Podcast Episodes

How Much Are You Like The Characters You Read About?

Prof. Laura McGrath returns to talk with Jeff and Rebecca about statistics that show just how much readers read what they are. Mostly. For some reade…

3 hours ago

DNF Shelves Coming to Goodreads and The War For Your Ears Continues

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the news that Goodreads is rumored to be launching an official Did Not Finish category, Audible and Spotify innovations, …

2 days, 12 hours ago

Ranking Amazon's Best Books of the Century

Jeff and Rebecca power rank the top 10 of Amazon's 25 Book of the Year picks from the last 25 years.

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1 week ago

Another Book Section Bites the Dust and A Romance Writer Dances with the AI Devil

Jeff and Rebecca talk about The Washington Post Books section shutting down, a NYT profile of a romance writer diving into AI with both feet, recent …

1 week, 2 days ago

Power Ranking the Books of 2016

Jeff and Rebecca power rank the 10 most important, influential, and otherwise impactful books of 2016.

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2 weeks ago

Librarians on the Front Lines

Vanessa sits down with director Kim A. Snyder and librarians Martha Hickson and Carolyn Foote to discuss the film The Librarians: how it came to be, …

2 weeks, 2 days ago

The It Books of February 2026

Jeff and Rebecca consider 10 finalists for the title It Book of February.

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3 weeks ago

Making Sense of Franchise Adaptation News

Jeff and Rebecca try to make sense of a bunch of adaptation news before talking about recent reads, Don DeLillo's hockey smut, and more.

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

VIGIL by George Saunders

Jeff and Rebecca talk about George Saunders' new novel, Vigil.

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4 weeks ago

The Best-Selling Publishers of the Year, NBCC Finalists, Adapted Screenplay Oscar Noms, and more.

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists, which publishers had the most best-sellers in 2025, Katie Couric's book…

4 weeks, 2 days ago