Poured Over

National Book Award winner Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu captures family, legacy, immigration and assimilation in a personal and comedic novel.  Yu joins us to talk about the adaptation of the book into a television series, writing in different genres, who gets to tell our stories and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app

Featured Books (Episode):

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin chronicles the band’s precipitous rise to fame, shining a comprehensive light on their journey. Carlin joins us to talk about his start in music journalism, telling important stories, the lasting influence of songs and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app

Featured Books (Episode):

The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin

Mystery Train by Greil Marcus

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer reflects with care and compassion on humanity’s reciprocal relationship with nature and the economy.  Kimmerer joins us to talk about the ways the natural world reflects human society, how we can reframe our views on the systems around us, what we can do to improve our connection to nature and more with cohost Jenna Seery. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Donald and Jamie.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app

Featured Books (Episode):

The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Featured Books (TBR Top Off):

The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger

The Hummingbirds' Gift by Sy Montgomery

Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, joins us to talk about her connection to the organization, the process of judging the National Book Awards, who she is as a reader and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Marc, Jamie, and Donald.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                     

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app 

Featured Books (Episode): 

March: Book Three by John Lewis 

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward 

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson 

My Friends by Hisham Matar 

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu 

Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 

The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty  

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange 

Featured Books (TBR Top Off): 

The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard 

Behind the Beautiful Forever by Katherine Boo 

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 

Malcolm Gladwell’s Revenge of the Tipping Point revisits the author’s previous subject matter with a modern lens, dissecting what it is that pushes society over the edge, and what role we play in it. Gladwell joined us live to talk about how he started working on this book, some of the things that surprised him with the process, the ways our environments influence us and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app

Featured Books (Episode):

Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Gather Me by Glory Edim is a memoir that centers on reading, writing and the way literature can shape us and make us feel seen. Edim joins us to talk about why she wrote this book, the importance of an author’s voice, the many works that shaped her as a reader and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.  

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                     

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app 

Featured Books (Episode): 

Gather Me by Glory Edim 

Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim 

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 

Middlemarch by George Eliot 

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates 

There There by Tommy Orange 

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin 

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward 

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward 

James by Percival Everett 

Erasure by Percival Everett  

How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith 

The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke returns to the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell with an atmospheric fairytale about a young woman and her connection to nature. Clarke joins us to talk about why she chose to write this story now, creating her memorable characters, incorporating magic into the world we know and more with cohost Jenna Seery. 

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.                     

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books (Episode): 

The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke 

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke 

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman 

The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff 

The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience is a new illustrated edition of the bestselling, conversation-driving anthology featuring some of our top journalists, historians, poets, essayists, and photographers examining the lasting impacts of slavery in America. Author Nikole Hannah-Jones and artist Xaviera Simmons join us live to talk about the continuation of the project, the responses from readers, the power of who gets to tell stories and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. 

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                     

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app 

Featured Books (Episode): 

The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience by Nikole Hannah-Jones 

The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah Jones 

Nick Harkaway takes on his father’s iconic George Smiley series with Karla’s Choice — another thrilling journey into the world of espionage. Harkaway joins us to talk about how he came to this challenge, his time working in entertainment, how he generates ideas and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Donald and Jamie. 

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                     

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app  

Featured Books (Episode): 

Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway 

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré 

Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy by John le Carré 

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen  

Featured Books (TBR Top Off): 

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson 

A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre 

Sabaa Tahir’s Heir returns to the fractured and fraught world of her Ember in the Ashes series as 3 young people’s lives come together in surprising and heartbreaking ways. Tahir joins us to talk about revisiting familiar worlds and characters, dropping readers right in the action, writing complex heroes and villains and more with cohost Jenna Seery. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Marc and Donald. 

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.                     

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app 

Featured Books (Episode): 

Heir by Sabaa Tahir 

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir 

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 

The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks 

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 

Featured Books (Episode): 

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo 

The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks