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All The Books

 Episode 211.5 This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Girlchild.
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Annotated

 Episode 28 What if the whole world spoke the same language? How would it work? Who would be interested in speaking it? In this episode, the dream, the reality, and the hope that is Esperanto.
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For Real

 Episode 37 This week Alice and Kim talk books for book lovers, Anna the fake heiress, and one of the most astounding women in the Roman world.
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Get Booked

 Episode 193 Amanda and Vanessa discuss Italian comics, paranormal smut, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is ...
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Hey YA

 Episode 49.5 Kelly and special guest Brandy Colbert talk about Norma Klein’s Mom, The Wolfman, and Me.
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Kidlit These Days

 Episode 11 Karina and Matthew talk about identifying a publisher by its "voice", focusing on the specific in order to connect with the universal, and they highlight some imprints and independent publishers who are centering diversity in different ways.
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Read or Dead

 Episode 58 Katie and Rincey talk about the Tiny Pretty Things adaptation, Tana French in the New Yorker, the real life Where the Crawdads Sing mystery and celebrate Women in Translation month. 
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Recommended

 Episode 12 In this episode, Nicky Drayden and Helen Ellis talk about books that captured their attention in big ways.
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SFF Yeah!

 Episode 60 Sharifah and Jenn discuss tabletop RPG and TV adaptations, a new Seanan McGuire series, nonhuman narrators, and more.
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The Podcast

 Episode 326 This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow up about The Da Vinci Code, consider the latest iteration of Obama's reading list, talk about increased pushback against Drag Queen Story Hour, and more.
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When In Romance

 Episode 40 Jess and Trisha celebrate some important progress at the RITAs, talk through romance authors writing outside their own experience, and what romance series they’d like to see get the fanfic treatment.
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