and introducing our “special correspondents” JoNell Samms, Jordan & and Twan, Queen of the Stars.

The Dinner Party Show Podcast Anne Video Clips

Enjoy our YouTube playlist of video clips of the best of our chats with Anne Rice on The Dinner Party Show.