Episodes

  • Check This Out: Yu-Mei Balasingamchow & 'Names Have Been Changed' plus Katherine Center

    Check This Out: Yu-Mei Balasingamchow & 'Names Have Been Changed' plus Katherine Center
    Jun 25 2026
    This debut novel is about an itinerant Singaporean ex-con hiding from her past in different countries. And on our Book Biz segment, author Katherine Center reflects on her 20-year publishing career.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Portia Elan & 'Homebound' plus the boom in audiobooks

    Check This Out: Portia Elan & 'Homebound' plus the boom in audiobooks
    Jun 18 2026
    The debut novel "Homebound'" features four lives entangled across time by a computer game, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s. And on our Book Biz segment, how audiobooks are changing publishing.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Bar Fridman-Tell & 'Honeysuckle' plus book critic Ron Charles

    Check This Out: Bar Fridman-Tell & 'Honeysuckle' plus book critic Ron Charles
    Jun 11 2026
    An unsettling debut novel blending romance, horror, and fairy tale elements, with nods to Frankenstein, plus in our Book Biz segment, the future of literary criticism.
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    50 mins
  • H.M. Wolfe & 'Daggermouth' and why romance rules publishing

    H.M. Wolfe & 'Daggermouth' and why romance rules publishing
    Jun 5 2026
    A viral dystopian romance set in a corrupt surveillance state, following a mercenary who botches the assassination of the president’s son. And on the Book Biz segment, the romance genre as the engine of publishing.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Susan Donovan Bernhard & 'Westerly'

    Check This Out: Susan Donovan Bernhard & 'Westerly'
    May 28 2026
    A sweeping family saga that traces the intertwined lives of three generations of women, moving from war-torn Germany and Ireland to coastal Maine.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Tolani Akinola & 'Leave Your Mess at Home' plus the Book Biz

    Check This Out: Tolani Akinola & 'Leave Your Mess at Home' plus the Book Biz
    May 21 2026
    In this debut novel, we meet a Nigerian-American family set on a crash course towards each other. Plus, on our Book Biz segment, the role of agents in publishing today.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Stacia Stark & 'We Who Will Die'

    Check This Out: Stacia Stark & 'We Who Will Die'
    May 14 2026
    In this romantasy set in a Roman-inspired world ruled by vampires, a young woman faces a deadly competition where survival depends on mastering forbidden powers.
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    45 mins
  • Check This Out: Daniyal Mueenuddin & 'This Is Where the Serpent Lives' plus the Book Biz

    Check This Out: Daniyal Mueenuddin & 'This Is Where the Serpent Lives' plus the Book Biz
    May 7 2026
    Through intertwining narratives, the novel follows a cast of characters in Pakistan, taking us from the chaotic cities to lawless feudal countryside. And in the Book Biz segment, how A.I. is affecting publishing.
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    53 mins