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2019
December
12/20 Putting a bow on 2019
12/13 Cowboy pigeons and other year-end wonders
12/6 Taking bike rides, not sides
November
11/22 Truffles, trinkets, and other things we can’t afford
11/15 Can someone get this country some counseling?
11/8 Black cats and generational spats
11/1 On Underdogs (and Writing)
October
10/25 Digging up James Joyce and other horrors
10/18 Winner, winner, chicken dinner
10/11 Epic Honors and Comic (Sans) Relief
10/4 Royal drama and chic shenanigans
September
9/27 Backflipping bots and other Genius moves
9/20 A force of nature
9/13 Audible hopes you have enjoyed this program ❤️
9/6 Learning from GOATs and picky eaters
August
8/30 Guilt-free classics and ominous acorns
8/23 Divorcing ourselves from plastics
8/16 Revisiting Woodstock, and scrunchies
8/9 Water bears > feral hogs
8/2 Punctuating the start of a new month
July
7/26 A Harvard prof got conned and a chef got grilled
7/19 One giant leap for Cats, Copperfield, and crime writers
7/12 A new Jeopardy! phenom and an Army of listens
7/5 Soccer, hot priests, and parasites
June
6/28 Fanfiction and fanny packs
6/21 Epic summer listens and big poetry news
6/14 Mic drops, murderinos, and a meet cute
6/7 Stolen succulents and the myth of 10,000 steps
May
5/31 What’s on at BookCon, burnout is real, and more
5/24 There’s a new evil queen in town
5/17 A badass romance and the sounds of Gen X
5/10 Flora, fauna, fungi
5/3 The sordid saga of a geriatric fruit
April
4/26 The cure for sci-fi impostor syndrome
4/19 Read this while you wait for the Mueller Report in audio
4/12 Black holes and power vests
4/5 Autism stories, a GoT surprise, and more
March
3/29 The OG scammer and why narrators make the best travel companions
3/22 The spy thriller taking over the UK, psychoanalyzing voice, and more
3/15 Subway rats, scathing reviews, and other things we secretly love
3/8 The French novel turned teen camp classic we need right now
3/1 Searching for James Baldwin and listening to women
February
2/22 Kate McKinnon's star-studded new project, ASMR audiobooks, and more
2/15 Murder houses and renovations gone wrong
2/8 Angie Thomas does it again, an Alexa adventure, and more
2/1 How the memoir became a presidential pre-req
January
1/25 Don’t swipe right on these literary pairs
1/18 The new Fifty Shades, the tidying wars rage on, and more
1/11 Bada bing, bada boom