The co-hosts of Celebrity Book Club, Lily Marotta and Stephen Phillips-Horst, join us to unpack the week that was.

Then, The New York Times Magazine writer Marcela Valdes tells us about the efforts to diversify the publishing industry.

Plus, has reality TV become a parody of itself? We ask Wired’s Kate Knibbs.

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Podcasters Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer stop by to talk about Emmy nods and snubs, the incredible images from the James Webb space telescope, and the best conversation-starters. Then, we check in with Lucy Westlake, the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest,

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We teamed up with WBEZ’s Curious City to answer a listener's question about how librarians always seem to know what we want to read before we do.

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We check in on how YOU are feeling. Plus, bestselling author Susan Cain tells us why she is happy to be melancholy.

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The news is a lot right now, so we're checking in. Send your voice memos to nerdettepodcast [at] gmail [dot] com for Friday's episode.

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Book Riot’s Liberty Hardy reads hundreds of books a year. She tells us the best new books of this summer.

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EGOTS for everyone! This week, ‘City Cast Chicago’ host Jacoby Cochran and Vox’s Jonquilyn Hill join the panel to talk about the week in pop culture. Then, Linda Holmes tells us about her new book ‘Flying Solo.’ Plus, we listen back to our interview with Michael Greyeyes in honor of the release of ‘Rutherford Falls’ season 2.

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First, we talk about updating the Bechdel test and re-embracing Kate Bush with bestselling author and host of ‘Bad With Money’ Gaby Dunn. Then, we hear about the new HBO documentary ‘The Janes,’ which is about a group of women who performed abortions before it was legal. Plus, what are the best summer blockbusters?

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The New York Times bestselling author reflects on his writing before and after the #MeToo movement.

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We talk about the cake throwing incident at the Mona Lisa and all of the TV you should watch this summer. Plus, a viral tweet says there are only 35 premises in all of literature, and … it's not far off?

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