The Yak Babies Book Podcast

By Aaron Block, David Duhr, Brick Road

Yak Babies is a weekly book podcast that brings a mix of reviews, discussions, games, and read-a-longs to fellow readers who are sick of the same old stodgy book podcasts. We focus on literature, and ... more

5

1717 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about The Yak Babies Book Podcast:

How many episodes does The Yak Babies Book Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 314 episodes available.

The Yak Babies Book Podcast episodes:

December 23, 2021 174- Dr. Seuss‘s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
The pals threaten a holiday classic with a blast into the sea.
...more
25min
December 16, 2021 172- A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
The Yaks dive into George Saunders' course in a book: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.
...more
42min
December 09, 2021 173- Is Amazon Changing the Novel?
The Yaks flirt with the metaverse.
...more
25min
December 02, 2021 171- Opening Fiction with Dialogue
The pals talk about the the effectiveness of opening shot stories with dialogue, as well as other techniques.
...more
16min
November 25, 2021 170- Writing Pet Peeves
The pals share things in books--and tv--that get their goat.
...more
16min
November 18, 2021 169- Bad Art Friend
The pals discuss the New York Times article, "Who is the bad Art Friend?" by Robert Kolker.
...more
31min
November 11, 2021 168- Afterparties: Stories; Paper Girls; The Last Ronin; Virtual Boy Works; Gravity‘s Rainbow; Catch-22; Rorschach; X-Men; Blubber
What are we reading, boys? Paper Girls Vol. 3, by Brian K Vaughn; The Last Ronin, by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird; Virtual Boy Works, by Jeremy Parish; Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon; Catch-22, by Joseph Heller; Afterparties: Stories, by Anthony Veasna So; Rorschach, by Tom King; X-Men, by Gerry Duggan; Blubber, by Gilbert Hernandez.
...more
21min
November 04, 2021 167- Retellings
3/4s of the pals discuss novels and films that are retellings and adaptions of known texts.
...more
22min
October 21, 2021 166- Sherlock Holmes
The pals discuss the great detective, his literary past and his many influences and appearances in popular culture.
...more
19min
October 14, 2021 165- Trilogies and Serialized Fiction
The pals talk about serialized stories, and struggle pin down just what defines a series.
...more
19min

FAQs about The Yak Babies Book Podcast:

How many episodes does The Yak Babies Book Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 314 episodes available.