podcasts

On this week's episode, Beth Golay visits with author Laura Moriarty about her new novel, "Sunlight Finds You."

We answer some of your most burning questions as we take a dip into the ol' mailbag.

Beth Golay speaks with Valeria Luiselli about her new novel, "Beginning Middle End." Plus, book reviewer Suzanne Perez reviews Daniel Mason's "Country People."

For no reason whatsoever, we look at some words that come from Homer's famous tale and Ancient Greek more generally.

In this episode of Marginalia, Beth Golay visits with author Oana Aristide about her novel, "Astronaut!" Plus publisher representative David Mallmann is back with more reading recommendations.

We'll look at the surprising origins of some common summer-related words, phrases, and idioms.

On today's episode, Beth Golay visits with author Julie Buntin about her new novel, "Famous Men."

We take a road trip to the U.S. South to look at some place names that have some pretty surprising pronunciations. Bless our hearts (in a good way)!

On today's episode, Beth Golay visits with author Ben Reeves about his novel, "Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt," and with @BoredTrophyHusband, who reviews for his more than a half million followers books he reads on his wife's Kindle.

We take another shot at figuring out what's good and bad about the technical uses of common words.