The Lit Hub Podcast
1) December 19, 2025
Squeaking in one more episode for the year, and we promise it's a real treat! Kat Abughazaleh (Democratic candidate for the IL-09) talks with Lit Hub's James Folta about why, if elected, she wants to...Show More
2) December 12, 2025
It's the end of the year! Which means: best-of lists, abounding. Maybe you've seen our Favorite Books of 2025 list, or our Best (Old) Books We Read in 2025 list, or the 100 Notable Small Press Books o...Show More
3) December 5, 2025
It's the holiday season! The season of advent! And if you're listening to this, then you probably need a Short Story Advent Calendar in your life. Enter Michael Hingston and Natalie Olsen, proprietors...Show More
4) November 28, 2025
It's a Thanksgiving-week episode, which means—hey, we're thankful for you! Thanks for listening to the show, thanks for being a part of the Lit Hub community and the bookish community and the communit...Show More
5) November 21, 2025
A time of celebration is now upon us: the literary awards year has closed, which means that it's basically gravy from here til the end of the year. That's right, with the National Book Awards this wee...Show More
6) November 14, 2025
We're heading towards the end of the year, inexorably and completely — but it ain't over yet! There's still reading time, certainly... but there's also still creativity time. Anna Hogeland drops by to...Show More
7) November 7, 2025
The world is ending... the world is ending... but if the world is ending, that means it hasn't ended yet. After seeing The Seat of Our Pants at The Public Theater (running thru at least the end of t...Show More
8) October 31, 2025
It's Halloween! Drew's favorite holiday! And so in lieu of a proper episode this week, here's Drew reading Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" — hope that's a treat and not a trick! See Priva...Show More
9) October 24, 2025
Having done this show for a full year, it means we have some traditions now—and the first one we ever set up, really, was having Ryan Chapman (The Audacity, Riots I Have Known) to join Drew for a chat...Show More
10) October 17, 2025
Would spooky season be complete with some Stephen King? Constant reader, I submit to you: no. This week, Caroline Bicks—the inaugural Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine—st...Show More