15 Jul 2025 12:00
Episode 215 - Battle of the Books 2025
It’s episode 215 and time for our annual Battle of the Books! This year we’re each pitching a non-fiction book we think we should all read and discuss and then you (our listeners) get to vote on which one! Plus! A chance for a listener to win a book!
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In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards
What Book Should We Read? (Click to vote by July 31st!)
- Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age by Vauhini Vara
- Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly
- How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo
- How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
Titles from our Short Lists
- Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland
- Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink by Tina Horn
- I Was a Stripper Librarian: From Cardigans to G-strings by Kristy Cooper
- A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird by Rosemary Mosco
- Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
- Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen
Links, Articles, and Things
- Review of Mood Machine from Publishers Weekly
- The Ghosts in the Machine: Spotify’s plot against musicians by Liz Pelly
- If Books Could Kill
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