The personal pals are joined by former host of The Page Count Podcast, Marc Velsaquez, to discuss the first four issues of Ms. Marvel by Sana Amanat, G. Willow Wilson, and Adrian Alphona. This is one of two concurrent Comics Clubs series you can join us for--along with DIE, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans.

The gang dives into Michelle McNamara's unsettling true crime narrative documenting her amateur investigation into the Golden State Killer.

It's a nonfiction edition of What Are We Reading! This time: A Course Called Ireland, by Tom Coyne; Of Myth and Meaning, by Claude Levi-Strauss; and The Library Book, by Susan Orlean. The pals also double back to the movie adaptation episode for an epilogue about Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation.

The personal pals open a new subseries of episodes exploring different genres and our expectations when we read them. We start off with Nonfiction. Stayed tuned for more content about nonfiction reading throughout the month.

The personal discuss books with film and TV adaptions. How often does an adaptation surpass its source material? Do you look forward to seeing books remade for the screen?

The personal pals each choose one book they would want if they were stranded on a desert island, and share their deliberative processes.

The personal pals share their experience teaching writing from their perspectives working with varying age groups and ability levels. They consider whether great writing is something teachable.

The gang share the fiction books they've been reading: There There, by Tommy Orange; Last Night at the Lobster, by Stewart O'Nan; City of Stairs, by Robert Jackson Bennett; Skyward, by Brandon Sanderson; "Bartleby, The Scrivener" by Herman Melville; and "Yours" by Mary Robinson. Follow us on twitter @YakBabies. You can support the show and get access to early downloads and all the bonus content at patreon.com/YakBabies.

The gang kicks off Season 2 with a look back at the best books they read in 2018. Follow us on twitter @YakBabies. If you want to support the show and get a whole bunch of weekly bonuses as well, please consider helping to fund our hosting at patreon.com/YakBabies.

The gang share their personal reading goals and resolutions for 2019, then invent some resolutions for each other to adopt. Here's hoping 2019 is less of a dumpster fire than 2018. We're proud that Yak Babies was pretty much the only good thing to come out of 2018; thanks for sticking with us.