Unabridged: A Book Podcast

By Ashley Dickson-Ellison and Jen Moyers

Unabridged is a bookish podcast hosted by teachers. We release episodes twice a month, including a monthly Book Club episode and other bookish topics full of recommendations for your TBR list. Join us... more

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The podcast currently has 391 episodes available.

Unabridged: A Book Podcast episodes:

September 11, 2019 To All the Boys I've Loved Before Book to Film Adaptation - Get With It!
In our newest short episode, we embark on a discussion of one of our favorite things: a book-to-film adaptation. This time, we're discussing the Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han's fabulous YA romance To All the Boys I've Loved Before. While the book is fuzzier for some of us than others (it's been a loooong time for someone, folks!), we all nonetheless enjoy considering the positives and negatives of this adaptation. Spoiler alert: there are some elements we like better in the movie!

works mentioned
*Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before
*To All the Boys I've Loved Before Netflix movie adaptation
*My So-Called Life TV series
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23min
September 04, 2019 Elizabeth Acevedo's WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH - On Her Side
We're thrilled to discuss Elizabeth Acevedo's sophomore novel, With the Fire on High. Protagonist Emoni is a high school student, a mother, a granddaughter, and an amazingly inspired chef in training.

Listen in for our discussion of the ways that Acevedo counters our expectations for this character. We offer pairings and recommendations for the ways that teachers can use this book in their classrooms.

After you listen, join us on social media throughout September to participate in our book club discussions. We'd love to know what you think!

timeline
*Introduction and General Discussion: 00:00 - 35:00
*Book Pairings: 35:01 - 42:17
*Classroom Connections: 42:18 - 48:00

book pairings
*Ashley - Jade Chang’s The Wangs vs the World
*Jen - Roselle Lim’s Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune
*Sara - Erika Sanchez’s I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

classroom connections
*Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X
*Gaby Rodriguez's The Pregnancy Project
*Isabel Quintero's Gabi: A Girl in Pieces
*Robin Benway's Far from the Tree

other mentions
*Chopped TV Series
*Beat Bobby Flay TV Series
*Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate

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49min
September 04, 2019 Elizabeth Acevedo's WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH - On Her Side
We're thrilled to discuss Elizabeth Acevedo's sophomore novel, With the Fire on High. Protagonist Emoni is a high school student, a mother, a granddaughter, and an amazingly inspired chef in training.
Listen in for our discussion of the ways that Acevedo counters our expectations for this character. We offer pairings and recommendations for the ways that teachers can use this book in their classrooms.
After you listen, join us on social media throughout September to participate in our book club discussions. We'd love to know what you think!

timeline
*Introduction and General Discussion: 00:00 - 35:00
*Book Pairings: 35:01 - 42:17
*Classroom Connections: 42:18 - 48:00

book pairings
*Ashley - Jade Chang’s The Wangs vs the World
*Jen - Roselle Lim’s Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune
*Sara - Erika Sanchez’s I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

classroom connections
*Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X
*Gaby Rodriguez's The Pregnancy Project
*Isabel Quintero's Gabi: A Girl in Pieces
*Robin Benway's Far from the Tree

other mentions
*Chopped TV Series
*Beat Bobby Flay TV Series
*Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate
Check out what's coming up next.

want to support unabridged?
Become a patron on Patreon.
Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
Like and follow our Facebook Page.
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Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.
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...more
49min
August 28, 2019 Autumn TBR Lists - Shopping in My Kindle Closet
We'll let you guess just which one of us went shopping in her Kindle closet . . . and then cheated to share an extra book (or two . . . or three!) on this episode. Well, actually, we ALL cheated because we have SO many books coming out this fall that we're eagerly anticipating.

Take a listen to our TBR lists, and then let us know what books you look forward to reading this fall! Head over to social media to let us know.

TBR Lists

Ashley’s Picks
*Sarah Henning’s Sea Witch
*Lisa See’s The Island of Sea Women
*Rainbow Rowell’s Wayward Son

Jen’s Picks
*Peter Heller’s Celine
*Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments
*Malcolm Gladwell’s Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know

Sara’s Picks
*Anissa Gray’s The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
*Lisa Lutz’s The Swallows
*Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys

other mentions
*Peter Heller's The Dog Stars
*Peter Heller's The Painter
*Peter Heller's The River
*Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
*The Bachelorette (TV Show)
*The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu TV Show)
*Casey McQuiston’s Red, White and Royal Blue
*Love Island (TV Show)
*Hester Fox’s The Widow of Pale Harbor
*Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Water Dancer
*Interview with Jesmyn Ward
*Rainbow Rowell’s Attachments
*Shea Ernshaw’s The Wicked Deep
*Min Jin Lee's Pachinko
*Hester Fox's The Witch of Willow Hall

Check out what's coming up next.

want to support unabridged?
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...more
23min
August 28, 2019 Autumn TBR Lists - Shopping in My Kindle Closet
We'll let you guess just which one of us went shopping in her Kindle closet . . . and then cheated to share an extra book (or two . . . or three!) on this episode. Well, actually, we ALL cheated because we have SO many books coming out this fall that we're eagerly anticipating.
Take a listen to our TBR lists, and then let us know what books you look forward to reading this fall! Head over to social media to let us know.

TBR Lists
Ashley’s Picks
*Sarah Henning’s Sea Witch
*Lisa See’s The Island of Sea Women
*Rainbow Rowell’s Wayward Son
Jen’s Picks
*Peter Heller’s Celine
*Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments
*Malcolm Gladwell’s Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Sara’s Picks
*Anissa Gray’s The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
*Lisa Lutz’s The Swallows
*Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys

other mentions
*Peter Heller's The Dog Stars
*Peter Heller's The Painter
*Peter Heller's The River
*Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
*The Bachelorette (TV Show)
*The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu TV Show)
*Casey McQuiston’s Red, White and Royal Blue
*Love Island (TV Show)
*Hester Fox’s The Widow of Pale Harbor
*Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Water Dancer
*Interview with Jesmyn Ward
*Rainbow Rowell’s Attachments
*Shea Ernshaw’s The Wicked Deep
*Min Jin Lee's Pachinko
*Hester Fox's The Witch of Willow Hall

Check out what's coming up next.

want to support unabridged?
Become a patron on Patreon.
Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
Like and follow our Facebook Page.
Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.
Check us out on Podbean.
...more
23min
August 21, 2019 Get to Know the Hosts - A Great Story of Friendship
There's a little bit about books and a whole lot about us in this Unabridged Short episode. Learn what books we loved to teach, what scares us, and what we do outside of reading. (This is more of a stretch for some of us than others!)

Feel free to share other questions for us on social media! And let us know: what's the scariest thing YOU've ever done for fun? what are your hobbies (outside of books)? what's your favorite podcast or social media follow . . . that's not book related?

works mentioned
*A.S. King’s Everybody Sees the Ants
*Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
*S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders
*Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood

podcasts and social media accounts mentioned
*The Popcast, Instagram account here
*Revisionist History, Instagram account here
*Tumble, Instagram account here
*Jamie B. Golden on Instagram (from the Popcast)
*Simpleish Living (on Instagram)

To learn more about Ashley, see her page.
To learn more about Jen, see her page.
To learn more about Sara, check out her page.

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27min
August 21, 2019 Get to Know the Hosts - A Great Story of Friendship
There's a little bit about books and a whole lot about us in this Unabridged Short episode. Learn what books we loved to teach, what scares us, and what we do outside of reading. (This is more of a stretch for some of us than others!)

Feel free to share other questions for us on social media! And let us know: what's the scariest thing YOU've ever done for fun? what are your hobbies (outside of books)? what's your favorite podcast or social media follow . . . that's not book related?

works mentioned
*A.S. King’s Everybody Sees the Ants
*Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
*S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders
*Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood

podcasts and social media accounts mentioned
*The Popcast, Instagram account here
*Revisionist History, Instagram account here
*Tumble, Instagram account here
*Jamie B. Golden on Instagram (from the Popcast)
*Simpleish Living (on Instagram)

To learn more about Ashley, see her page.
To learn more about Jen, see her page.
To learn more about Sara, check out her page.

Check out what's coming up next.

want to support unabridged?
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...more
27min
August 14, 2019 Our Favorite Audiobooks - (Don't) Come to Me, Animal Friends
In this episode, we are revisiting our love for audiobooks! Each of us has evolved as an audiobook listener, and we talk about that process, the types of books that work best for us on audio, how we're stretching ourselves . . . and Sara's deep, deep love for puppy dog kisses (no sarcasm there at all!).

What are some of your new favorite audiobooks? Visit us on social media to share. You can find us on Litsy (at Unabridged), Instagram and Twitter (@unabridgedpod), and Facebook.

Ashley’s Picks
*George Saunders’s Lincoln in the Bardo (multiple narrators) (book/audiobook)
*Michelle Obama’s Becoming (read by the author) (book/audiobook)

Jen’s Picks
*Steve Sheinkin’s Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian Football Team (Mark Bramhill, narrator) (book/audiobook)
*Lydia Kang’s A Beautiful Poison (Saskia Maarleveld, narrator) (book/audiobook) and The Impossible Girl (Saskia Maarleveld, narrator) (book/audiobook)

Sara’s Picks
*Fredrick Backman’s Beartown (Marin Ireland, narrator) (book/audiobook)
*W. Bruce Cameron’s A Dog’s Purpose (William Dufris, narrator) (book/audiobook)

Check out what's coming up next.

want to support unabridged?
Become a patron on Patreon.
Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
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...more
24min
August 14, 2019 Our Favorite Audiobooks - (Don't) Come to Me, Animal Friends
In this episode, we are revisiting our love for audiobooks! Each of us has evolved as an audiobook listener, and we talk about that process, the types of books that work best for us on audio, how we're stretching ourselves . . . and Sara's deep, deep love for puppy dog kisses (no sarcasm there at all!).

What are some of your new favorite audiobooks? Visit us on social media to share. You can find us on Litsy (at Unabridged), Instagram and Twitter (@unabridgedpod), and Facebook.

Ashley’s Picks
*George Saunders’s Lincoln in the Bardo (multiple narrators) (book/audiobook)
*Michelle Obama’s Becoming (read by the author) (book/audiobook)

Jen’s Picks
*Steve Sheinkin’s Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian Football Team (Mark Bramhill, narrator) (book/audiobook)
*Lydia Kang’s A Beautiful Poison (Saskia Maarleveld, narrator) (book/audiobook) and The Impossible Girl (Saskia Maarleveld, narrator) (book/audiobook)

Sara’s Picks
*Fredrick Backman’s Beartown (Marin Ireland, narrator) (book/audiobook)
*W. Bruce Cameron’s A Dog’s Purpose (William Dufris, narrator) (book/audiobook)

Check out what's coming up next.

want to support unabridged?
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Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
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...more
24min
August 07, 2019 Global Read Aloud 2019 - I just have to read this quotation
For the second year, we are excited to explore three of the Global Read Aloud books. (You can find out more information about the Global Read Aloud here.) We are thrilled to begin Season 3 with a discussion of three amazing novels for middle grade, middle school, and young adult readers.

Listen to the episode, and then let us know what you think!

timeline
*Introduction and General Discussion: 00:00 - 01:16
*Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves: 01:17 - 18:45
*Padma Venkatraman's The Bridge Home: 18:46 - 31:59
*Kelly Yang's Front Desk: 32:00 - 43:40

other mentions
*Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony
*Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
*Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars
*Mindy McGinnis’s Not a Drop to Drink
*Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
*Alan Gratz’s Refugee
*Neal Shusterman’s Dry
*R. J. Palacio’s Wonder
*Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers
*Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”

other resources
*Joseph Boyden’s Wenjack
*Louise Erdrich’s Tracks
*Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine
*Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Hearts Unbroken

Check out what's coming up next.

want to support unabridged?

Become a patron on Patreon.
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...more
45min

FAQs about Unabridged: A Book Podcast:

How many episodes does Unabridged: A Book Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 391 episodes available.