Culture Books Podcasts

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

616 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 875 ratings
Science fiction author David Barr Kirtley (Save Me Plz and Other Stories) talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman (#253), George R. R. Martin (#22), Richard Dawkins (#46), Simon Pegg (#...

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

249 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 717 ratings
How To Fail with Elizabeth Day is a podcast that celebrates the things in life that haven’t gone right and what we might learn from them along the way. Every week, Elizabeth’s guest explores three ...

That's What I'm Tolkien About

257 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 191 ratings
Join Mary Clay Watt on her first journey through Lord of the Rings. Each episode is a chapter discussion of the books with fans, featuring mispronounced names, outlandish theories, and praise (or c...

Fully Booked by Kirkus Reviews

367 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 80 ratings
Get the ultimate insider's scoop on the best new books. The editors at Kirkus Reviews interview your favorite authors, tell you whether or not the books on the bestseller list are worth the read, g...

The Story Craft Cafe Podcast

933 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
Story Crafters talking about the magic of storytelling and giving you the tools to craft your story. We’re launching a new kind of online writing community. One where we can all find support, encou...

Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

238 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 57 ratings
Simon Mayo and Matt Williams invite the world's finest authors in for a chat.

Think About It

251 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Think About It engages today's leading thinkers in conversations about powerful ideas and how language can change the world.

Accio Politics

245 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratings
Hosts Adri and Helene bring their lived experience and close-read every chapter of Harry Potter discussing the politics that shape the action of the Wizarding World.

The Book Club

376 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented by Sam Leith.

Broads and Books

199 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Broads and Books is a book podcast. A funny podcast. A feminist podcast. It’s a weekly date with two Broads who love books as much as they love embarrassing stories and crackpot business ideas. Eve...

Bri Books

167 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Bri Books is the podcast that encourages, entertains and enlightens by engaging with the ideas on and off the pages. We serve a community of ambitious, curious people hungry for conversations and b...

ATARI BYTES

334 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★ - 19 ratings
Remember those classic Atari 2600 games? They were sure fun to play, but didn't you ever wonder why they sent a plumber to take out Donkey Kong? What Yar was seeking revenge against? What made thos...

Quantum Froth Dispatches

73 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Join host Michael Haspil as he talks about stories, writing craft, and storytelling. The podcast ranges over a broad swath of subjects, from history to conspiracy theories, to pop-culture, and game...

Au Radio: The Gold Standard of Comics, SciFi, Horror & Pop Culture Podcast

476 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Comics, Table-Top Games, Toys, Music, Books, and More are all discussed on Au Radio. Au Radio features staff members (and friends!) of Adventures Underground - a retail shop in Richland, Washington...

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column

2,051 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column Interviews, Book Reviews, News and Commentary.

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

234 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Between audio books? Curious about the writers themselves? Listen to full-length sessions from the Bay Area Book Festival, where readers and writers meet each year in Berkeley, CA, to engage with t...

On Wednesdays We Read (OWWR Pod)

188 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Two best friends do a deep dive into a different series, looking at one book each month and discussing its plot, characters, and themes.

Bifocals

47 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
A biweekly show about queer characters, concepts, and controversies in popular culture, brought to you by two board-certified bisexual buds! Put on your bifocals as Lizy (she/her) and Joseph (he/hi...

Nerds, Erbs And Words

8 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratings
A 420-friendly book podcast where we read, review and interview authors and creatives about our favorite books, comics, and graphic novels while pairing them with cannabis goods. 

Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans

70 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Mary Anne Mohanraj and Benjamin Rosenbaum planned an epic Summer 2020 US Road Trip to publicize their new books. Now it’s coronapocalypse time, and that road trip is going to have to be a podcast. ...

Town Hall Seattle Arts & Culture Series

361 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
The Arts & Culture series enriches our community with imagination and creativity. Whether reinventing the classics for a new audience or presenting an innovative new art form, these events are aime...

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Nerds United

314 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This is Nerds United, the show hosted by a guy who likes a good beer or two while talking about some of his favorite characters and some really talented people. Make sure you leave a review after y...

Modern Poetry in Translation

97 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
When Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort founded MPT in 1965 they had two principal ambitions: to get poetry out from behind the Iron Curtain into a wider circulation in English and to benefit writers ...

LitHouse podcast

91 episodes - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
LitHouse is the English language podcast from the House of Literature (Litteraturhuset) in Oslo, presenting adapted versions of lectures and conversations featuring international writers and thinke...

Red Transmissions Podcast

80 episodes - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
The Red Transmissions podcast aims to document the work, behind-the-scenes moments and creative process of the incredibly interesting characters in our network. Learn more at www.reddoormagazine.c...

Castle Rockettes

67 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratings
Best friend comedians talking Stephen King.

OnTranslation

20 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
A discussion of the linguistic and cultural issues and controversies of translation from the classical past to the global present, hosted by Dr. Mohammed Albakry (Prof. of English and linguistics,...

Zero Issues

547 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
A weekly podcast series hosted by three bald indie comic artists who get together to discuss, analyze and obsess over comic books and all things pop culture over a few beers.

UC Santa Barbara (Audio)

428 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Programs from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Everyone and Their Sister

123 episodes - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★ - 2 ratings
Just three loud women chatting candidly about books, movies, TV shows, and pop culture. We always have hot takes, we always argue, and we're always right. New episode every other Tuesday morning!