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

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The podcast currently has 314 episodes available.

The Yak Babies Book Podcast episodes:

October 15, 2020 122- Spooky Non-Books
The yeeks take a break from books to talk about some of their favorite movies and games to enjoy around Halloween.
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19min
October 08, 2020 121- The Scariest Book You've Ever Read
The pals discuss the scariest books they've ever read.
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15min
October 01, 2020 120- Canon or Cannon: August Wilson's Fences
The pals load another classic into the cannon. Will Fences be shot into the sea or returned to the canon?
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34min
September 24, 2020 119- New Magical Realism?
The pals discuss literary books that introduce single breaks with reality or rely on extended metaphor.
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15min
September 17, 2020 118- Quitting Books
What causes the pals to give up on a book before finishing it to completion (as Aaron so eloquently phrases it)?
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13min
September 10, 2020 117- How to Be an Anti-Racist; The Trauma of Everyday Life; Between the World and Me; The Boy; F*ckface; Strange Adventures; The Ludocrats
The pals share the books they've been reading. Books touched on: The Trauma of Everyday Life, by Mark Epstein; How to Be an Anti-Racist, by Ibram X. Kendi; Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nahesi Coates; The Boy, by Tami Hoag; F*ckface, by Leah Hampton; Strange Adventures, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads; The Ludocrats, by Kieron Gillen and Jim Rossignol.
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21min
September 03, 2020 116- Brushes with Literary Fame
The pals share their stories that are not nearly as good as Bonnie's.
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14min
August 27, 2020 Bonus: Mailbag
We read and respond to listener mail.
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15min
August 20, 2020 115- Philip Roth's Goodbye, Columbus
The pals discuss one of Aaron's favorite books, Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth.
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25min
August 13, 2020 114- Canon or Cannon: William Golding's Lord of the Flies
Introducing our new series Canon or Cannon, in which the pals read and discuss notable works from the Western Canon, particularly those typically assigned in high school, and determine whether they should continue in their relevance or be shot from a cannon into the sea.
For our first installment, we read William Golding's 1954 child-murder classic Lord of the Flies.
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27min

FAQs about The Yak Babies Book Podcast:

How many episodes does The Yak Babies Book Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 314 episodes available.