Enshittification by Cory Doctorow is a fascinating deep-dive into the deterioration of the internet — and what we can do to save it. Cory joins us to talk about the stages of platform decay, digital monopolies, audiobooks, growing up on the internet, building a new tech landscape and more with guest host Chris Gillespie. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Chris Gillespie and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow
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Beth Macy on PAPER GIRL
Beth Macy, the bestselling author of Dopesick, returns with Paper Girl, her most personal story yet. Beth joined us live at B&N Upper West Side to talk about growing up in Ohio, class, language and more with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Gladstone Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
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Joy Harjo on GIRL WARRIOR
Girl Warrior by Joy Harjo, former three-term U.S. Poet Laureate, is a powerful reflection on coming of age as a Native woman. Joy joins us to talk about poetry, dreams, place, active listening, structure and more with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age by Joy Harjo Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo Catching the Light by Joy Harjo
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Lucy Steeds on THE ARTIST AND THE FEAST
The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds is an elegantly crafted tale of art, love and ambition. Lucy joins us to chat about prologues, storytelling, art monsters, alternating perspectives, language, translation and more with cohost Isabelle McConville. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Isabelle McConville and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds The Secret History by Donna Tartt Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Odyssey by Homer The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Watching Over Her by Jean-Baptiste Andrea
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Nic Stone on BOOM TOWN
Boom Town is the taut and transporting adult debut from bestselling author Nic Stone. Nic joins us to talk about the American South, Black womanhood, Atlanta, writing in a new form and more with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Boom Town by Nic Stone Middlemarch by George Eliot Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol Divergent by Veronica Roth Little Spark by Nic Stone The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan The Candy House by Jennifer Egan Deacon King Kong by James McBride The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Poured Over is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and characters; readers who ask a lot of questions, just like Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer, a career bookseller who's always reading. Follow us here for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and lots of great book recommendations from big name authors and authors on their way to being big names. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).
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