Noah Kahan Songs as Books

From The Readirect Podcast by Emily Rojas & Abigail Freshley

May 5, 2026 · 1h 3m · Episode 94

About this episode

The episode explores Noah Kahan's album 'The Great Divide' and pairs his songs with various books.

Today we're deep-diving Noah Kahan's new album, The Great Divide, and discussing the books we'd pair with some of his songs. Mentioned Books: Heated Rivalry & The Long GameThe EverlastingHappy PlaceBeartownThe Dutch House (and Ann Patchett books in general)Love and Other WordsNo Matter WhatEast of EdenMalibu RisingRecent Reads Star Shipped by Cat SebastianYou Should Be So Lucky by Cat SebastianEveryone is Lying to You by Jo PiazzaFollow us on Instagram & TikTok @readirectp...

People in this episode

Hosts: Emily Rojas, Abigail Freshley

Topics covered

Noah Kahan
music
book recommendations
album discussion
song analysis

Keywords

Noah Kahan
The Great Divide
book pairings
music analysis
recommended reads

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Great Divide, Heated Rivalry, The Long Game, The Everlasting, Happy Place, Beartown, The Dutch House, Love and Other Words, No Matter What, East of Eden