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Best of 2025 with Shanon & Nolan
Jan 14, 2026
44m 14s
"There Is No Place For Us" with Brian Goldstone
Aug 30, 2025
1h 16m 07s
"Let's go to Danzig's House" with Dan Ozzi
Jun 21, 2025
1h 14m 27s
"George Orwell, Get Me Outta Here!" with Mitra Jouhari
May 22, 2025
1h 00m 18s
"Ghosted by Stevie Wonder" with Cord Jefferson
Mar 29, 2025
1h 10m 29s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 1/14/26 | Best of 2025 with Shanon & Nolan✨ | book recommendationsyear-end review+3 | — | FleshThe True True Story of Raja The Gullible+17 | — | book newstop books+3 | — | 44m 14s | |
| 8/30/25 | "There Is No Place For Us" with Brian Goldstone✨ | homelessnessjournalism+4 | Brian Goldstone | There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in AmericaThe Empusium+15 | — | homelessnessBrian Goldstone+6 | — | 1h 16m 07s | |
| 6/21/25 | "Let's go to Danzig's House" with Dan Ozzi✨ | book discussionauthor interview+3 | Dan Ozzi | Emperor of GladnessOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous+23 | — | Ocean VuongDan Ozzi+5 | — | 1h 14m 27s | |
| 5/22/25 | "George Orwell, Get Me Outta Here!" with Mitra Jouhari✨ | HomesteadingLiterature+3 | Mitra Jouhari | Lonesome DoveThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter+20 | — | George OrwellMitra Jouhari+3 | — | 1h 00m 18s | |
| 3/29/25 | "Ghosted by Stevie Wonder" with Cord Jefferson✨ | Oscar-winning screenwriterdesert noir+5 | Cord Jefferson | — | — | Cord JeffersonOscar+5 | — | 1h 10m 29s | |
| 2/24/25 | "CRIME DADDY" with Jordan Harper✨ | crimeliterature+4 | Jordan Harper | Bel CantoThe Vegetarian+23 | — | Jordan Harpercrime+5 | — | 1h 10m 28s | |
| 1/18/25 | Best of 2024 with Addison Kirst (des pair books)✨ | Best of 2024book recommendations+3 | Addison Kirst | IntermezzoJames+22 | — | best books2024+3 | — | 49m 48s | |
| 12/21/24 | Our One Year Anniversary✨ | anniversarybook discussion+3 | — | Our Share of NightA Sunny Place for Shady People+10 | — | anniversarybooks+3 | — | 43m 07s | |
| 11/19/24 | "Sell Your Tesla" with Tony Tulathimutte✨ | writingbooks+4 | Tony Tulathimutte | RejectionPrivate Citizens+6 | — | Tony TulathimutteRejection+5 | — | 54m 44s | |
| 10/12/24 | "Get a Diary, God!" with Kerry Howley✨ | literaturebook discussion+3 | Kerry Howley | Creation LakeMars Room+20 | — | Rachel KushnerSally Rooney+3 | — | 1h 02m 57s | |
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| 9/7/24 | "Talking Shit About Books is Good for Books" with Traci Thomas (The Stacks Podcast) | Shanon and Nolan are joined by Traci Thomas, creator and host of The Stacks, a podcast on books and reading that is far superior to our own! Per the episode title shit talking ensues. But it's good! Books and Authors mentioned in the episode: Katherine Dunn - Geek Love Cormac McCarthy - All The Pretty Horses Emily St. John Mandel - Station Eleven Ann Patchett - Bel Canto Kimberly Lemming - That Time I Got Drunk And Saved a Demon Kimberly Lemming - That Time I Got Drunk And Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf Kimberly Lemming - That Time I Got Drunk And Saved a Human Elena Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections Michael Chabon - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Laci Mosley - Scam Goddess Adania Shibli - Minor Detail Salman Rushdie - Knife Samantha Irby Elizabeth Flock - The Fluries Jamie Loftess - Raw Dog Claire Dederer - Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma Isabelle Wilkerson - The Warmth of Other Suns Kiese Layman - Heavy E. B. White - Charlotte’s Web Tolkien - Lord of the Rings Anna Sewell - Black Beauty Chris Herring - Blood in the Garden Keith O’Brian - Charlie Hustle Tommy Orange - There There Louise Erdrich Sherman Alexie Suzanne Collins - Hunger Games Dave Eggers - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner Jhumpa Lahiri - The Namesake Colson Whitehead - Nickel Boys Yaa Gyasi - Homegoing Michael Pollan - The Omnivore’s Dilemma Robin Wall Kimmerer - Braiding Sweetgrass Rebecca Skloot - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl Jonathan Safran Foer Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird Percival Everett - James Liz Moore - The God of the Woods Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose | — | ||||||
| 8/7/24 | "The Best Books of the Century?" with Shanon & Nolan | Shanon and Nolan discuss (with little to no preparation) the 100 Best Books of The 21st Century as chosen by the NYT Book Review. Books Mentioned in this Episode: Elena Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend Robert Caro - The Years of Lyndon Johnson, The Passage of Power Ann Patchett - Bel Canto Ann Patchett - The Dutch House Benjamin Labatut - When We Cease To Understand the World NK Jeminsin - The Fifth Season Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go Hernan Diaz - Trust Hernan Diaz - In The Distance Douglas Stuart - Shuggie Bain Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead Anthony Doerr - All The Light We Cannot See Amor Towles - A Gentleman in Moscow Charles Burns - Black Hole David Mitchell - The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Americanah Michael Chabon - The Amazing Adventure of Kavalier and Clay Min Jin Lee - Pachinko Tara Westover - Educated Roberto Bolaño - 2666 George Saunders - Lincoln In The Bardo Isabelle Wilkerson - Warmth of Other Suns Isabelle Wilkerson - Caste Matthew Desmond - Evicted Hillary Mantel - Wolf Hall | — | ||||||
| 7/23/24 | "Where's the Poetry in This?" with Ross Farrar (of Ceremony) | Shanon and Nolan are joined by Ceremony frontman, poet, Bay Area legend and very well read dude, Ross Farrar. Books and Authors mentioned in the episode: Liz Moore - The God of the Woods AJ Dunno - In Waves Alexander Sammartino - Last Acts George Saunders Delmore Shwartz Fredrick Seidel Jenny Offill - Dept of Speculation Jenny Offill - Speedboat James Baldwin - The Fire Next Time William Matthews - Time and Money John Berryman - The Dream Songs Terrance Hayes Morgan Parker Sigrid Nunez - The Friend David Hawkins - Power vs. Force David Hawkins - Letting Go David Hawkins - Transcending the Levels of Consciousness Geoff Rickly - Someone Who Isn’t Me JD Salinger - Franny and Zooey American Short Story Masterpieces - Edited by Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks For questions, comments and suggestions slide in the DMs @youshouldprobablyreadmore Or Email youshouldprobablyreadmore@gmail.com Shanon: @shaaaanoooon Nolan: @nolanbellavance This podcast is produced, recorded, edited and theme song’d by John McSwain @vacationsonline YOU SHOULD PROBABLY READ MORE! | — | ||||||
| 5/1/24 | "Getting Pegged By Rachel Maddow" with Ryan O'Connell | Shanon and Nolan are joined by writer, actor, director, comedian, and LGBTQ activist Ryan O’Connell. We talk shit about books we don’t like and then talk shit about how no one talks shit about books they don’t like any more; plus why “Andy Cohen’s Diaries” is Ryan’s “A Little Life.” Books mentioned in this episode: Liu Cixin - Three Body Problem David Benioff - City of Thieves David Benioff - 25th Hour Francis Spufford - Cahokia Jazz Téa Obreht - The Morningside Tommy Orange - Wandering Stars Percival Everett - James Patrick Rothfuss - Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss - The Wise Man’s Fears Ryan O’Connell - I’m Special: and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves Ryan O’Connell - Just By Looking At Him Alexandra Tanner - Worry Leslie Jamison - Splinters Elizabeth Rush - The Quickening R. F. Kuang - Yellowface Jean Hanff Korelitz - The Plot Lauren Oyler - No Judgement Laurie Moore - Self-Help Andy Cohen - The Andy Cohen Diaries Rebecca Makai - The Great Believers Brett Easton Ellis - The Shards Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre * Find Ryan online @ryanoconn For questions, comments and suggestions slide in the DMs @youshouldprobablyreadmore Or Email youshouldprobablyreadmore@gmail.com Shanon: @shaaaanoooon Nolan: @nolanbellavance This podcast is produced, recorded, edited and theme song’d by John McSwain @vacationsonline YOU SHOULD PROBABLY READ MORE! | — | ||||||
| 3/22/24 | "The Audacity of Amelia Bedelia" with Brontez Purnell | On this episode of You Should Probably Read More, Shanon and Nolan can’t wait to spoil Dune 2 for you (jk). After that we’re joined by author, poet, musician and Bay Area icon Brontez Purnell to discuss his new memoir in verse, “Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt,” and why M.I.A is a colonizer. Frank Herbert - Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune Carl Sagan - Cosmos Francis Spufford - Cahokia Jazz Sven Holm - Termush Tommy Orange - Wandering Stars Brontez Purnell - Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt Kathleen Hanna - Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk Bernadette Mayers Peggy Parish, Herman Parish - Amelia Bedelia Justin Torres - Blackouts * Find Brontez online @brontezpurnell For questions, comments and suggestions slide in the DMs @youshouldprobablyreadmore Or Email youshouldprobablyreadmore@gmail.com Shanon: @shaaaanoooon Nolan: @nolanbellavance This podcast is produced, recorded, edited and theme song’d by John McSwain @vacationsonline YOU SHOULD PROBABLY READ MORE! | — | ||||||
| 2/14/24 | The Cool Dad's Book Club with Kevin "Spanky" Long & Nikolai Haas | Shanon and Nolan are joined by pro skater Kevin “Spanky” Long and artist Nikolai "Niki" Haas. Together, these Sensitive Bros™ are part of a dad’s book club where they read feminist tomes (among other things). Try not to swoon as we talk about feelings and what makes Agatha Christie marriage material. Books Mentioned in this Episode: Hernan Diaz - Trust Alice Walker - The Color Purple Elizabeth Rush - The Quickening Sarah J Maas - The House of Flame and Shadow The Odyssey - Emily Wilson Translation bell hooks - The Will to Change Sam Harris - Free Will Emma Cline - The Guest Neal Stephenson - Diamond Age Neal Stephenson - Seveneves Donna Tart - Secret History Donna Tart - The Goldfinch Donna Tart - The Little Friend Raymond Chandler - The Long Goodbye James Jones - The Thin Red Line Find Spanky and Nikolai online at @kevinspankylong & @nikolaihaas @thehaasbrothers For questions, comments and suggestions slide in the DMs @youshouldprobablyreadmore Or Email youshouldprobablyreadmore@gmail.com Shanon: @shaaaanoooon Nolan: @nolanbellavance This podcast is produced, recorded, edited and theme song’d by John McSwain @vacationsonline YOU SHOULD PROBABLY READ MORE! | — | ||||||
| 1/19/24 | Our Favorites of 2023 | It's a one on one episode in which Shanon & Nolan discuss their favorite books of 2023 (mostly murder, dystopian prisons and heartfelt stories) and what they’re looking forward to in 2024 (mostly murder, stabbings, dystopian climate change, and even some basketball). 2023 James McBride - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store Daniel Mason - North Woods SA Cosby - All The Sinners Bleed Justin Torres - Blackouts Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Chain-Gang All-Stars Naomi Klein - Doppelgänger Kerry Howley - Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Héctor Tobar - Migrant Souls Britney Spears - The Woman In Me Rachel Maddow - Prequel 2024 Salman Rushdie - Knife Amor Towles - Table for Two Tommy Orange - Wandering Stars Hanif Abdurraqib - There’s Always This Year Percival Everett - Jim Téa Obreht - The Morningside Richard Powers - Playground For questions, comments and suggestions slide in the DMs @youshouldprobablyreadmore Or Email youshouldprobablyreadmore@gmail.com Shanon: @shaaaanoooon Nolan: @nolanbellavance This podcast is produced, recorded, edited and theme song’d by John McSwain @vacationsonline YOU SHOULD PROBABLY READ MORE! | — | ||||||
| 1/8/24 | "From Root to Tip" with Tracie Egan Morrissey | On this episode of You Should Probably Read More, Shanon and Nolan are joined by Tracie Egan Morrissey (@traciemorrissey) noted beautiful person, internet sleuth, author, and co-host of Pot Psychology for some celebrity memoir banter, spank bank moments, and a round of Fuck, Marry, Kill. Books Mentioned in this Episode: Anthony Doerr - All the Light We Cannot See Justin Torres - Blackouts David Grann - The Wager Naomi Alderman - The Future Rebecca Yarros - Iron Flame Tracie Egan Morrissey and Rich Juzwiak - Pot Psychology’s How to Be: Lowbrow Advice from High People Mariah Carey - The Meaning of Mariah Carey Cassandra Peterson - Yours Cruelly, Elvira Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird VC Andrews Brett Easton Ellis - Less Than Zero Thomas Harris - The Silence of the Lambs Lisa Taddeo - Animal Lisa Taddeo - Three women Patrick Radden Keefe - Empire of Pain Miles Davis - The Autobiography Alan Moore - From Hell Jeff Smith - Bone Brian K Vaughan - Y: The Last Man Brian K Vaughan - Paper Girls Frank Miller - Batman: Year One Alan Moore - Watchmen Jim Starlin - The Infinity War Katherine Dunn - Geek Love Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life As mentioned in the episode, listeners can get 15% off products in Tracie's store pipedreams.fun with code Reading Find Tracie at @traciemorrissey and at @potpsychology & listen to the podcast Pot Psychology For questions, comments and suggestions slide in the DMs @youshouldprobablyreadmore Or Email youshouldprobablyreadmore@gmail.com Shanon: @shaaaanoooon Nolan: @nolanbellavance This podcast is produced, recorded, edited and theme song’d by John McSwain @vacationsonline YOU SHOULD PROBABLY READ MORE! | — | ||||||
| 12/1/23 | "Dickmatized by the Brothers Karamazov" with Caroline Goldfarb | Reading books and talking shit - what co-hosts, besties, and fellow book nerds Shanon Kelley and Nolan Bellavance love to do best. On this inaugural episode they’re joined by Caroline Goldfarb @officialseanpenn noted library card holder and avid kindle reader for some Beauty and the Beast banter and a round of Fuck, Marry, Kill. Welcome to You Should Probably Read More! Books mentioned in this episode: Cormac McCarthy - Suttree Alexander Dumas - Three Musketeers Tom Reiss - The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo Benjamin Labatut - The Maniac Pema Chödrön - How We Live Is How We Die Sam Knight - Premonitions Bureau Naomi Klein - Doppelgänger David Grann - The Squid Hunger (New Yorker, 2004) John Ronson - Lost at Sea Emma Clint - The Guest Marisa Meltzer - Glossy William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Alice Robb - Don’t Think, Dear Adam Chandler - Drive-Through Dreams Jen Beagin - Big Swiss Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness Williams Faulkner - Light in August J.D. Salinger - Catcher in the Rye Taylor Jenkins Reid - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Rebecca Yarros - Fourth Wing For questions, comments and suggestions slide in the DMs @youshouldprobablyreadmore Or email youshouldprobablyreadmore@gmail.com Shanon: @shaaaanoooon Nolan: @nolanbellavance This podcast is produced, recorded, edited and theme song’d by John McSwain @vacationsonline YOU SHOULD PROBABLY READ MORE! | — | ||||||
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