The Lit Hub Podcast
1) September 5, 2025
September means back-to-school! Hooray for learning! Hooray for fall! There's definitely not anything bad or weird going on as relates to education, the weather, spooky season, or anything else... Fi...Show More
2) August 29, 2025
Superheroes are back, baby! You will believe a man can fly — but did you know that such things were happening in the decades before Siegel and Schuster created Kal-El in 1938? Joshua Glenn, editor of ...Show More
3) August 22, 2025
Oh summer colds, you might be the worst kind of cold. But that won't stop The Lit Hub Podcast! This week, as we celebrate the dog days of summer, Brittany Allen drops by to tell Drew about curating ...Show More
4) August 15, 2025
Drew's been working on (gasp) a novel and it seems to be going well (because saying so certainly won't jinx it) so this week is a bit of writer-work-focused! Kicking off with a shout to Ursula K. Le...Show More
5) Aug 8, 2025
Summer, to me, means long days and hanging out in nature and Shakespeare — specifically Shakespeare in the Park. After James Folta wrote about NYC Comptroller Brad Lander's sonnet for the ribbon cutti...Show More
6) August 1, 2025
We're back from our lil summer break and shaking off the rust! It's been hot, but getting maybe better—and we're trying to take the slow pace and the long view before we truly roll into the fall. Spea...Show More
7) July 11, 2025
Halfway through the year means it's time to anticipate again! That's right: the Lit Hub staff has compiled a list (multiple lists, actually) of books you should be looking forward to for the rest of t...Show More
8) July 4, 2025
"...that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from this earth." No, Lincoln didn't say that on July 4th—but Jefferson was a racist and Adams wasn't all that inspir...Show More
9) June 27, 2025
We're riding the high of something going right in the world (see: NYC's mayoral primary) and leaning mostly into hijinks and happiness this week—but not before we remind you all of the very real stake...Show More
10) June 20, 2025
Community. Community, community, community, now more than ever. We kick things off this week with a special guest: Leila Green Little, lead plaintiff in the ongoing Little v. Llano County book-banni...Show More