Podcast Episodes

Is It Good?: INTERMEZZO by Sally Rooney

Jeff and Rebecca debut a new format, "Is It Good?," with the most-hyped book of the fall: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney.

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1 year, 5 months ago

Notes from a Trip to New York, Recent Reading, and Amanda Litman from RUN FOR SOMETHING

Jeff and Rebecca talk about their time in New York last week, recount some recent reading, and then Rebecca talks with Amanda Litman from Run for Som…

1 year, 5 months ago

Power-Ranking the Books of 2004

Jeff and Rebecca turn the time-machine dial to "2004" to pick the 10 books from that year that mattered the most.

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1 year, 5 months ago

The 2024 National Book Award Longlist, GOOD OMENS Season Three 'Paused,' Rachel Kushner's CREATION LAKE, and More

This week, Jeff and Rebecca discuss the 10 selections for The National Book Awards Fiction Longlist along with their mostly wrong guesses, Good Omens…

1 year, 5 months ago

Fall Adaptation Preview

Jeff and Rebecca preview the always-busy fall adaptation slate, after paying respects to James Earl Jones as he fades into the cornfield.

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1 year, 5 months ago

NaNoWriMo's AI Controversy, The Internet Archive Loses in Court, Recent Reading, and Other Book News of the Week

Jeff and Rebecca mull NaNoWriMo's AI blunder, note the passing of Len Riggio, talk about recent reading, and much more.

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1 year, 5 months ago

The "It" Books of September 2024

Jeff and Rebecca talk through 10 contenders for the "It" book of September.

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1 year, 5 months ago

The Fall 2024 New Release Draft [Teaser]

Rebecca and Jeff compete to draft the best collection of 10 new releases for the season.

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1 year, 5 months ago

Predicting the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction Longlist

Jeff and Rebecca embark upon a fool's errand: trying to guess the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction.

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1 year, 5 months ago

Breaking Down Obama's Summer Reading List, NYT's Article on Publishing Departures, Anthropic's Legal Challenge, and More

Jeff and Rebecca are back to talk about Obama's summer reading list, what is new and what isn't in a New York Times article about recent publishing l…

1 year, 6 months ago