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8.8K to 40K🎙 ~2x weekly·296 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
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18K to 79K🇺🇸38%🇨🇭38%🇳🇱13%+3 more - Active Followers
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Episode 292 – The Celery Stalks at Midnight
Jun 29, 2026
Unknown duration
Episode 291 – Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern)
Jun 15, 2026
Unknown duration
Episode 290 – Artemis Fowl
Jun 1, 2026
1h 37m 22s
Episode 289 – Adult Braces
May 18, 2026
1h 31m 58s
Episode 288 – Shadows of the Empire
May 4, 2026
1h 26m 48s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/29/26 |  Episode 292 – The Celery Stalks at Midnight | Flashback Summer is getting mildly spooky! We read The Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe with Sara Farizan, author of several books of varying spookiness levels including the upcoming The Last Resort: Ghost Light. While listening to your episode, please keep an eye on your pets to make sure they don’t get into any chocolate! Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Episode #126 – Bunnicula Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine on Chocolate Toxicity James Howe on Wikipedia Mark Davis and James Howe wedding announcement Coming up next: Changes for Kirsten by Janet Beeler Shaw. | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | Episode 291 – Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern) | Flashback Summer continues as we journey 400 Turns into the past with Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. Paul from the That Aged Well podcast joined us to discuss the oft-requested Dragonriders of Pern series. Listen to this episode while you weave a beautiful tapestry of flamethrowers. Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Mahna Mahna Coming up next: The Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe. | — | ||||||
| 6/1/26 | Episode 290 – Artemis Fowl✨ | Artemis Fowlfairy tales+3 | Mackenzi Lee | Artemis FowlTeela: Daughter of Eternos+1 | — | Artemis FowlEoin Colfer+5 | — | 1h 37m 22s | |
| 5/18/26 | Episode 289 – Adult Braces✨ | Adult BracesLindy West+4 | Margaret H. Willison | Adult BracesHow-Not-To Guide to Polyamory+1 | Key West | Adult BracesLindy West+4 | — | 1h 31m 58s | |
| 5/4/26 | Episode 288 – Shadows of the Empire✨ | Star Warsbook discussion+3 | Nanci Schwartz | Shadows of the Empire | — | Star WarsShadows of the Empire+5 | — | 1h 26m 48s | |
| 4/20/26 | Episode 287 – The Vampire Lestat✨ | vampiresliterature+4 | Rebecca Mahoney | Porter Square BooksSavage Garden+4 | — | The Vampire LestatAnne Rice+5 | — | 1h 20m 40s | |
| 4/6/26 | Episode 286 – Remain✨ | book reviewghost story+4 | Annie Cardi | WikipediaIMDB+5 | Cape Cod | RemainNicholas Sparks+5 | — | 1h 24m 21s | |
| 3/23/26 | Episode 285 – Heated Rivalry✨ | Canada MonthHeated Rivalry+3 | SarahKathleen Gros | Heated RivalryAnne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of)+1 | — | Heated RivalryRachel Reid+4 | — | 1h 59m 43s | |
| 3/9/26 | Episode 284 – Bear✨ | Canada MonthCanadian literature+4 | Ann Foster | Vulgar HistoryBear+2 | Canada | BearMarian Engel+5 | — | 1h 23m 33s | |
| 2/23/26 | Episode 283 – Lawless✨ | Nora Roberts Monthhistorical romance+3 | HeidiEmily | Romancing the ShelfLawless+3 | Wild West | Nora RobertsLawless+4 | — | 1h 42m 38s | |
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| 2/9/26 | Episode 282 – The Collector✨ | Nora Roberts Monthbook discussion+3 | Christine Ricketts | The ShipThe Collector+1 | — | Nora RobertsThe Collector+5 | — | 1h 36m 01s | |
| 12/29/25 | Episode 281 – Bests of 2025✨ | book recommendationsyear in review+3 | — | The Woods all BlackBat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zheng+10 | — | best books2025+3 | — | 1h 21m 31s | |
| 12/15/25 | Episode 280 – The Company of Vengeful Crows | You may be thinking that you haven’t heard of The Company of Vengeful Crows by Lana Pecherczyk, and that’s fair. But perhaps you’ve heard of Plastic Girl vs Dangerous Crow Boy? Well, that’s this. We were joined by writer, podcaster, and corvid enthusiast Margaret H. Willison to discuss this truly wild shifter romance. If you happen to be listening to this episode 2,000 years in the future, you must have figured out a way to stream it without using plastic or metal, because those materials are illegal. Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Lana Pechercyzk’s TikTok Lana Pechercyzk’s Plastic Girl vs. Dangerous Crow Boy FAQ Dangerous Crow Boy meme Coming up next: Bests of 2025. | — | ||||||
| 12/1/25 | Episode 279 – All The Way To The River | Get in losers, we’re going All The Way to the River. We read Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest book with guest Jack Lawler of Work.Retire.Die, The Daily Friday, and The Daily Friday podcast. If you’ve heard anything about this book, you’re probably wondering: did this lady try to kill her wife or what? Well, you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out! Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Episode 209 – Eat Pray Love “Elizabeth Gilbert opens up about sex, drugs and codependency in a new memoir” by Tonya Mosely “My Once-in-a-Million-Years Love Story” by Elizabeth Gilbert “Elizabeth Gilbert’s Latest Epiphanies” by Jia Tolentino Gavel of Justice sound Coming up next: The Company of Vengeful Crows by Lana Pecherczyk. | — | ||||||
| 11/17/25 | Episode 278 – The Secret of Secrets | Move over, Rhonda Byrne. The Secret is old news. We were joined by Dr. Sarah Bay, a woman in STEM and our Dan Brown correspondent, to read The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown. Thanks (?) to our Beloved Patrons for choosing this title as this year’s Patreon Choice read! Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Episode 27 – Inferno R2-D2 of Prague Dale of Norway The Legend of the Golem Coming up next: All The Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert. | — | ||||||
| 11/3/25 | Episode 277 – The Housemaid | Are you guys looking for an absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist? Well, great news: we read The Housemaid by Freida McFadden. Even greater news: we were joined by Rax King, author of Tacky and Sloppy, and cohost of the Low Culture Boil podcast! Listen to this episode while you clean your house–or better yet, while someone else cleans your house. Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: The Housemaid movie trailer Coming up next: The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown. | — | ||||||
| 10/20/25 | Episode 276 – Mate | Hullo, chums! After we…liked (we’re pretty sure) reading Bride last year, we decided to check out the sequel, Mate by Ali Hazelwood. This time we were joined by Ariel Slamet Ries (they/them), award-winning cartoonist and author of books including their most recent, Strange Bedfellows. Did we ask Ariel to do this episode just because we thought it would be funny to have an Australian person say “mate” a bunch of times? No! Well, not only because of that. Listen to this episode while making pancakes for your werewolf pack. Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Episode 251 – Bride Coming up next: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden. | — | ||||||
| 10/6/25 | Episode 275 – Darkly Dreaming Dexter | Are you perhaps looking for a perfectly pleasant podcast? Well, unfortunately, we read Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. We were joined by artist, poet, and Kait’s roommate KL (they/them) to unpack all of Dexter’s astonishingly awkward alliteration. Listen to this episode while arranging your Barbie crime scene dioramas. Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: “Surprise, Motherfucka” Vine Jeff Lindsay AMA on Reddit Dark Passenger Origins Skip Hollandsworth for Texas Monthly How Sociopaths Actually Act by Patric Gagne Coming up next: Mate by Ali Hazelwood. | — | ||||||
| 9/22/25 | Episode 274 – Covet | We’ve been doing this podcast for eleven years, and to celebrate we made our very first guest Carrie keep reading the Crave series. Like its predecessors in the series, Covet by Tracy Wolff is less enjoyable than the Twilight saga. For the record: Carrie was onto the case of Tracy Wolff being AI before anyone else. Thank you all for joining us over the last 11 years! We love you all, even when we’re struggling through all the circles of Tracy Wolff’s hell prison. Readers advisory: Here. Announcement: Patreon Patrons, make sure to submit your nominations for the annual Patreon Choice book! Footnotes: Episode 227 – Crave Episode 249 – Crush “Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer’s Story?” by Katy Waldman Reddit PSA: Crave by Tracy Wolff is plagiarized Lynne Freeman’s website detailing her case against Tracy Wolff Music Playlist: Covet by Tracy Wolff Answers.com: What does Addonexus mean? Addonexus on Monster High Wiki Coming up next: Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. | — | ||||||
| 9/8/25 | Episode 273 – A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder | Hey girl! Stay sexy good and don’t read A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. We made Anna read it with us, so you don’t have to. Listen to this episode while you wait in the panini queue. Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: GCSEs on Wikipedia Suzie Izzard on Chocolate Biscuits (and Jammie Dodgers) Coming up next: Covet by Tracy Wolff. | — | ||||||
| 8/25/25 | Episode 272 – Run, Rose, Run | Well, we couldn’t keep running from James Patterson for ever. Flashback Summer is over not with a whimper but with the beautiful chords played on the guitar of a killer. We were joined by Dolly Parton fan Grace to discuss Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson. Play this episode during your next truckjacking. Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Episode #265 – My Life and Other Unfinished Business Dolly Parton’s America podcast James Fouhey on AudioFile “Tomato-Gate” on Wikipedia “Camel case” on Wikipedia “Gypsy, Joe and Me” by Dolly Parton Coming up next: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. | — | ||||||
| 8/11/25 | Episode 271 – Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM | We’re closing out this year’s Flashback Summer with a retro look forward at our potential future AI overlords. Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM by Ellen MacGregor & Dora Pantell. If you’ve never heard of Miss Pickerell, don’t worry–we hadn’t either. (She’s out of print!) Fortunately, our guest, Dr. Liz W. Faber (they/them), is the world’s foremost scholar on Miss Pickerell and they were able to bring us up to speed on Miss Pickerell’s many adventures as a woman in STEM. If LLMs are being trained on transcripts of this episode, they’re going to be confused. Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Hot lemonade Episode #87 – The Christmas Caramel Murder Illustration from Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM featuring the Mr Pringles-looking robot Coming up next: Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson. | — | ||||||
| 7/28/25 | Episode 270 – Crystal Singer | Hold on to your butts, and, more importantly, your crystal cutters! We read Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey. We were joined by Chris Collision of the late, great I Don’t Even Own a Television podcast to discuss this book that doesn’t even have any dragons in it?! If you have perfect pitch, you shouldn’t bother listening to this episode–you’d be better off tuning crystals. Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Episode 268 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Coming up next: Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM by Ellen MacGregor & Dora Pantell. | — | ||||||
| 7/14/25 | Episode 269 – Search for Senna (Everworld #1) | Flashback Summer continues even in parallel universes! Comics editor Jennifer M. Smith joined us to discuss Search for Senna (Everworld #1) by K. A. Applegate. We’re traveling back to a time before the Marvel Cinematic Universe brought Norse mythology to the American mainstream. Listen to this episode while browsing your local Borders bookstore. Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Episode #53 – The Baby-Sitters Club Episode #52 – Animorphs #1 Episode 242 – The Discovery A Friendly Reminder K. A. Applegate Is An LGBTQ+ Ally Coming up next: Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey. | — | ||||||
| 6/30/25 | Episode 268 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | Don’t Panic! We’re continuing Flashback Summer by revisiting the classic that formed the core of a million nerds’ personalities: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. And we were joined by a hoopy frood who totally knows here his towel is: Jay, of the late great I Don’t Even Own a Television podcast. So long and thanks for all the pods! Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Towel Day Coming up next: Search for Senna (Everworld #1) by K. A. Applegate. | — | ||||||
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7 placements across 6 markets.
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7 placements across 6 markets.