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Estimated from 2 chart positions in 2 markets.
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- 🇺🇸US · Books#5330K to 100K
- 🇨🇦CA · Books#1455K to 30K
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18K to 65K🎙 ~2x weekly·28 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
35K to 130K🇺🇸77%🇨🇦23% - Active Followers
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14K to 52K
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Episode 29: Are We There Yet? (Or What Does it Mean to Truly Make it in Publishing)
May 4, 2026
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Episode 28: On Becoming Less Ambitious (and Remembering to Touch Grass)
Apr 6, 2026
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Episode 27: The Dreaded Demotion and the Power of Not Yet
Mar 9, 2026
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Episode 26: Creative Resets (and Say Hello to Your Season 3 Round Table!)
Feb 9, 2026
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Episode 25: Nothing is Selling (or What Happened to the Tastemakers?)
Nov 3, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 5/4/26 | Episode 29: Are We There Yet? (Or What Does it Mean to Truly Make it in Publishing) | The one where we fantasize about financial security and a regulated nervous system, unpack TLA 2026, and celebrate the opening of Charity Alyse's indie bookstore!Donate to Charity's GoFundMeConnect with Mariko Turk online:Website | Instagram | Buy Mariko's booksConnect with Andrea Beatriz Arango online:Website | Instagram | Buy Andrea's booksConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website | Instagram | Buy Laekan's booksConnect with Jasminne Mendez online:Website | Instagram | Buy Jasminne's books | — | ||||||
| 4/6/26 | Episode 28: On Becoming Less Ambitious (and Remembering to Touch Grass) | The one where we chat about the realities of going out of print, community as a path towards hope, and writing for your Id.Connect with Andrea Beatriz Arango:Website | Instagram | Buy Andrea's booksConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website | Instagram | Buy Laekan's booksConnect with Jasminne Mendez online:Website | Instagram | Buy Jasminne's booksConnect with Mariko Turk online:Website | Instagram | Buy Mariko's books | — | ||||||
| 3/9/26 | Episode 27: The Dreaded Demotion and the Power of Not Yet | The one where we learn new and disappointing things about the publishing industry, discuss how our writing routines have changed over time, and adopt the mindset of “not yet.” Connect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website | Instagram | Buy Laekan's booksConnect with Jasminne Mendez online:Website | Instagram | Buy Jasminne's booksConnect with Mariko Turk online:Website | Instagram | Buy Mariko's booksConnect with Andrea Beatriz Arango:Website | Instagram | Buy Andrea's books | — | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | Episode 26: Creative Resets (and Say Hello to Your Season 3 Round Table!) | The one where we reflect on an especially difficult 2025, discuss our hopes and goals for the year ahead, and commit to fighting for our creative joy.Connect with Jasminne Mendez online:Website | Instagram | Buy Jasminne's booksConnect with Mariko Turk online:Website | Instagram | Buy Mariko's booksConnect with Andrea Beatriz Arango:Website | Instagram | Buy Andrea's booksConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website | Instagram | Buy Laekan's books | — | ||||||
| 11/3/25 | Episode 25: Nothing is Selling (or What Happened to the Tastemakers?) | The one where we discuss publishers forfeiting their role as tastemakers and creators of culture, brainstorm ways to successfully promote a book these days, and celebrate Hien's upcoming debut novel Twin Tides!Connect with Hien Nguyen online:Website Twitter Instagram TikTok Add Twin Tides to GoodreadsConnect with Vincent Tirado online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Vincent's booksConnect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's booksConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website Instagram TikTok Bluesky Threads Buy Laekan's booksRuidoso Writing Retreat | — | ||||||
| 10/6/25 | Episode 24: Can Publishing Survive Fascism? | The one where we celebrate the release of The Silenced, discuss book banning efforts in Texas, and question whether the U.S. publishing industry can survive this dystopian hellscape.Connect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's booksConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website Instagram TikTok Bluesky Threads Buy Laekan's booksRuidoso Writing RetreatConnect with Vincent Tirado online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Vincent's books | — | ||||||
| 9/8/25 | Episode 23: How to Be a Publishing Anti with Sami Ellis | The one where we discuss the grief that comes with seeing behind the proverbial publishing curtain, using your day job as a way to stay hungry, and how to be a publishing anti.Connect with Sami Ellis online:WebsiteConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website Instagram TikTok Bluesky Threads Buy Laekan's booksRuidoso Writing RetreatConnect with Vincent Tirado online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Vincent's booksConnect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's books | — | ||||||
| 8/4/25 | Episode 22: What Ever Happened to So-and-So? Or Publishing is a Game of Survivor (A Kidlit Happy Hour Crossover Episode) with Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard | The one where we lament the shift away from lyrical picture books, mourn the synchronicity of writing something that already exists, and discuss the audacity required to actually go the distance as an author.Connect with Joanna Ho online:WebsiteConnect with Caroline Kusin Pritchard online:WebsiteConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website Instagram TikTok Bluesky Threads Buy Laekan's booksConnect with Vincent Tirado online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Vincent's booksConnect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's books | — | ||||||
| 7/7/25 | Episode 21: Publishing is Not a Meritocracy (And Book Clubs Will Save Us All) with Alexandra Villasante | The one where Alex shares what it's like publishing her sophomore novel six years after her debut, the gang discuss the Luke Bateman controversy and how publishing loves a safe bet, and Laekan celebrates her five-year anniversary of being a full-time author by going back to teaching.Connect with Alexandra Villasante online:WebsiteConnect with Vincent Tirado online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Vincent's booksConnect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's booksConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website Instagram TikTok Bluesky Threads Buy Laekan's books | — | ||||||
| 6/2/25 | Episode 20: Publishing is a Mountain Range with Jonny Garza Villa and Aaron H. Aceves | The one where we talk to authors Jonny Garza Villa and Aaron H. Aceves about strategies to pitch and sell our next projects, author career planning years into the future, and a fundraiser for the Queer Liberation Network.Check out the auctionConnect with Jonny Garza Villa online:WebsiteConnect with Aaron H. Aceves online:WebsiteConnect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's booksConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website Instagram TikTok Bluesky Threads Buy Laekan's books | — | ||||||
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| 5/5/25 | Episode 19: Meta Better Have My Money (An Of The Publishing Persuasion Crossover Episode) with Angela Montoya and Melanie Schubert | The one where we talk about Mark Zuckerberg stealing our books, how the chaos of this current administration is adversely affecting the publishing industry, and embracing the creative pivot.Connect with Angela Montoya online:WebsiteConnect with Melanie Schubert online:WebsiteConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website Instagram TikTok Bluesky Threads Buy Laekan's booksConnect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's books | — | ||||||
| 4/7/25 | Episode 18: Pre-Nazi Germany But with Smart Phones with Vincent Tirado | The one where we discuss how we are staying artistically focused given the state of the world, how we manage our book cover reveals, and how to launch a fiction podcast.Connect with Vincent Tirado online:WebsiteConnect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's booksConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website Instagram TikTokBluesky ThreadsBuy Laekan's booksConnect with Hien Nguyen online:Website Twitter Instagram TikTok Add Twin Tides to Goodreads | — | ||||||
| 3/10/25 | Episode 17: Hollywood is Another Planet with Laura Taylor Namey | The one where we lament the current state of the country, discuss the myriad routes to film and television adaptations, and remind ourselves that comparison is the thief of joy.Connect with Laura Taylor Namey online:WebsiteConnect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:Website Instagram TikTokBluesky ThreadsBuy Laekan's booksConnect with Hien Nguyen online:Website Twitter Instagram TikTok Add Twin Tides to GoodreadsConnect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's books | — | ||||||
| 11/18/24 | Episode 16: The Post-debut Blues with Jill Tew | The one where we discuss how publishers value some awards more than others, the behind-the-scenes manufacturing of a book's success, and what it feels like to finally get a peek behind the veil post-debut. Resources Mentioned: Roots. Wounds. Words. Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award NCTE The MacArthur Genius Grant Connect with Jill Tew online: Website Twitter Instagram TikTok Buy Jill's books Connect with Hien Nguyen online: Website Twitter Instagram TikTok Add Twin Tides to Goodreads Fahmidan Journal Issue 17 Connect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online: Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's books Connect with Laekan Zea Kemp online: Website Twitter Instagram TikTok Buy Laekan's books Sign up for a School Visit Brainstorming Session | — | ||||||
| 10/21/24 | Episode 15: American Dirt Part Deux | The one where we lament the mental torture of revisions, rage over the reemergence of Jeanine Cummins, and discuss how to set boundaries with family and friends who don't always consider writing to be a "real job." Resources Mentioned: Stephen King's On Writing 2023 Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards Jeanine Cummins' New Book PubTips Reddit Diana's advice thread for querying writers Connect with Candace Buford online: Website Twitter Instagram Buy Candace's books Connect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online: Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's books Connect with Laekan Zea Kemp online: Website Twitter Instagram TikTok Buy Laekan's books Register for Laekan's Debut Author Boot Camp 20% discount code: PAPERTRAIL2024 Debut Author Boot Camp Scholarship form Sign up for a School Visit Brainstorming Session Connect with Hien Nguyen online: Website Twitter Instagram TikTok Add Twin Tides to Goodreads Fahmidan Journal Issue 17 | — | ||||||
| 9/23/24 | Episode 14: Children's Publishing is a White Woman's Game with Dhonielle Clayton | The one where we welcome the indomitable Dhonielle Clayton to talk about the pressure on marginalized authors to perform in public, authorly cliques, and publishing feminism’s failure to be intersectional in combatting sexism (with a shout out to Papa Pope from Scandal). Connect with Dhonielle Clayton: Website Twitter Instagram Buy Dhonielle's books Connect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online: Website TikTok Instagram Buy Diana's books Connect with Laekan Zea Kemp online: Website Twitter Instagram TikTok Buy Laekan's books Register for Laekan's Debut Author Boot Camp 20% discount code: PAPERTRAIL2024 Debut Author Boot Camp Scholarship form Sign up for a School Visit Brainstorming Session Connect with Hien Nguyen online: Website Twitter Instagram TikTok Add Twin Tides to Goodreads Fahmidan Journal Issue 17 Connect with Candace Buford online: Website Twitter Instagram Buy Candace's books | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
3 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
3 placements across 2 markets.