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Episodes: 1354
Frequency: Daily
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10,000 - 100,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: USA
Instagram: 8.0M followers
Page updated: Nov 4, 2026 · How we check this data
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Andrew Limbong - NPR journalist and books editor covering literature, authors, and publishing.
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Emily St. John Mandel - Counterlives, Societal Collapse, Climate Catastrophe, Recognizing Good Moments Amid Disaster, And The Novel’s Narrative Structure.
Angela Duckworth - Situational Agency, Changing One’s Environment To Achieve Goals, Willpower, And Practical Approaches To Success.
Robert Harris - Ancient Rome, Marcus Agrippa, Historical Figures, Military Leadership, Betrayal, And The Continuing Influence Of Roman History.
Colin Kaepernick - His National Anthem Protest, Racial Injustice, Paid Patriotism, The Relationship Between Work And Personhood, And His Continuing NFL Ambitions.
Rozina Ali - The History Of Islamophobia In The United States, Government Surveillance, Muslim American Family Stories, And Contemporary Politics.
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Episodes
B.J. Novak on 'The Little Book with No Pictures' and making kids laugh
November 03, 2026
Writer and The Office star B.J. Novak says that when his friends started having kids, he would connect with their children by reading books aloud. He began to pay attention to what would make kids laugh and eventually “printed and glue-sticked and paper-clipped” his own book that ended up being The Book with No Pictures. Now, Novak is out with a sequel for younger children called The Little Book with No Pictures. In today’s episode, he chats with Morning Edition’s Michel Martin about how the ...
Laleh Khadivi explores mother-daughter relationships in 'Female Life on Planet Earth'
November 02, 2026
It’s been almost one year since Heti, the main character of Laleh Khadivi’s Female Life on Planet Earth, lost her mother. But when details from her mother’s secret past resurface, Heti must grapple with what it means to know someone, womanhood and how to grieve parts of her mother she never knew existed. In an interview with NPR's Debbie Elliott, Khadivi talks about motherhood, how physics books became a surprising inspiration and why this is her most personal novel yet. Support public media...
New memoirs by Evan Gershkovich and Mahmoud Khalil chronicle political imprisonment
October 30, 2026
Today’s episode features memoirs by two men whose incarceration became international headlines. Evan Gershkovich is an American journalist who spent 16 months in a Russian prison. Two years after his release, his new memoir This Cursed Beautiful Land details the time he spent listening, observing and writing while detained. Gershkovich spoke with Morning Edition’s Leila Fadel about adjusting to life after his release. Then, Mahmoud Khalil describes his detention by ICE as a combined Palestine...
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