Chapters

45- Andrew (Andy) McMillan

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, our guest is Andrew (Andy) McMillan. Andrew is a pastor from Alabama currently living in Portland, Oregon. He is also the brother of ...

44 - Thomas Lawrence Long

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we talk to Thomas Lawrence Long, Associate Professor in Nursing at the University of Connecticut where he studies and teaches on medi...

43 - Erica Leeman

01 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On our latest episode we welcome guest Erica Leeman, an Arkansas native who moved to Boston to attend library school. A librarian by training, and pu...

42 - Trying to Get to You: The Reading Life of Elvis Presley (Revisited)

15 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we mark the passing of Elvis Presley by examining his life as a reader. Elvis notoriously struggled with his intense fame and used bo...

41 - A Moby Dick Marathon at Mystic Seaport (Revisted)

01 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

40 - Joe Hourihan

17 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, our guest is Joe Hourihan. Joe is an attorney with four decades of legal experience. He is a native of Hartford, Connecticut where ...

39 - Chris Bouton

01 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On our latest episode, we talk to Chris Bouton. Chris is a historian turned jury researcher who is working on a book about slave violence in antebellu...

38 - "Somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond"- Poetry, Queerness, and a Listener Letter

15 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We asked our listeners what kinds of reading experiences helped them to understand their sexuality. In honor of pride month, we’re sharing some ...

37 - Reading Secret FBI Files with Matt Guariglia

01 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we’re going to enter the vault with historian Matt Guariglia and examine FBI files – files created by the FBI to monitor suspicio...

36 - Katie from A Date with Dateline Podcast

15 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we talk to Katie, who along with co-host Kimberly hosts the A Date with Dateline Podcast, a comedy podcast that recaps episodes of Dateline. For...

35 - Dominique Taylor

01 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest this episode is Dominique Taylor. Dominique is the creator of The Storyscape, a platform that creates media around literature. On this episo...

34 - Jacqueline Suskin

15 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, we talk to Jacquline Suskin, a writer and performance poet based in Los Angeles. She is the author of two books, the latest ent...

33 - Marisa Hicking

01 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Join us on our latest episode where we meet guest Marisa Hicking. Marisa is the Teen Librarian at Avon Free Public Library in Avon, Connecticut. On th...

32 - Eddie Guimont

06 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode with guest Eddie Guimont, we talk Carl Sagan, Calvin and Hobbes, Sci-Fi, all things Star Wars novels, and much more. If you want to s...

31 - Catherine Hammer

15 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we meet Catherine Hammer, a librarian currently living in Florida where she works for the Broward County Library System. Before chang...

30 - Jason Derfuss

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode of Chapters we meet someone for whom the phase “this book saved my life” is literally true. On November 20, 2014,...

29 - Porter Square Books Overnight Marathon

20 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After Trump took office one year ago today, Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts set out to create an event that would allow readers to gat...

28 - Trying to Get To You: The Reading Life of Elvis Presley

08 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On our first episode of 2018, we mark the birthday of Elvis Presley with the story of his life as a reader. Fans may know Elvis from his music, movies...

Chapters Yearbook 2017

15 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Here are some of our favorite stories from the last year. Thank you to everyone who shared their story with us! If you want to share your story on Cha...

27 - Jolenta Greenberg

15 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jolenta Greenberg is a New York-based comedian. She’s a Moth StorySLAM winner and a sometime contributor for NY Public Radio and BBC Radio. Curr...

26 - Rachel Greenhaus

01 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode we meet Rachel Greenhaus. Rachel is a lapsed academic, professional cookbook editor, and over-enthusiastic home baker. She li...

25 - Danny Byrne

15 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode we talk with Danny Byrne. Danny was raised on books that he’s now sharing with his twins as a new dad (I Will Love You ...

24 - Melanie Newport

01 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we talk with Melanie Newport. Melanie Newport is an assistant professor of History at the University of Connecticut at its Hartford c...

23 - Matt Blackburn

15 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Chapters, we meet Matt Blackburn, a research analyst who lives in Boston. Matt shares his experiences with books that have defined ...

22 - Erin Bartram

01 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Join us this week as we talk with historian Erin Bartram. We discuss Nancy Drew, Baby-Sitters Club, and the appeal of books for children in which adul...

BONUS Episode 3 - A Moby Dick Marathon at Mystic Seaport

20 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Every year, on July 31st, readers gather at Mystic Seaport on the decks of the last remaining wooden whaling ship to read Moby Dick in twenty-four hou...

21 - Matt from Pop Culture Died in 2009

15 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s episode we talk to Matt, founder of the gossip blog and curated archive of celebrity culture, Pop Culture Died in 2009. In our co...

20 - Mark Barone

01 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Join us on this week’s episode as we talk with Mark Barone about the Lord of the Rings, Stephen King novels, Game of Thrones, and more! We&#8217...

19 - Liz Fleming

15 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever dressed up like your favorite author? Our guest, Liz Fleming, discovered The Old Man and the Sea at a young age, and dressed up as Hemin...

18 - Kathy Van Voorhees

01 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Whether taking in Forever by Judy Blume as a young reader, sneaking Sibyl from her mother’s bookshelf, adopting Kurt Vonnegut’s turns of p...

17 - Anna Newman

15 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What’s it like to read in a new language? On this episode, we talk to Anna Newman, a librarian who shares stories about reading everything from ...

16 - Allison Horrocks

01 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Allison. Allison Horrocks grew up on American Girl books, the Dear America series, and Nancy Drew. Combining a love for history and detection, it...

15 - Abby Southwell

15 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What is it about girls and horse books? On this week’s episode, we investigate the appeal of horse books by hearing from self-proclaimed “...

14 - Graham Stinnett

01 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we talk to our guest Graham Stinnett, archivist at the Thomas J. Dodd Center at the University of Connecticut. We talk The Giving Tree, alb...

13 - Danielle Dumaine

15 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s episode we join Danielle Dumaine to hear stories about My Side of the Mountain, Mrs. Dalloway, Maggie Nelson’s Argonauts, a...

12 - Betsy Pittman

01 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Nancy Drew, the Boxcar Children, Laura Ingalls Wilder and romance novels - this episode with guest Betsy Pittman has it all. With a lifelong interest ...

11 - Rob Sullivan

15 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Has reading ever helped you in your grief? Join us as we welcome Rob Sullivan to discuss Superman and the ways reading can help us mourn loss in our l...

10 - Nick Hurley

31 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

From the Berenstain Bears to Marc Bloch’s Strange Defeat, join us as our guest Nick Hurley shares the books that have shaped his life. This is t...

9 - Heather Parker

15 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode we hear about Caddie Woodlawn, Anne of Green Gables, Henry James, romance novels and the Chronicles of Narnia with guest Heat...

8 - Bryn Mawr Bookstore- Part 2

01 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for part two of our visit to Bryn Mawr Bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts! Our guests, Barbara Powell and Cornelia Robart, share stories on...

BONUS Episode 2 - Holiday Cards

25 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Holidays from all of us at Chapters! On this special episode, our listeners share stories of memorable holiday cards. ]]>

7 - Steven Domingues

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, Steven Domingues, co-host of the Pure BS Podcast joins us to discuss the books that have informed his life. From Goosebumps to the wo...

6 - Harry Potter and Friendship Tests

01 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a continuation of our conversation with Jordan McMillan Rees. Join us as we discuss Harry Potter, fan fiction, and the idea of books a...

5 - Alexis Boylan (Bryn Mawr Bookstore - Part 1)

15 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first in a series of interviews we conducted at Bryn Mawr Bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On this episode, art historian and Bryn M...

BONUS Episode 1 - Bibliomancy

01 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever used a book to predict the future? Divine a fortune? On this first bonus episode of Chapters, we examine the history of bibliomancy, or ...

4 - Casper Ter Kuile

01 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, Casper Ter Kuile, co-host of the Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast, shares parts of his life that have been informed by the bo...

3 - Samantha Fey

01 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

What do Anne of Green Gables , Little House of the Prairie and The Diary of a Psychic have in common? Listen as we learn how these and other books hel...

2 - Deb Bowen

01 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Deb Bowen is the co-host, along with Samantha Fey, of the podcast Psychic Teachers . Do we choose books or do books choose us? Join us as we listen to...

1 - Jordan McMillan Rees

01 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for our inaugural interview in which we discuss The Baby-Sitters Club , Jane Eyre , Twilight , and much more!]]>

Trailer

02 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas