Marlon and Jake Read Dead People

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Marlon and Jake Read Dead People is a podcast hosted by the Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morris...

#9 US · Overall 45 recordings 5 h 2019 → today Occasional updated 10 days ago
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All episodes

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The Literary Hall of Shame 36 min · Jake Morrissey, Marlon James · contributed by Lukas · 10 days ago
English Teachers, Look Away 44 min · Jake Morrissey, Marlon James · contributed by Lukas · 17 days ago
In Defense of Gratuitous Violence 39 min · contributed by Lukas · 24 days ago
The Most Important Character Isn’t a Character 48 min · Marlon James, Jake Morrissey · contributed by Lukas · Aug 18
This Got More Personal Than We Expected 37 min · Marlon James, Jake Morrissey · contributed by Lukas · Aug 11
Why Does Great Literature Have Such Bad Sex? 36 min · Marlon James, Jake Morrissey · contributed by Lukas · Aug 4
Writers We'll Never Read Again (Sorry, Faulkner) 40 min · Jake Morrissey, Marlon James · contributed by Lukas · Jul 28
Is Jane Eyre Okay? 36 min · Jake Morrissey, Marlon James · contributed by Lukas · Jul 21
Calling Bullshit on Dystopias contributed by Lukas · Jul 14
Clearing the Cobwebs 38 min · Marlon James, Jake Morrissey · contributed by Lukas · Jul 7
The Beach Read contributed by Lukas · May 2, 2023
The Campus Novel contributed by Lukas · Apr 25, 2023
City Settings contributed by Lukas · Apr 18, 2023
Characters Behaving Badly contributed by Lukas · Apr 11, 2023
Poetry FOMO contributed by Lukas · Apr 4, 2023
Books Assigned in School contributed by Lukas · Mar 28, 2023
Judging a Book contributed by Lukas · Mar 21, 2023
From TBR to Recently Read contributed by Lukas · Mar 14, 2023
Season Three Announcement contributed by Lukas · Mar 7, 2023
Appetizer 2: Powerful Female Characters contributed by Lukas · Feb 25, 2022
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Charts

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#9 Overall · United States

🇨🇦 #1 · 🇵🇭 #1 · 🇵🇱 #2 · 🇦🇺 #2 · 🇮🇪 #2 · 🇫🇮 #2 · 🇬🇧 #2 · 🇳🇿 #3 · 🇪🇸 #3 · 🇲🇽 #4 · +18 more

charted in 29 countriesFull rankings →

Activity

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3 episodes · last 30 days · avg 39 min

Tue 10

Episodes per week over the last six months.

About

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Marlon and Jake Read Dead People is a podcast hosted by the Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor at Riverhead Books. In each episode, Marlon and Jake talk about authors—specifically dead authors. Authors they like. Authors they hate. Great books, terrible books, and books they love that you’d never expect them...

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Rankings

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As of 2026-09-11, Marlon and Jake Read Dead People ranks #154 on Apple Podcasts in the Philippines, and appears on charts in 3 countries.

Ranking over time

Overall chart position, last 90 days · lower is better

Where it charts

Current overall position by country · categories in 🇵🇭 Philippines as of 2026-09-18

🇵🇭 Philippines #154 🇵🇱 Poland #175 🇫🇮 Finland #182 News #59 Apple Arts #126 Apple
Chart records
First charted2026-02-22
Best ever#84 on Apple Podcasts (Philippines) · 2026-09-09
Days on chart8
Countries now3
CategoriesNews · Arts