That Book Podcast
1) Introducing Proust Curious!
We pop back in from the void to tell you about a new project we've been working on: Proust Curious. It's a podcast about the experience of reading Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu – all ...Show More
2) TBC: What We Actually Read, 2021!
Our year-end survey. What the hell did we read in 2021??? Books mentioned: Run, Don’t Walk: The Listening House, Mabel Seeley; Hidden Valley Road, Robert Kolker; Piranesi, Susanna Clarke; Intimacies...Show More
3) RIP Eve Babitz (Rebroadcast: Bicoastal Season, Episode 3)
RIP Eve Babitz. Here's our episode on her from September 2020. Books mentioned: Eve’s Hollywood, Slow Days Fast Company, Sex & Rage, L.A. Woman, I Used to Be Charming, Eve Babitz; Hollywood's Eve: Ev...Show More
4) RIP Anne Rice (Rebroadcast: Season 2, Episode 1)
Re-releasing this episode in tribute to our vampire queen! RIP, Anne. Books mentioned: The Witching Hour and Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice; Dracula by Bram Stoker. Of interest: Amazon reviews, Guard...Show More
5) Ayn Rand Pt. 2 (Pseudonym Season, Episode 6)
In Part 2 of our Rand investigation (our season finale!), we visit Galt’s Gulch and figure out what the deal is with Rand’s magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged. What's Ayn Rand’s favorite color??? Go on, gues...Show More
6) Ayn Rand, Pt. 1 (Pseudonym Season, Episode 5)
In part one of our (first ever!) two-episode investigation, we tackle the surprisingly irrational life of Ayn Rand, the polarizing capitalist whose legal name was Alice O’Connor, and who was born Alis...Show More
7) Stephen King/Richard Bachman (Pseudonym Season, Episode 4)
The man who launched a thousand screams and his alter-ego who launched a thousand "wait, who?"s. It’s Stephen King/Richard Bachman day! Happy scary season, everyone! King books mentioned: On Writing, ...Show More
8) Nancy Drew/The Hardy Boys (Pseudonym Season, Episode 3)
A dive into the hiveminds behind Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. We raise questions like: what do The Hardy Boys eat? Does Nancy = feminism? And what counts as a clue? Resources: Nancy Drew’s Father...Show More
9) Alice Sheldon/James Tiptree Jr. (Pseudonym Season, Episode 2)
One of the most extraordinary pen name tales. Sci-fi savant James Tiptree Jr. had accolades, admirers and many, many pen pals. Problem was, he didn't exist. James Tiptree Jr. stories discussed in thi...Show More
10) Stacey Abrams/Selena Montgomery (Pseudonym Season, Episode 1)
Our Pseudonym Season kicks off with a look into political miracle-worker Stacey Abrams' other life as romance author Selena Montgomery. Books Mentioned: Stacey Abrams, While Justice Sleeps. Selena Mo...Show More