Podcast Episodes

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé will keep you guessing until the last page

Adam chats with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about their debut bestseller, Ace of Spades! They discuss representation, planning vs. pantsing, and Faridah be…

5 years, 3 months ago

July's biggest new books!

July has arrived which means we're sharing the books coming out we're most excited to read!

Also, we're on TikTok now!

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5 years, 4 months ago

Nghi Vo on Gatsby and why we adore reimagining classic books

Adam chats with Nghi Vo about their new book The Chosen and the Beautiful, their respective experiences with Gatsby, and Adam expresses his angst ove…

5 years, 4 months ago

Sending up the book signal with Mallory O'Meara!

Adam chats with Mallory O'Meara, bestselling author and cohost of the wildly popular Reading Glasses podcast, about her upcoming book, Girly Drinks, …

5 years, 4 months ago

Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl

Adam interviews instant New York Times bestselling author and Good Morning America Book Club pick for June, Zakiya Dalila Harris about her debut nove…

5 years, 4 months ago

Quiara Alegría Hudes, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and co-creator of In The Heights

Lights up on Washington Heights! On this bonus episode, Adam chats with Quiara Alegría Hudes, the iconic Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and co-cre…

5 years, 4 months ago

PRIDE BOOK PICKS, Y'ALL!

The Nerds are sharing a few books to celebrate PRIDE Month! These books, authors, and stories are, of course, valid and essential all year round but …

5 years, 4 months ago

Interview with Emiko Jean, author of Tokyo Ever After

On today's episode, Jill is joined by author Emiko Jean to discuss her new book Tokyo Ever After. The pair discuss the importance of writing a charac…

5 years, 4 months ago

A PRIDE #ThrowbackThursday celebration of Trans authors!

Hey Nerds! We'll be doing PRIDE episodes all month long and we'll have fresh episodes coming next week. For now, enjoy our 2020 episode in support of…

5 years, 4 months ago

Josh Malerman on Goblin, spooky towns, and monsters

Sometimes an author comes on and instantly hits it off with one of the nerds. Adam and Josh discuss Goblin, Bird Box, his writing process, building o…

5 years, 4 months ago