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Literary Disco

Summary: Writers talk about reading. Hosted by Tod Goldberg, Julia Pistell, and Rider Strong. https://www.literarydisco.com

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 Episode 191: Spring Games 2021 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3845

This week, Julia, Tod, and Rider celebrate Literary Disco’s ninth birthday by breaking out some book games. In Judging a Book by Its Cover, Rider reads the first few lines of a book while Tod and Julia try to guess the era, genre, author, and even the book itself. In Game Two, Julia and Rider try to decipher between a poem, a song, a popular song, and something Tod's made up. And in the final game, Julia leads a round of Bookshelf Roulette. Plus, the countless book digressions and recommendations they've been making for nearly a decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 190: Crime Favorites | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3915

This week, Julia, Tod, and Rider talk about their favorite crime reads—and why we're so hooked on the genre, anyway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 189: The Low Desert | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3916

This week, Julia, Tod, and Rider go behind the scenes of Tod’s new book, The Low Desert, out now from Counterpoint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 188: Cruel Summer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5863

On today's special episode, we are live from LumaCon 2021 — a comic convention brought to you by a cohort of public libraries in Sonoma County, California. Today, we discuss the graphic novel Cruel Summer by Ed Brubaker, and then a Q&A with the live audience. This episode is brought to you by Literati Kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 187: The Neighbors | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2968

Today, for the first time in a while, Julia, Rider, and Tod tackle a single short story. We solicited our listeners via social media for recommendations, and a couple of you directed us to "The Neighbors" by Shruti Swamy, which is available online at Electric Literature and is part of the collection A House Is a Body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 186: George Saunders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3327

On today's episode, we welcome one of our favorite authors on the podcast, George Saunders, to discuss his latest book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, which takes a close look at seven Russian short stories and offers insight on reading and writing. This episode is brought to you by Amazon Publishing, publishers of the Faraway Collection. Download now at Amazon.com/FarawayStories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 185: The Best of the Worst Year | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4550

This week, Julia, Rider, and Tod take on the year 2020 and all its glory and misery. Each of them picks the best thing they read in 2020 for the podcast and the best thing each read on their own... if they found any time to read on their own. This episode is brought to you by Amazon Publishing, publishers of the Faraway Collection. Download now at Amazon.com/FarawayStories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 184: A Christmas Story | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3071

On today's special holiday episode, Rider, Tod, and Julia discuss the work of storyteller and humorist Jean Shepherd, whose book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash formed the basis for the classic 1980 film A Christmas Story. This episode is brought to you by Amazon Publishing, publishers of the Faraway Collection. Download now at Amazon.com/FarawayStories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 183: Shel Silverstein | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2336

Today, in a special parents only episode, Rider and Julia discuss the works of poet, songwriter, cartoonist, and all-around Renaissance man of children's literature, Shel Silverstein. This episode is brought to you by Amazon Publishing, publishers of the Faraway Collection. Download now at Amazon.com/FarawayStories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 182: Zero Zone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3329

A massive art installation in the New Mexico desert. A Manson-like cult leader whose followers barricade themselves inside. An artist plagued by guilt, and a lonely teenager with violent intentions. This week, Julia, Rider, and Tod discuss Scott O'Connor's literary thriller Zero Zone—and why the 1970s was the ideal decade for this story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 181: Soap Operas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3825

Today we embrace the melodrama, the secret, the amnesia, the surprise relative, the multiple personality disorder, the rape, the recasting, the coming back from the dead, the love, the murder, and the marriages (!), as we talk about all things soap opera with special guests Natalie Zea and Travis Schuldt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 180: Comfort Lit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3518

Today, as the election looms in America and tensions run high, Julia, Rider, and Tod talk about what they're reading that is bringing them peace, what's helping them stay calm, or at least distracting them from an incessant, terrifying news cycle. Rather than just their own ideas, they asked listeners to chime in with what they're reading for comfort -- and resulted in a whole lot of responses! Settle in with a glass of wine and try to relax with Literary Disco before November 3rd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 179: Watership Down | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4305

You might remember the 1979 cartoon film adaptation? Or maybe the 1999 Canadian TV series? Or the 2018 British miniseries--or maybe the play or role-playing game? Or maybe you read the original novel Watership Down, written by Richard Adams, published in 1972. This week, Julia, Rider, and Tod discuss this epic book that centers on a small group of rabbits that leave their home and roam all of a few acres to find a new warren. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 178: The Tradition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2985

This week, Julia, Rider, and Tod read and discuss Jericho Brown's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, The Tradition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Episode 177: Hojoki | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2744

This week, Julia, Rider, and Tod read and discuss the essay "Hojoki: or, An Account of My Hut," written in the 13th century by the Japanese poet and essayist Kamo no Chōmei. about his time living in a ten-foot by ten-foot hut in the mountains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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