Literature Podcasts

The Goldberry Books Podcast

47 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
Present by the team behind Goldberry Books, an indie bookshop in Concord, NC, the Goldberry Books podcast features conversations about topics of a bookish bent, from interviews with authors to dis...

Books of Some Substance

106 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 61 ratings
The unofficial podcast of literary misfits everywhere who want to engage with books of "substance" (i.e. serious, respected, heavy, philosophical, classic), or at least considered such.

QuadShot News Podcast

219 episodes - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 58 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...

Books Are My People

166 episodes - Latest episode: 2 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

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.

Textual Tension

150 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
The comedy podcast that unpacks the bananas world of romance novels.

Film, Literature and the New World Order

43 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 52 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

88 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month 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. 

KeyLIME

472 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings
Key Literature in Medical Education (KeyLIME) is a bi-weekly podcast produced by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Bringing you the main points of a medical education articl...

Eat Your Words Presents: Saved by the Bellini

404 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★ - 50 ratings
Since 2009, Eat Your Words has covered what's new and happening in the world of food through its literature. A radio dispatch from Cathy Erway, founder of the blog Not Eating Out In New York, Cathy...

That Shakespeare Life

316 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratings
Hosted by Cassidy Cash, That Shakespeare Life takes you behind the curtain and into the real life of William Shakespeare. Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...

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.

Terrible Book Club

185 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★ - 46 ratings
Join Chris & Paris every other Tuesday to discover if you really can judge a book by its hideous cover, bad title, or weird synopsis. Support TBC on Patreon

Beyond the Next Chapter with Whitney Clark

116 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
Are you an avid reader looking for your next great read? Or maybe you're someone who wants to fall in love with books? Look no further! Our podcast is the perfect place for all kinds of readers. Wi...

The Shakespeare and Company Interview

402 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
Discover your next favourite book, or take a deep dive into the mind of an author you love, with The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast. Long-form interviews with internationally acclaimed...

With Good Reason

531 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Each week on With Good Reason we explore a world of ideas with leading scholars in literature, history, science, philosophy, and the arts. With Good Reason is created by Virginia Humanities and th...

Christian Humanist Profiles

497 episodes - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Interviews with Christian intellectuals, faithful thinkers, and other human beings writing well.

Crash Palace Productions 2023

145 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Fear is In the Mind

Ladies of the Fright

84 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
For writers and readers who like it dark. We talk about our horror and other dark-themed books. In-depth literary analysis of dark fiction. Conversations with authors, editors, and other industry p...

Get Lit Podcast

319 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
"Welcome back to Get Lit, the literary podcast where we discuss famous works of literature and the authors who wrote them..."

Book of the Mouse Club

102 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month 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...

Blooms & Barnacles

150 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
A blog and podcast that discuss James Joyce's Ulysses from a non-academic point of view. Less snooty, more movie references.

What the Austen? Podcast

117 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
What the Austen? is a Jane Austen podcast hosted by Izzy Meakin, a passionate life long Janeite. Every other week Izzy is joined by a fellow Austen enthusiast as they take a deep dive into Jane Au...

Ditch Diggers

249 episodes - Latest episode: 8 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.

House of the Dragon: Before the Dragon Podcast

251 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
A podcast dedicated to George RR Martin's ASOIAF books, and all Game of Thrones Universe television shows.

Art Works Podcast

755 episodes - Latest episode: about 24 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
The National Endowment for the Arts podcast that goes behind the scenes with some of the nation’s great artists to explore how art works.

Act YA Age

65 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
Follow along as two adults dive into young adult books and series in order to unpack the universal appeal of the genre that transcends age and gender barriers.

Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast

178 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Every week, join Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, and her inspirational guests as they celebrate the best books written by women. They'll discuss ...

In the Weeds

67 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 26 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.

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...