Podcast Episodes

Loyal to the Bit

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Seuss Enterprise’s decision to stop publishing a half-dozen books, continue ruminating on a “is it good?” segment, ad…

4 years, 11 months ago

Wiki in Shame

Episode 431

Jeff and Rebecca talk about another format they might want to try for talking about books, whether 2020 means we can finally stop confusing the fate …

5 years ago

Southern Belles with Benefits

Episode 430

Jeff and Rebecca talk about what books actually get read, emotionally manipulative novels, tackle a couple of listener question, and try another gues…

5 years ago

Pyrrhic Victory

Episode 429

Jeff and Rebecca discuss the winner of the Spring Preview draft, Hachette getting out of the right-wing publishing game, the Obamas adaptation-heavy …

5 years ago

Arrogance with Shine

Episode 428

Jeff and Rebecca reflect on the end of Jeff Bezos’ tenure as CEO of Amazon, the launch of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club app, and comment on a comme…

5 years ago

Buy Stock in Amanda Gorman

Episode 427

Jenn Northington joins Jeff to talk about a new ebook price-fixing lawsuit, the meteoric rise of Amanda Gorman, the high degree of difficulty of adap…

5 years, 1 month ago

2021 Spring Preview

Episode 426

Jeff and Rebecca preview the interesting new Spring releases in the form of a draft! They each drafted 10 books to make a basket with the intended au…

5 years, 1 month ago

A Picnic Basket for the Mind

Episode 425

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Simon & Schuster pulling Josh Hawley’s book, Powell’s getting heat for carrying a title, discuss how to structure their s…

5 years, 1 month ago

There's a Caboose Coming

Episode 424

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the best-selling books of 2020, Eat a Peach follow-up, how the publishing industry fared last year, and much more. Discus…

5 years, 1 month ago

Best of the Rest: Our Favorite Non-Book Things of 2020

Episode 423

Jeff and Rebecca share their favorite things from 2020 that were not books. Discussed in this episode: Summer Camp Island Making of Frozen 2 The Magi…

5 years, 1 month ago