Podcast Episodes

What is Magical Realism?

Vanessa Diaz is back to talk with Jeff and Rebecca about what magical realism is, where it comes from, and how to talk about it.

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3 months ago

On Putting Together a Best Books of the Year List

Vanessa Diaz sits in for Rebecca this week and talks to Jeff about the challenges of making a best books of the year list before getting into the new…

3 months, 1 week ago

Fall Media Diet Check-In (Plus Other Life Pursuits) [Teaser]

This is a bonus preview of our ⁠Patreon-only⁠ episode in which Jeff and Rebecca talk about what they've been doing with their lives recently, outside…

3 months, 1 week ago

The Books We Still Want to Read in 2025

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the books they still want to get to before 2026 gets here.

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3 months, 1 week ago

Speculating on The Book of the Year and the Impacts of AI on Writing

We're in a lull of current publishing industry news, so Jeff and Rebecca speculate about upcoming book awards, year-end announcements, and the book o…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

What We Want from Essays: DEAD & ALIVE by Zadie Smith

Jeff and Rebecca talk Zadie Smith's Dead & Alive.

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Checking in with We Need Diverse Books

Jeff talks to Dhonielle Clayton and Caroline Richmond of We Need Diverse Books about censorship, book bannings, and the ongoing drive to diversify bo…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

The It Books of November 2025

Jeff and Rebecca consider 10 contenders for the title of It Book of November.

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Eye of the Best Books of the Year Storm Approaches

Jeff and Rebecca put on their rain gear as the best books of the year storm approaches.

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Deep into that Darkness Peering

Book Riot's managing editor, Vanessa Diaz, returns to re-examine the strange and influential life of Edgar Allan Poe.

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4 months ago