Book Dreams
Book Dreams is a podcast for everyone who loves books and misses English class. In each episode co-hosts Julie Sternberg and Eve Yohalem explore a book-related topic they can’t stop thinking about, everything from the genius of your favorite picture books to books bound in human skin. Julie and Eve are both award-winning authors, which allows them to come at interviews with an insider’s knowledge as well as all the wonder associated with storytelling.
Book Dreams is brought to you by The Podglomerate and is a member of Lit Hub Radio. New episodes run every Thursday.
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Bonus Ep. 142 - I’m Sorry I Did This to You, wi...
Why, oh why, does Eve make Julie take on questions that no person on the planet wants to be forced to think through out loud on air?
19 min
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Bonus Ep. 141 - When One Book Leads to Another,...
Our theme for this episode is book connections—times when one book leads us to thoughts of another or inspires us to read further.
17 min
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Bonus Ep. 140 - Roz Chast!
It's been a long time since you've seen an author interview here on Book Dreams, but we were recently given the chance to interview Roz Chast, and who could possibly say no to that?!
29 min
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Bonus Ep. 139 - The Stephen King Novel That (Al...
“This is so bad that I feel like I'm in a Stephen King novel where there's just one thing off about my familiar world, but that one thing is a living nightmare.”
13 min
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Bonus Ep. 138 - One Great Read After the Other,...
Eve read so much during the weeks since our last episode, she gave herself a repetitive reading injury. But it was worth it!
18 min
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Bonus Ep. 137 - Talking Books to Honor the Lega...
What have Julie and Eve been reading lately?
13 min
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Bonus Ep. 136 - What We’ve Read and Loved Latel...
What have Julie and Eve been reading lately? Find out in this new bonus episode where we talk about loving old favorites even more the second time around...
21 min
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Bonus Ep. 135 - Good Books for Bad Times, with ...
We’ve all been there: one of those tough times in life when it’s hard to get your mind to settle enough to escape into a good book
18 min
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Ep. 134 - The Most Personalized Book Subscripti...
Our guest, James Gilbert, is a bookseller at the Heywood Hill bookstore in London, which runs, in its words, “the most personalized book subscription service in the world.” James makes personalized book recommendations for Heywood’s subscription (and other) customers–including, for the past several months, Eve and Julie.
27 min
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Ep. 133 - Fire Island: A Century in the Life of...
In this episode, Book Dreams producer and guest host Gianfranco Lentini takes us on a journey to a real-life literary paradise—a thin barrier island just 50 miles east of New York City—that has been a haven for authors, especially queer authors, for more than a century.
27 min
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Ep. 132 - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water,...
In this episode, we talk to author Angie Cruz, whose latest novel is the widely acclaimed How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water.
20 min
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Ep. 131 - Keeping Family Secrets, with Margaret...
What do family secrets show us about the times we live in, and how do they impact the people who safeguard them?
19 min
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Ep. 130 - Our 2022 End-of-Year Holiday Extravag...
Welcome to our 2022 end-of-year holiday extravaganza! In the spirit of holiday giving, we have a present for you, which, if we’re being honest, is also a present for us: BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS. Two dozen of them, in fact!
40 min
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Ep. 129 - The Science Behind Heartbreak, with F...
Why, exactly, do we feel so shattered when someone we love leaves us? What is the science behind the physical changes we experience during heartbreak, such as weight loss and anxiety, and why do so many of us stop behaving rationally?
27 min
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Ep. 128 - A Feminist Retelling of the Ramayana,...
What is it like to create a modern, feminist retelling of an ancient, foundational text? Vaishnavi Patel–author of the instant New York Times bestselling novel Kaikeyi, a reimagining of the Hindu epic the Ramayana–paints a vivid picture in this episode of Book Dreams.
26 min
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Ep. 127 - Constructing a Nervous System, with M...
What are the raw materials of our lives? Who are the authors, the singers and songwriters, the actors and artists whose work resonates with each of us and makes us who we are?
30 min
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Ep. 126 - Read Dangerously, with Azar Nafisi
How can reading a novel become an act of political rebellion? This is one of the important questions we take up with Azar Nafisi, author of the memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran.
24 min
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Ep. 125 - South to America: Understanding the S...
If we want to understand America today, we must first understand the South.
26 min
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Ep. 124 - Trust, with Hernan Diaz
Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Hernan Diaz takes on nothing less than American capitalism in his latest novel, Trust.
22 min
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Ep. 123 - The Zen of Therapy, with Dr. Mark Eps...
How can traditional psychotherapy, with its emphasis on the self, work with Zen practices like meditation, with their de-emphasizing of the ego, to make us feel better?
26 min
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ATTENTION ALL BOOK DREAMERS
An exciting announcement from Eve and Julie about the past, present, and future of humanity! (And also a small schedule change.)
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Ep. 122 - How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conver...
28 min
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Ep. 121 - We Own This City: A True Story of Cri...
We Own This City–written by Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Justin Fenton and the basis for David Simon’s HBO miniseries–tells the shocking, true story of a massive police corruption scandal.
26 min
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Ep. 120 (Re-Release) - The Rigorous Refusal to ...
(RE-RELEASE) In this week’s episode, Eve and Julie talk to Jo Ann Beard about Festival Days, her extraordinary new collection of essays, some of which took decades to write.
31 min
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Feed Drop: Introducing Missing Pages
Today, we’d like to introduce you to the new podcast from The Podglomerate, Missing Pages.
5 min