Books Podcasts

Call Your Girlfriend

359 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3.9K ratings
A podcast for long distance besties everywhere. Co-hosted by BFFs Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow. Produced by Gina Delvac. Brand new every Friday.

Angela Yee's Lip Service

392 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3.8K ratings
Syndicated radio star Angela Yee talks sex and relationships with the hottest stars in hip-hop and R&B. Join her and her friends each week as they coax stars into revealing their most intimate from...

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

86 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3.5K ratings
W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu are comedians who take politics seriously — and longtime friends, trying to help keep each other sane. Join them as they pull the alarm on the dumpster fire that i...

Bon Appétit Food People

317 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
Welcome to Food People, a show from Bon Appétit made by, for, and about people who love food. Each week, BA's consulting editor Amanda Shapiro asks a serious or not-so-serious food question: What’s...

Inquiring Minds

432 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 816 ratings
Each week we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science and society collide. We’re committed to the idea that making an effort to understand the world around you though scien...

Undressing Bridgerton

13 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 758 ratings
Actors Felicia Day and Tom Lenk discuss the Regency-era romance TV show "Bridgerton" on Netflix. Each episode they will critique and gab about the fashions, the swoon...did I mention the fashions? ...

Sleep and Relax ASMR

630 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 695 ratings
Sleep and Relax ASMR is a weekly podcast that creates audio experiences designed to help people sleep and relax. The show uses various ASMR triggers including whispers, gentle speaking, relaxing ...

TALKING POLITICS

407 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 618 ratings
Coronavirus! Climate! Brexit! Trump! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting: Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. Every week D...

Close Reads

267 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 568 ratings
Close Reads is a book-club podcast for the incurable reader. Hosted by David Kern and featuring Tim McIntosh and Heidi White, alongside a couple of other occasional guests, we read Great Books and...

Ideas in Writing

112 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 345 ratings
It's about words, written and read, maybe spoken out loud in person, on stage, or recorded and even sung and presented (mostly) by Philip Holden. Long form chats with creators and users of words ...

Variant: The Podcast

123 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 330 ratings
Geek fandom is a vast and constantly growing space, and Variant covers nearly all of it. From the perspective of hosts Arris Quinones and Tim Connolly, this weekly Podcast talks Comics, Movies, TV,...

Hunger Games Fan Podcast

47 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 292 ratings
The Hunger Games Trilogy, by Suzanne Collins, takes place in a post apocalyptic future were the United States of America has collapsed and supplanted by Panem, a country divided into the Cap...

Print Run Podcast

158 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 271 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...

Reading Women

247 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 256 ratings
Reading Women releases new episodes every Wednesday. Each month features two episodes on the same theme—one highlighting a range of titles and one discussing two titles more in depth—and two author...

Cosmere Conversations

109 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 255 ratings
Two lovers of the Cosmere explore the universe created by Brandon Sanderson with biweekly episodes discussing the intricacies of this literary masterpiece. Episodes begin with background informatio...

Simplify

67 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★ - 252 ratings
Simplify is a podcast for anyone who’s taken a close look at their habits, their happiness, their relationships, or their health and thought, “There’s got to be a better way to do this.” Hear ideas...

Literaticast

54 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 205 ratings
A literary agent and her friends dish about writing and publishing books for children and young adults.

Friends to Lovers

41 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 184 ratings
Friends to Lovers is a Bad Bitch Book Club podcast hosted by BBBC founder Mackenzie Newcomb and writer, editor, and bestie Lily Herman. Each week, they use books as a jumping off point to talk abou...

Not Your Mom's Romance Book Club

219 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 177 ratings
Imagine reading your favorite steamy romance novel... with your mom reading over your shoulder. Ellen and her mom set out to do just that with this book club and they want you to join in. It's fu...

Tech Won't Save Us

154 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 177 ratings
Silicon Valley has a solution for everything, but who do its ideas really serve? Every Thursday, Paris Marx is joined by a new guest to critically examine the tech industry, its thought leaders, an...

Middle:Below

25 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 159 ratings
Bad Things Will Happen. A horror comedy audio drama podcast from Tin Can Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Withywindle

34 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 130 ratings
Withywindle is a whimsical interactive show for kids who love stories, words, and groan-worthy jokes and features your favorite authors and illustrators. Part book club, part game show it's your we...

From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast

262 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 123 ratings
A podcast about Superman comics published between 1986 and 2006.

Ramble Redhead

79 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
My Personal Blog

Reading Teachers Lounge

66 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 91 ratings
This is the Reading Teachers Lounge where listeners can eavesdrop on professional conversations between elementary reading teachers. We are passionate about literacy and strive to find strategies t...

Three Percent Podcast

348 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 80 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...

Paperkeg | Comics and Friendship

346 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 79 ratings
Paperkeg is the way comics were meant to be read – by hearing about them. More or less retired.

Top 5 Comics Podcast

182 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
Top 5 Comics Podcast is a round table comic book discussion group. Talking about comic books, pop culture, movies, games and superheros stuff. A "Comics Book Happy Hour" and we have a good ...

Deep In Bear Country - A Berenstain Bearcast

591 episodes - Latest episode: about 11 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 73 ratings
Phil Gonzales takes listeners on a chronological journey through the history of Bear Country.

Days of Future Podcast: Examining the X-Men

163 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
Join hosts Trev & Joe as they discuss all things X-Men: the comics, the movies, the cartoons, and everything in-between. Mutant Rights Forever! (Contact us: facebook.com/daysoffuturepodcast, days...