Literature Podcasts

Literary Disco

211 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 373 ratings
Writers talk about reading. Hosted by Tod Goldberg, Julia Pistell, and Rider Strong. https://www.literarydisco.com

Podcast Winterfell: A House of the Dragon Podcast

164 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 273 ratings
Dedicated to HBO's House of The Dragon

Oh No! Lit Class

156 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 142 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...

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

250 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 120 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...

Jockstrap Stories

46 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 90 ratings
Serialized Stories of LGBTQ+ Sports Fiction. 2019: Serial Reading of: 'NORTHRIDGE HIGH FOOTBALL CAMP' - a gay erotic sports fiction book. 2022: Serial Reading of: 'THE GUYS OF NORTHRIDGE' - a gay ...

Dead Robots' Society

716 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 85 ratings
Writers talking about writing. Writers talking about publishing. Writers talking about life. Authors Terry Mixon and Paul E Cooley interview, babble, and usually cover a number of disassociated top...

Point Blank: Hardboiled, Noir, & Detective Fiction

77 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 74 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...

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's Podcast

70 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 72 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...

Thaddeus Ellenburg's Casual Friday

73 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 68 ratings
Finish the work week in all-out hysterics with short stories written and read by Thaddeus Ellenburg.

Paraphrase

15 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 68 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...

One True Podcast

103 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 67 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, arti...

The Turn On

263 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 60 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...

PA BOOKS on PCN

535 episodes - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 59 ratings
PA Books features authors of books about Pennsylvania-related topics. These hour-long conversations allow authors to discuss both their subject matter and inspiration behind the books.

Textual Tension

126 episodes - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 52 ratings
The comedy podcast that unpacks the bananas world of romance novels.

Storytellers Telling Stories

52 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratings
A podcast harkening back to the Golden Age of Radio, creating a “theatre of the mind” with writers, actors, and musicians, hosted by Jude Brewer.

Gender Forking: a Twilight Saga Podcast

80 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 45 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. Season 5: Eclipse is now streaming.

Sips & Sensibility

45 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Sips & Sensibility is a Jane Austen adaptation podcast hosted by longtime best friends Beth, Julia, and Lori. Join us every other week for a new adaptation breakdown and review filled with insightf...

Christian Humanist Profiles

487 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Interviews with Christian intellectuals, faithful thinkers, and other human beings writing well.

Book of the Mouse Club

91 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings
Book of the Mouse Club is an Unofficial Disney podcast that explores books about Disney, its history, films, theme parks and more. Join us for discussions about books, interviews with authors and b...

Ditch Diggers

244 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 32 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.

In the Weeds

64 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
In the weeds explores how culture shapes our relationship to the natural world through interviews with a wide range of guests, from scientists to artists to cultural critics and theologians.

The Troubadour Podcast

262 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
"It is the honourable characteristic of Poetry that its materials are to be found in every subject which can interest the human mind." William Wordsworth The Troubadour Podcast invites you into a w...

SCBWI Podcasts

109 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★ - 19 ratings
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators conversations with publishing pros, and award-winning and bestselling writers and illustrators who inform and inspire about the ins and outs ...

Conversations From A Room

84 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me, your host Kristian Lugo, while I sit down with aspiring people and discuss film, television, music, literature, life, and everything else that inspires us in this place we call home.

What the Austen? Podcast

74 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
What the Austen? is a Jane Austen podcast all about analysing Jane Austen's work. Every other week Izzy Meakin and a friend and fellow Janeite will deep dive into her novels and characters from th...

Fitness Lit Breakdown with Dr. Nick Trubee

67 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Have you ever read peer-reviewed scientific research on exercise & fitness topics? I’m going to go out on a limb and say, NO... Here’s the disconnect. Most research done in this field is focused on...

Champagne and Complain

105 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Welcome to Champagne and Complain with Emily and Ruby, where once a week we pop a brand new bottle of champagne and discuss/complain about our latest reads. The episodes will be named after the boo...

Alternative Stories and Fake Realities

173 episodes - Latest episode: about 18 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Alternative Stories and Fake Realities is a podcast designed to promote new and original audio drama, poetry and writing from across the English speaking world. Working with themes we will produce...

Fiction Fans: We Read Books and Other Words Too

132 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Join two casual readers as they completely ignore their academic backgrounds and talk about the books they loved, and sometimes the ones they didn’t. Includes segments like “Journey to the Center o...

Grizzly's Growls Podcasts & Stories

146 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
The Life and Times of a Minor Local Celebrity Podcast plus Stories from the Hiber-Nation