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I'm joined by my YNGR co-host and favorite oldest daughter, Hannah Herron, to talk about the 2025 film adaptation of the Richard Bachman / Stephen King classic - The Long Walk. What did the filmmakers get right? What did they miss? And what do we think of the changes?
If you love the book and / or the film, you'll love this conversation. If you haven't read or seen it, you're going to want to by the time we're through.
Check it out and let us know what we got right (or wrong).

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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! Hannah and I welcome author Laura Vogt - her debut novel, In the Great Quiet, releases in March. 

We have a lot of fun with Laura botching author names, giving family shout outs, and hearing Hannah’s first impressions of The Long Walk. Oh, and we talk about books too - historical fiction, fantasy, sci fi, and horror - something for every reader. 

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Discussed on the show

Laura

Thirteen Moons - Charles Frazier

Mystic and Rider (12 Houses) - Sharon Shinn

Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy

Never Let Me Go - Kazou Ishiguro

Hannah

The Book of Accidents - Chuck Wendig

The Giver of Stars - JoJo Moyes

The Night Guest - Hildur Knútsdóttir

The Magician’s Nephew - C.S. Lewis

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Hole in the Sky - Daniel H. Wilson

Anji Kills a King - Evan Leikam

The Southern Book Club Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix

Watership Down - Richard Adams

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Welcome to Chapter 75!

My guest is Mark Archuleta, the author of The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr: From Gentleman Bandit to Movie Star and Back Again. Mark grew up in Oklahoma City where his father was a pioneering air traffic controller with the FAA. He now lives in California, but considers Oklahoma his second home state. In addition to this book, Mark is an Emmy-winning screenwriter, journalist, and performer. In our conversation, we talk about Henry Starr - one of the most prolific bank robbers of his generation - and about Mark’s process of researching and telling Starr’s story. You also get to hear a ton of great stories about this fascinating figure from turn of the century Oklahoma. 

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Mentioned on the show:

Thrilling Events of Henry Starr - Henry Starr

Erik Larson

Dan Brown

David Grann

Henry Starr, The Last of the Real Badmen - Glenn Shirley

The Saga of Henry Starr - Robert J. Conley

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey

Sometimes a Great Notion - Ken Kesey

On the Road - Jack Kerouac

Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe

Demon Box - Ken Kesey

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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It's our third anniversary! We brought together a bunch of friends of the show to help us celebrate. The conversation is all over the place, but we also got into some great books, so if you're into Taylor Swift, food, Edgar Wright, The Summer I Turned Pretty, OKC Thunder, or Glen Powell (and trapezoids) and fun conversations about great books - this show is for you!

Connect with Emma Jackson: website | IG | YNGR episode

Connect with Kenny Kemper: website | IG | YNGR episode

Connect with Magen Runyan: website | IG | YNGR episode

Connect with Luke Swanson: website | IG | Episode

Connect with Melissa Coast: website | IG | YNGR episode

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Books discussed on the show:

Current Reads

Emma - All We Hunger For - Anna Mercier

Kenny - Boom Town - Sam Anderson

Hannah - Butter - Asako Yuzuki

J - Crooks - Lou Berney

Recent Reads

Magen - Love and Other Words - Christina Lauren

Luke - The Running Man - Stephen King

Hannah - We Were Liars - E. Lockhart

J - 11/22/63 - Stephen King

Backlist Picks (Trilogies)

Melissa - Chaos Walking Trilogy - Patrick Ness

Hannah - Bill Hodges Trilogy - Stephen King

J - Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy - Cixin Liu

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Welcome to Chapter 74! My guest is Candace Kade. Candace spends her time dreaming up stories typically involving technology, psychology, culture, and/or swords. She is the author of The Hybrid Series and a certified Krav Maga assistant instructor who loves writing action-packed martial art scenes. A third culture kid, she considers Chengdu and OKC to be her homes. When she’s not exploring new countries, she enjoys hiking in national parks, moving, teaching her husband Mandarin, and keeping two baby humans alive. She can be bribed with boba tea, fluffy puppies, and breakfast tacos.

In our conversation, we talk about the Hybrid trilogy with a focus on the third book - Augmented - that releases in September. We also talk about writing for YA audiences, how her experience of navigating cultures impacts her writing, and she gives some incredible thoughts on writing fight scenes. You’re going to love getting to know Candace Kade. 

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Candace on Your Next Great Read (July 2024)

Books Mentioned on the Show:

Enhanced - Candace Kade

Hybrid - Candace Kade

Augmented - Candace Kade

Out of Time series - Nadine Brandes

The Selection series - Kiera Cass

Eragon - Christopher Paolini

Red Rising - Pierce Brown

Me Before You - JoJo Moyes

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Welcome to Volume 13 - our Year 3 Celebration!

You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain

Here's the Lineup:

After an Open Mic, Someone Tells Me I Really Captured the Backwardness of Oklahoma - Seth Copeland

• IG: @sethtcope
• Site: https://neutralspaces.co/seth_t_copeland/

One Horse OK Celebrates the 4th of July - Benjamin Myers

• X: @BenMyersPoet        
• Site: Benjaminmyerspoetry.com

Crumbs of Body: A Psalm of Siblinghood and What I Would Say to the Girl in the Hand-Me-Down Sadie Oxford Shoes - Lydia Renfro

• IG: @lyd.fro
• Site: https://lydiarenfro.com/

East is the Beast - Michelle Lark

• IG: @fairylarks

Cry Baby - MAC Woods

• IG: @mac_since1985

Exceeding Idioms and My Nana - Ruth Key

• IG: @ruthkeypoetry

Snowman in Roland - Uriah Maravilla Greer

• IG: @uriahwrites

Somewhere - Nichole Yates

• IG: @nicholeyates

Disruption - Andrew Morris Gilman

• IG: @andrewmorrisgilman

When the Sun Sits Down - Brand Rackley

• IG: @brandrackley 

Whipping Boy - Alicia Daggs

• IG: @solatidont

What's in a Name - Ky George

• IG: @kygeorgewrites

Zoo Owl - David Jennings

• FB: @DJennPhotos
• Site: davidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.com

A Quarter Century - Shy Norton

• IG: @shylascribblesart

Frolic and Prance - Jake Spann

• FB: @jake.spann.9

Heat - Cassie Grimm

• IG: @cassandrie_

After Mt. Moriah - Paul Juhasz

• IG: @paul_juhasz_author_poet

Fresh Air - Alice Vile

• IG: @alice.a.vile

Last Word - J Hall

• IG: @okiebookcast

Vagabond Hearts - Rob Sturma

• IG: @ratpack_slim

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Welcome to Your Next Great Read from the Okie Bookcast! This month, Hannah and I are joined by Clay Mattox, bookstagrammer and member of the Book Bros. We get into everything from scifi to horror to fantasy to love stories and more. If you like your bookish conversations with a side of Taylor Swift and New Girl, this is the show for you!

Quick note: The book Hannah discusses for her backlist pick contains some content that we thought might be a bit much for some listeners, so we pulled the conversation from the show. If you'd like to hear it, you can check it out on YouTube here. The book is Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica.

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Discussed on the Show:

Clay

Death Troopers - Joe Schreiber

The Legend of Uh - Aaron N. Hall

Great Big Beautiful Life - Emily Henry

Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler

Hannah

Homework: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years - Julie Andrews

The Queen - Nick Cutter

The Quiet Tenant - Clémence Michallon

Tender is the Flesh - Agustina Bazterrica (listen to the conversation here)

J

The River Blade - T.R. Thompson (Available July 1)

The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson

Mickey 7 - Edward Ashton

Never Let Me Go - Kazou Ishiguro

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Welcome to Chapter 72!

I’ve got an incredibly fun conversation for you this month with the folks from Goblin Booth Productions which is a media production company from Norman that moved into the world of publishing in May by releasing their first book - First Degree Magic by J.M. Linkhart. In this conversation, I’m joined by the author of First Degree Magic, Jessica Linkhart, (who also happens to be the creative director of Goblin Booth Productions) and two other members of the GBP crew - Jamie Sykes (who handles the business side of Goblin Booth) and Mitchell Lewis (Goblin Booth’s art director and designer). We talk about First Degree Magic, how Goblin Booth got started, their work in the podcasting and audio space, the challenges and opportunities of independent content creation, and we get to the bottom of why they are called Goblin Booth. 

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Check out their podcasts: The Harrowing of Minerva Damson | Route 6.6 | Find the rest of their shows

Mentioned on the Show:

The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison

The Witchstone - Henry H. Neff

Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson

Dead Wake - Erik Larson

How to Marry a Millioinaire Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks

Daisy Jones & the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

Terry Pratchett

The Hollow Places - T. Kingfisher

The Old Kingdom Trilogy - Garth NIx

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik

The Curse of Chalion - Lois McMaster Bujold

C.L. Polk

Rebecca Roanhorse

Storm Front - Jim Butcher

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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! We're talking about books we can't wait to check out this summer, as well as books we're excited to see adapted for the screen. Horror, thrillers, scifi, even some romance in this edition of YNGR!

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Discussed on the Show

Hannah

When the Wolf Comes Home - Nat Cassidy

The Business Trip - Jessie Garcia

The Exorcist's House - Nick Roberts

The Long Walk - Richard Bachman (Stephen King)

Summer Reads

Keep It In the Family - John Marrs

Funny Story - Emily Henry

Thirteen Storeys - Jonathan Sims

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Middle of the Night - Riley Sager

Burn - Peter Heller

In Praise of Slowness - Carl Honore

The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells

Summer Reads

The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson

Assassin’s Apprentice - Robin Hobb

Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor

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Welcome to Chapter 71!

My guest today is Dr. Constance Squires. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Oklahoma State University and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. In her new book, Low April Sun, Constance creates a novel around the events and the aftermath of the Murrah Bombing in Oklahoma City in 1995. She is also the author of the novels Along the Watchtower, which won the 2012 Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction and Live from Medicine Park, a 2018 Oklahoma Book Award finalist. In addition to these novels, Constance has a short story collection called Hit Your Brights and her short fiction has also appeared in Guernica, The Atlantic Monthly, Shenandoah, Identity Theory, Bayou, the Dublin Quarterly, This Land, and a number of other magazines.  

​Constance’s nonfiction has appeared in Salon, the New York Times, the Village Voice, World Literature Today, the Philological Review, Largehearted Boy, and has been featured on the NPR program Snap Judgment.  She contributed to the RollingStone500: Telling Stories in Stereo (thers500.com). and wrote the screenplay for Sundance fellow Jeffrey Palmer's 2015 short film, Grave Misgivings. 

In our conversation, we talk a lot about Low April Sun and the challenges of creating fiction around significant real-world events. We also talk about the publishing journey and she gives some great advice for emerging writers. 

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Mentioned on the Show:

Falling Man - Don Delillo

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer

Libra - Don Delillo

The Secret Garden - Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett

Little House on the Prairie - Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

University of Oklahoma Press

T.S. Eliot

Ezra Pound

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk 

James - Percival Everett

Roots - Alex Haley

Blue Sky 

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - John le Carre

The Honourable Schoolboy - John le Carre

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