Complicated conversations with complicated people about complicated topics. Let’s get into the real mess of gender, feminism, punishment, class, politics, and culture and leave easy rhetoric and jingoism behind. Hosted by Jessa Crispin.
Podcast Categories: Books
Mean Book Club
Mean Book Club the Podcast: Four ladies (UCB-NY, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) read, discuss & make fun of NYT bestselling books with little literary merit. It’s fun. It’s cathartic. It’s perfect for your commute?
New podcast every Tuesday!
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Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast
The podcast that asks women with lives as inspiring as any fiction, to share the five books by women that have shaped them. Join Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, and her inspirational guests as they celebrate the best books written by women, sharing their creativity, voices, and perspectives. The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the biggest celebration of women’s creativity in the world and has been running for over 30 years. Sit back and enjoy.
Japanese Classical Literature Audiobooks
An invitation to Japanese literature.
The Thing About France
The Thing About France is a podcast where cultural figures explore the fascinating and complicated relationship between France and America.
The Maris Review
Hosted by Maris Kreizman, cultural critic and author of the bestselling Slaughterhouse 90210, talks to authors you should know about their own books and the books they love, the shows and films they’ve watched, the music they’ve listened to, and the links they’ve clicked.
Bret Easton Hell Yes: A Bret Easton Ellis Fancast
Join millennial leftist Katie Wright each week as she and a guest take a loving but critical look at the works of Bret Easton Ellis, the controversial author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero.
That Creepy Podcast
Allegedly true scary stories and fiction scary stories. Some explicit content, mostly content scary and spooky in nature.
ALL Stories have been narrated with permission from the author or they have been posted in a space that permits narration of the story.
Binge Mode: Harry Potter
Jump on your broom and join The Ringer’s Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion as they take their signature deep dive into ‘Harry Potter,’ covering all the books and movies as well as the extended ‘Potter’ universe.
The Literary Life Podcast
Not just book chat! The Literary Life Podcast is an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well and the lost intellectual tradition needed to fully enter into the great works of literature.
Experienced teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks (of www.HouseOfHumaneLetters.com) join lifelong reader Cindy Rollins (of www.MorningtimeForMoms.com) for slow reads of classic literature, conversations with book lovers, and an ever-unfolding discussion of how Stories Will Save the World.
And check out our sister podcast The Well Read Poem with poet Thomas Banks.
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