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Season 3 Wrap-Up with Brady Lockerby and Katie Shober
Dec 3, 2025
1h 06m 42s
Dan Brown
Nov 5, 2025
54m 29s
John Grisham
Sep 16, 2025
52m 31s
Shelby Cunningham
Sep 2, 2025
47m 51s
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Aug 19, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/3/25 | Season 3 Wrap-Up with Brady Lockerby and Katie Shober✨ | book recommendationssocial media influencers+3 | Katie ShoberBrady Lockerby | @beachreadsandbubbly@bradylockerby | — | BooksBeach+3 | — | 1h 06m 42s | |
| 11/5/25 | Dan Brown✨ | bestselling novelsthrillers+3 | Dan Brown | The Da Vinci CodeOrigin+4 | Prague | Dan Brownbestselling novels+4 | — | 54m 29s | |
| 9/16/25 | John Grisham✨ | legal thrillerwriting process+3 | John Grisham | DoubleDayA Time To Kill+3 | — | John Grishamlegal thriller+5 | — | 52m 31s | |
| 9/2/25 | Shelby Cunningham✨ | writing processmother-daughter relationship+3 | Shelby Cunningham | The Academy | NantucketSt. George’s Academy+2 | Elin HilderbrandShelby Cunningham+4 | — | 47m 51s | |
| 8/19/25 | Lily King✨ | writing processanthropology+3 | Lily King | EuphoriaWriters & Lovers+1 | — | Lily KingEuphoria+5 | — | 48m 40s | |
| 8/5/25 | Elizabeth Strout✨ | literary lifewriting process+3 | Elizabeth Strout | Olive KitteridgeMy Name is Lucy Barton+1 | — | Elizabeth StroutOlive Kitteridge+5 | — | 46m 02s | |
| 7/22/25 | Catherine Newman✨ | writingauto-fiction+3 | Catherine Newman | HarperCollinsSandwich+2 | — | Catherine Newmanwriting+4 | — | 53m 53s | |
| 7/8/25 | Curtis Sittenfeld✨ | bookswriting+3 | Curtis Sittenfeld | PrepAmerican Wife+2 | — | Curtis Sittenfeldboarding school+3 | — | 51m 30s | |
| 7/2/25 | Wally Lamb✨ | Wally LambNantucket Book Festival+3 | Wally Lamb | I Know This Much is TrueShe's Come Undone+1 | — | Wally LambNantucket Book Festival+3 | — | 43m 37s | |
| 7/1/25 | Adam Ross✨ | contemporary fictionpublishing industry+3 | Adam Ross | Sewanee ReviewPlayworld+1 | — | Elin HilderbrandAdam Ross+5 | — | 40m 46s | |
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| 6/24/25 | Carl Hiaasen | Books, Beach, & Beyond’s first LIVE podcast recording was June 14th at the Nantucket Book Festival where Elin and Tim were in conversation with best-selling author Carl Hiaasen, author of Fever Beach. The three talk about Carl’s career as a journalist turned novelist, setting his novels in the state of Florida, writing satire, his outrageous characters, and writing for both adults and children. Carl discusses how publishing has changed in his long career, engaging in politics, the exubera... | 45m 26s | ||||||
| 6/17/25 | Gayle King | Our first official episode of Season 3 is with the force that is GAYLE KING! Gayle is an award-winning journalist and co-host of CBS MORNINGS, also editor-at-large of Oprah Daily and hosts “Gayle King in the House,” a live, weekly radio show on SiriusXM. The three discuss their favorite interview topics to engage with writers about, what Gayle was reading as a young girl, how her journalism career started, and some highlights from that journey. The three continue with their reading habits, bo... | 37m 03s | ||||||
| 6/3/25 | Introducing… Season 3 | Elin Hilderbrand and Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books are back for Season 3 of Books, Beach, & Beyond! This introductory episode is a catch-up on what the two have been reading, watching, and looking forward to this summer on everyone’s favorite island. They also cover the release of The Blue Book, Elin’s recommendation guide to Nantucket. Joining Elin and Tim for the second half of the episode is Elin’s sister, Heather Thorpe, who will be running the Elin Hilderbrand Blue Book Tours with... | 55m 08s | ||||||
| 12/11/24 | Season 2 Wrap Up | In this bonus episode to close out Season 2 of Books, Beach, & Beyond, your hosts gab about favorite moments and books of the year, Elin's new merch at ElinBrand.com, plus take listener questions submitted on Instagram. Hear about Elin's thoughts on The Perfect Couple and other upcoming Hollywood adventures for Elin's novels, writing advice from Elin, Tim's dance moves, how Elin and Tim met, outrageous behavior on Nantucket, most anticipated reads coming in 2025, and other book related co... | 41m 25s | ||||||
| 10/15/24 | Ina Garten | Season 2 of Books, Beach, & Beyond ends its regular season with the icon that is Ina Garten and her new memoir Be Ready When The Luck Happens. Ina Garten is the author of a dozen cookbooks and the host of Be My Guest and Barefoot Contessa on Food Network and Max, for which she has won five Emmy Awards and three James Beard Awards. Elin, Tim, and Ina talk about the process of writing the memoir, the courage it took for her to take risks throughout her life, the support and love she feels f... | 48m 37s | ||||||
| 10/1/24 | Barbara Kingsolver | Barbara Kingsolver is the Pulitzer Prize winning, #1 best-selling author of Demon Copperhead, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible. Elin, Tim, and Barbara start by telling listeners their favorite literary quotes inspired by a character in Demon Copperhead and then continue into Barbara’s origin story as a reader and a writer. They talk about the importance of setting in Barbara’s books, the Belgian Congo in The Poisonwood Bible, and Charles Dicken’s inspiring Demon Copperhead. They cover... | 51m 17s | ||||||
| 9/17/24 | Liane Moriarty | Our next guest is Liane Moriarty, the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, The Husband’s Secret, Truly Madly Guilty and her newest, sure to be a best-seller on shelves this month - Here One Moment. Liane comes to us live from Australia and begins with how she got her start writing, the differences in publishing and reading between Australia and the US, the word "bubbler", and favorite places from the land down under. The three dig into Liane’s latest... | 51m 39s | ||||||
| 9/12/24 | Nicole Kidman | Our guest today in this special bonus episode of Books, Beach, & Beyond is Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, and Emmy Award winner Nicole Kidman. Elin and Tim ask Nicole about what books she loved throughout her life and how that love of literature turned into the passion for storytelling as an actor. They discuss many of Nicole’s book to screen acting portrayals from the Paddington Bear film to playing Virginia Woolf in The Hours. Discussion quickly and enthusiastically segues into The P... | 49m 51s | ||||||
| 9/3/24 | Emily Henry | You asked, we listened! Our guest today is #1 New York best-selling writer Emily Henry, author of Beach Read, Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, Happy Place, and Funny Story. We start with Emily’s origin story as a YA writer turned romance queen we know today. We talk about her first novel Beach Read, the pressure for each new book, introverted writers being in the spotlight, naming characters, Emily’s favorite date night, and the qualities she looks for in new friends. We chat Hollywoo... | 52m 12s | ||||||
| 8/20/24 | Kevin Kwan | Kevin Kwan is the author of the international bestsellers Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, Rich People Problems, Sex and Vanity and new this year, Lies and Weddings. Elin, Tim, and Kevin tell us some of their favorite scenes in literature and some personal funny wedding stories, discuss Kevin’s upbringing in Singapore and origin story as a writer, and the Hollywood adaptation of Kevin’s debut, Crazy Rich Asians. They highlight the artistry that is Kevin’s newest novel Lies & Wedd... | 52m 58s | ||||||
| 8/6/24 | Claire Lombardo | Claire Lombardo is the best-selling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had (the April 2024 Reese’s Book Club pick) and the recently released Same As It Ever Was. We start with Claire’s origin story, her social work and family therapist background, as well as her time at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Claire discusses teaching writing classes, point of view, first sentences, writing flawed characters, and growing up in the Midwest and how that comes across on the page. We dive into her new book Same ... | 53m 10s | ||||||
| 7/23/24 | Steven Rowley | Steven Rowley is the best-selling author of Lily and the Octopus, The Editor, The Guncle (Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor), The Celebrants (a Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club pick) and the recently published, The Guncle Abroad. Steven begins with his writing talents as a child through his publishing journey to his status as bestselling novelist, the love of our pets, queer voices in fiction, writer and editor relationships, writing a sequel, killing your darlings, being mar... | 52m 54s | ||||||
| 7/9/24 | Emily Giffin | Emily Giffin is the #1 bestselling novelist of Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and on shelves yesterday, The Summer Pact. Elin, Tim, and Emily dissect their college experiences and friendships, and similar to the plot of The Summer Pact, how those relationships are some of the closest you can have in your lives. They segue into the underlying themes in Emily’s 12 books, perspective and point of view in her writing, and her law degree before her career as a writer. Elin and Emily gab about... | 47m 16s | ||||||
| 6/25/24 | Emma Straub | Emma Straub is the New York Times best-selling author of This Time Tomorrow, All Adults Here, The Vacationers, and Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures. Elin and Tim dig in deep on being the daughter of novelist Peter Straub, growing up in New York City, her writing education and origin story, debut novels, time travel (Elin, Tim, and Emma travel back to their 16 year old bedrooms and bookshelves). Emma discusses the reason for writing her most recent novel This Time Tomorrow as juggling her job a... | 50m 34s | ||||||
| 6/11/24 | Sarah Jessica Parker | After a fun introductory episode, Season 2 of Books, Beach, & Beyond officially begins with award-winning actor, entrepreneur, producer, and designer Sarah Jessica Parker. Elin, Tim, and SJP shine a light on SJP Lit, the collaboration with Zando and her new imprint that publishes thought-provoking, inclusive, and big-hearted stories which include A Quitter’s Paradise by Elysha Chang, Coleman Hill by Kim Coleman Foote, Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski, and They Dream in Gold by ... | 59m 11s | ||||||
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