Podcast Episodes
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Episode 404
Ed Yong’s new book, “An Immense World,” urges readers to break outside their “sensory bubble” to consider the unique ways that dogs, dolphins, mice a…
3 years, 11 months ago
Jackie, Before Marrying Jack
Episode 403
Elisabeth Egan, an editor at the Book Review, curates our Group Text column — a monthly choice of a book that she feels is particularly well suited t…
3 years, 11 months ago
Tom Perrotta on the Return of Tracy Flick
Episode 402
Few fictional characters in recent decades have been as intensely discussed as Tracy Flick. The ambitious teenage protagonist of Tom Perrotta’s novel…
3 years, 11 months ago
One Island, Two Men and Lots of Big Questions
Episode 401
Karen Jennings’s novel “An Island,” which was on the longlist for the Booker Prize in 2021, is set on a fictional unnamed island off the coast of Afr…
3 years, 11 months ago
Remembering the ‘Great Stewardess Rebellion’
Episode 400
With current-day labor movements at Amazon, Starbucks and other big employers in the news, Nell McShane Wulfhart is on the podcast this week to discu…
4 years ago
Brian Morton on ‘Tasha: A Son’s Memoir’
Episode 399
Brian Morton, an accomplished novelist, has turned to nonfiction for the first time in his new book, “Tasha: A Son’s Memoir.” On this week’s podcast,…
4 years ago
John Waters Talks About His First Novel
Episode 398
The filmmaker, artist, author and general cultural icon John Waters visits the podcast this week to talk about his first novel, “Liarmouth: A Feel-Ba…
4 years ago
Hernan Diaz on ‘Trust’ and Money in Fiction
Episode 397
Hernan Diaz’s second novel, “Trust,” is four books in one. Our reviewer, Michael Gorra, calls it “intricate, cunning and consistently surprising.” It…
4 years ago
Jennifer Egan Talks About 'The Candy House'
Episode 396
Jennifer Egan’s new novel, “The Candy House,” is a follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning “A Visit From the Goon Squad.” A few characters appear in …
4 years, 1 month ago
Liana Finck Reimagines the Story of Genesis
Episode 395
The cartoonist Liana Finck’s new book, “Let There Be Light,” recasts the story of Genesis with a female God who is a neurotic artist.
“At the very beg…
4 years, 1 month ago