Literature Arts Podcasts

Overdue

726 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy chi...

What It Takes®

216 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 913 ratings
Revealing, intimate conversations with visionaries and leaders in the arts, science, technology, public service, sports and business. These engaging personal stories are drawn from interviews with ...

Book Cheat

117 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 548 ratings
The book club podcast where Dave Warneke has read the book so you don't have to. Each episode Dave tells two special guests all about a classic novel or play, and by the end of the show, both you a...

Print Run Podcast

174 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 288 ratings
Print Run is a podcast created and hosted by Laura Zats and Erik Hane. Its aim is simple: to have the conversations surrounding the book and writing industries that too often are glossed over by co...

Podlander Drunkcast

202 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 271 ratings
A slightly tipsy exploration of each episode of the STARZ series OUTLANDER

Pod and Prejudice

126 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 221 ratings
Becca has read all of Jane Austen's work. Molly literally does not know who Mrs. Bennet is. Together, they venture into Austen's world of romance, biting satire, and class struggles. Like Austen? ...

What The Folklore?

651 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 218 ratings
A comedy podcast that exposes the absurd side of folklore. Each week we read a story, fix plotholes and create new ones, and invent unintended connections between tales.

Alpinist

62 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 162 ratings
Since 2002 Alpinist has striven to push creative boundaries with everything we do, from award-winning climbing journalism and creative writing to photography and art. Now, with the Alpinist podcast...

Phil Rossi Media Podcasts

108 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 131 ratings
Free audio fiction, podcasts, and other goodness.

F***bois of Literature Book Podcast

389 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 130 ratings
•FBOL is now on Patreon! Subscribe: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit•The podcast about the most groan-worthy, enraging, and sh*t characters in lit. Join host Emily Edwards and a guest for a wee...

I Will Read for You: The Voice and Writings of Jaiya John

278 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 130 ratings
Voice medicine to soothe your soul, from freedom worker, poet, author, and spoken word artist Dr. Jaiya John. Bedtime bliss. Morning meditation. Daytime peace. Comfort. Calm. Soul food. Come, gathe...

LARB Radio Hour

353 episodes - Latest episode: about 24 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 120 ratings
The Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour is a weekly show featuring interviews, readings and discussions about all things literary. Hosted by LARB Editors-at-Large Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Er...

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Fiction Podcast

156 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 115 ratings
Monthly readings and dramatizations of stories by the world’s leading writers of suspense chosen from the magazine’s archives. The full range of the genre is represented in these riveting au...

Reading McCarthy

52 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 113 ratings
READING MCCARTHY is a podcast devoted to the consideration and discussion of the works of one of our greatest American writers, Cormac McCarthy. Each episode will call upon different well-known Co...

One True Podcast

134 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 92 ratings
One True Podcast explores all things related to Hemingway, his work, and his world. The show is hosted by Mark Cirino and produced by Michael Von Cannon. Join us in conversation with scholars, art...

Three Percent Podcast

396 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 83 ratings
The Three Percent Podcast is a weekly(ish) conversation about new books, the publishing scene, international literature in translation, and many other random rants and raves. Chad W. Post of Open L...

Novel Conversations

85 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 80 ratings
Novel Conversations is a podcast summarizing the world’s greatest works of classic literature: you get the whole story from cover to cover. If CliffsNotes had an audio-bestfriend, it would be us! E...

Tea or Books?

127 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 79 ratings
Simon (Stuck in a Book) and Rachel (Book Snob) debate the difficult decisions of books and reading.

Point Blank: Hardboiled, Noir, & Detective Fiction

88 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 78 ratings
Point Blank is a podcast about hardboiled, noir, and detective fiction. Mixing serious analysis and humor, the co-hosts (Justin and Kurt) discuss classic or contemporary works of crime fiction in e...

Mythgard Academy

472 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Mythgard Academy aims to make engaging discussions of fantasy and science fiction literature free and open to everyone. The Mythgard Academy program features live discussions with Dr. Corey Olsen, ...

Louisiana Anthology Podcast

290 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
The Louisiana Anthology Podcast is an part of the larger project of the Louisiana Anthology. We release new episodes every Saturday, and the podcasts last for around an hour. The purpose of the Lo...

Deep In Bear Country - A Berenstain Bearcast

684 episodes - Latest episode: about 7 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
Phil Gonzales takes listeners on a chronological journey through the history of Bear Country.

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's Podcast

73 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 74 ratings
AHMM introduces The Hitchcock Podcast Series. Each month we post a new reading of a favorite story from our archives, selected and introduced by the magazine's editor, Linda Landrigan. For o...

Asimov's Science Fiction

48 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 73 ratings
With every new issue, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine shares one piece of short fiction in podcast form. Enjoy these audio treats from our pages!

Paraphrase

16 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
Paraphrase is a podcast all about literary beginnings, from the first words in novel to the first steps in a career. Host Stephen Fishbach asks novelists to discuss the craft and thematic decisions...

Books Are My People

169 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 58 ratings
Find your next great read. Book recommendations, book news and guests, including top authors and other book enthusiasts who discuss what’s happening in the world of books with a focus on frontlist...

Think About It

253 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Think About It engages today's leading thinkers in conversations about powerful ideas and how language can change the world.

Textual Tension

152 episodes - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
The comedy podcast that unpacks the bananas world of romance novels.

Film, Literature and the New World Order

43 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
Film, Literature and the New World Order is a monthly podcast series from CorbettReport.com. In this series, James Corbett of The Corbett Report and a rotating series of guests dissect a different ...

Gender Forking: a Twilight Saga Podcast

89 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
Lori and Sam - two Twilight enthusiasts/best friends/sex educators re-read Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga through a lens of gender, sexuality, race, and fandom.