Jeff and Rebecca break down the 2025 longlist for the Booker Prize, digest the news of a new book from Kamala Harris, lament the demise of class (behavior, not socio-economic status), and much more.

Jeff and Rebecca decide what the It Book of August will be.

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Discussed in this episode:

Kamala Harris to publish memoir about presidential race in September

The 2025 Booker Prize longlist

And a possible conflict of interest on the Booker panel

We’re getting a new George Saunders novel in January

Maggie by Katie Yee

The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan

Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza

The Feather Detective by Chris Sweeney 

The Brain at Rest by Joseph Jebelli

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