Literature Podcasts

Literature and History

97 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1K ratings
This podcast is an introduction to Anglophone literature, from ancient times to the present, done by a Ph.D. with lots of books and musical instruments. A typical episode offers a summary of a work...

Get Booked

906 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 544 ratings
Get Booked is a weekly show of personalized book recommendations.

Hysterical History

218 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★ - 374 ratings
Hysterical History is a comedy podcast where Alexis and Hailey, friends and history lovers, tell each other wacky yet factual stories from the past. Join them every TUESDAY for laughs and weird his...

Print Run Podcast

156 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...

Liber Ohio

398 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
This is not for you.

Alpinist

42 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 157 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...

Oh No! Lit Class

155 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 141 ratings
Oh No! Lit Class is a semi-educational comedy literature podcast hosted by Megan and RJ, two bitter English grads who are here to tell you all the weird and sexy things you never knew about the boo...

Skyrim Book Club

1,377 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 130 ratings
An audio book archive of all the literature and lore available in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

F***bois of Literature Book Podcast

329 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 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...

Phil Rossi Media Podcasts

105 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 130 ratings
Free audio fiction, podcasts, and other goodness.

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

238 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 112 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

247 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 78 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 Editor-at-Large Kate Wolf, Managing Editor Meday...

Apocalist Book Club

49 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
Welcome to the Apocalist Book Club! Your hosts Nella and Raven are reading all apocalyptic fiction in chronological order. Join the club--you have time now. Updated every 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Deep In Bear Country - A Berenstain Bearcast

574 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Let's talk about every single Berenstain Bears book, shall we?

Pairing

100 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
A podcast about pairing wine with art and culture! Every other week, Emma, your host, talks with various guests about how to pair wine with the things that they love- and they're not talking about ...

Bibliography

27 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
Bibliography is a conversation show for people who love books so much they keep a to-be-read pile. Featuring conversations with authors, artists, athletes, and other interesting people about the b...

Paraphrase

14 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 66 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...

Reading the End

133 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
A book-focused podcast in which two girls named Jenny review books and discuss events in the literary world.

Asimov's Science Fiction

37 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 62 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!

Open Stacks

116 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 59 ratings
Open Stacks brings you conversations with scholars, poets, novelists and activists on subjects as eclectic as the books on our shelves, from under-the-radar debates in the academy to pressing conte...

The Turn On

244 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
The Turn On is produced and co-hosted by sex educator Erica Easter and me, author and Black joy advocate Kenrya Rankin. It uses literary erotica as a jumping off point to explore the intricacies of...

Mythgard Academy

410 episodes - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 53 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, ...

Think About It

241 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
Think About It engages today's leading thinkers in conversations about powerful ideas and how language can change the world.

QuadShot News Podcast

155 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
With increasing information overload and packed work schedules, staying up-to-date on the newest oncologic advances is harder than ever. But take heart! The QuadShot is freshly brewed four mornings...

Quantum Revolution Podcast with Karen Curry Parker

103 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings
Join Karen Curry Parker for powerful conversations with cutting-edge scientists, spiritual leaders, artists, disruptors, and visionaries who are reframing the narrative of our future. You'll disco...

Accio Politics

201 episodes - Latest episode: 3 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.

Books Are My People

92 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratings
Books Are My People is a podcast for book lovers with book news, book recommendations and ruminations on living a literary life in Los Angeles. Each episode will feature at least five book recommen...

Textual Tension

100 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratings
The comedy podcast that unpacks the bananas world of romance novels.

Ditch Diggers

223 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
Treat your writing like a blue collar job. Doctors don't get doctor block and ditch diggers don't get ditch digger block, and working writers can't get writer's block. Business and humor.

Well Read Christian

49 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
An exploration in classic literature and western philosophy from a Christian perspective. Our target audience is anybody interested in living an examined life. We hope to bring beauty, reason and f...