The Lit Hub Podcast
Episodes
March 27, 2026
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Slop-pocalypse now! Oh yes, folks, the AI nonsense continues to accelerate and Drew has some feelings about it and why you (yes you!) should also be a...
February 27, 2026
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's the end of February already! Thank goodness! Drew's reporting in from Pittsburgh, at the annual conference hosted by the American Booksellers Ass...
An Announcement!
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When we launched The Lit Hub Podcast in 2024, we promised you a weekly dive into the behind-the-scenes of the literary world—and what a series of we...
January 30, 2026
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
No episode this week, in solidarity with what we genuinely hope will be something approaching an actual widespread general strike. May you get up to s...
January 23, 2026
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Nick Ripatrazone joins Drew to talk about how generative AI is taking away the very dignity of life and why the process is the point of art...
January 16, 2026
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Happy new year! Or, at least, happy new year-of-books! To kick off the year, which is due to be a truly colossal one on the reading front, members of ...
December 19, 2025
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Squeaking in one more episode for the year, and we promise it's a real treat!Kat Abughazaleh (Democratic candidate for the IL-09) talks with Lit Hub's...
December 12, 2025
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's the end of the year! Which means: best-of lists, abounding. Maybe you've seen our Favorite Books of 2025 list, or our Best (Old) Books We Read in...
December 5, 2025
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's the holiday season! The season of advent! And if you're listening to this, then you probably need a Short Story Advent Calendar in your life. Ent...
November 28, 2025
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a Thanksgiving-week episode, which means—hey, we're thankful for you! Thanks for listening to the show, thanks for being a part of the Lit Hub ...
November 21, 2025
21 Nov 2025
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A time of celebration is now upon us: the literary awards year has closed, which means that it's basically gravy from here til the end of the year. Th...
November 14, 2025
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're heading towards the end of the year, inexorably and completely — but it ain't over yet! There's still reading time, certainly... but ther...
November 7, 2025
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world is ending... the world is ending... but if the world is ending, that means it hasn't ended yet. After seeing The Seat of Our Pants...
October 31, 2025
31 Oct 2025
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It's Halloween! Drew's favorite holiday! And so in lieu of a proper episode this week, here's Drew reading Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"...
October 24, 2025
24 Oct 2025
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Having done this show for a full year, it means we have some traditions now—and the first one we ever set up, really, was having Ryan Chapman (The A...
October 17, 2025
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Would spooky season be complete with some Stephen King? Constant reader, I submit to you: no.This week, Caroline Bicks—the inaugural Stephen E. King...
October 10, 2025
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows, but so too does Thomas Pynchon, we're pretty sure.This week, we're celebrating the latest from...
October 3, 2025
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spooky season is upon us! It's Drew's favorite month and he's got a whole stack of Hallow-reads to keep him company — which has him in generally goo...
September 26, 2025
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us were told or taught that the internet would be permanent — that the things we post, whether on social media or a blog or even a real-life...
September 19, 2025
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Gretchen Felker-Martin, Erica Cerulo & Claire Mazur of 831 Stories, and a phone call from Chill Subs!It's a scary time to be speaking up...
September 12, 2025
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy birthday to us, it's been a year since we launched The Lit Hub Podcast! Not that you'd know it, because Drew completely forgot and didn't includ...
September 5, 2025
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
September means back-to-school! Hooray for learning! Hooray for fall! There's definitely not anything bad or weird going on as relates to education, t...
August 29, 2025
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Superheroes are back, baby! You will believe a man can fly — but did you know that such things were happening in the decades before Siegel and ...
August 22, 2025
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oh summer colds, you might be the worst kind of cold. But that won't stop The Lit Hub Podcast! This week, as we celebrate the dog days of summer,...
August 15, 2025
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew's been working on (gasp) a novel and it seems to be going well (because saying so certainly won't jinx it) so this week is a bit of writer-w...
August 8, 2025
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summer, to me, means long days and hanging out in nature and Shakespeare — specifically Shakespeare in the Park. After James Folta wrote about NYC C...
August 1, 2025
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back from our lil summer break and shaking off the rust! It's been hot, but getting maybe better—and we're trying to take the slow pace and th...
July 11, 2025
11 Jul 2025
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Halfway through the year means it's time to anticipate again! That's right: the Lit Hub staff has compiled a list (multiple lists, actually) of books ...
July 4, 2025
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"...that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from this earth."No, Lincoln didn't say that on July 4th—but Jeffe...
June 27, 2025
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're riding the high of something going right in the world (see: NYC's mayoral primary) and leaning mostly into hijinks and happiness this week—but...
June 20, 2025
20 Jun 2025
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Community. Community, community, community, now more than ever. We kick things off this week with a special guest: Leila Green Little, lead plaintiff ...
June 13, 2025
13 Jun 2025
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Oh another bad week in the world, and what's a book podcast to do but... talk about Hamlet! Seriously, though: theater belongs in the literary convers...
June 6, 2025
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have one of the ~iconic~ Joan Didion Lit Hub totes? (You can still get one, ps.) Were you also interested, and then maybe confused, by the 'new...
May 30, 2025
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you solve a problem like romantasy? What is it like to have written the most banned book in the country? Jenny Hamilton chats about her Reactor...
May 23, 2025
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Memorial Day Weekend is upon us and that means: summer reading! Yes, it's true, you can wear white and it's officially summer. Even if it's already be...
May 16, 2025
16 May 2025
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Mrs. Dalloway turns 100 this week and it has Drew thinking about old books—and, more specifically, discovering old books. After a lightly eerie reve...
May 9, 2025
09 May 2025
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This week saw the announcement of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes—which, if you've been following along at home, I had some questions regarding! Unsurprisi...
May 2, 2025
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday was May Day and it was a big one for us: Lit Hub finally got to add to the canon of "Why I'm Leaving Twitter" posts! Jonny Diamond kicks us ...
April 25, 2025
25 Apr 2025
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April is, as it turns out, a great month for book lovers: the first big wave of pre-summer titles arrives, St. Jordi Day (and Shakespeare's birth/deat...
April 18, 2025
18 Apr 2025
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We're continuing our celebration of National Poetry Month this week with special guest Lisa Willis, executive director of Cave Canem! She's here to te...
April 11, 2025
11 Apr 2025
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If you didn't hear the song earlier this week, it's Lit Hub's 10th birthday! Double-digits, y'all! It's exciting stuff and so obviously Jonny Diamond ...
April 4, 2025
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well books are about to get a lot more expensive, as is everything else, and there's no hiding from the fact that these tariffs really suck! But we're...
March 28, 2025
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You might be mistaken in thinking that it's a real high-culture/low-culture episode this week, but really it's an all-joy-culture episode. Drew kicks ...
March 21, 2025
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we embrace (surprise surprise) the power of books!! But seriously, Drew is in a tizzy about the latest AI-scraping news (tldr they got ALL ...
March 14, 2025
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a big one this week, kicking off with a quick exhortation to (metaphorically) tell Meta/Facebook/Zuckerberg to pound sand by buying a copy of Car...
March 7, 2025
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's an Amazon boycott on, from today until the 14th! But really, publishing should stop linking to Amazon now and forever. Drew explains why!Then,...
February 28, 2025
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First up this week: Dan Sheehan recently had the chance to chat with Omar El Akkad about One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This and we're...
February 21, 2025
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew finished re-watching The Lord of the Rings over the weekend and it has probably influenced a bit of the episode. But he also chats with bookselle...
February 14, 2025
14 Feb 2025
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It's Valentine's Day! So Drew chats with Chloé Caldwell about her recent piece "Yes, I've Been Selling My Book on Dating Apps" — and asks listeners...
February 7, 2025
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Olivia Wolfgang-Smith tells Drew about reading the entirety of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series for her piece "Actually, Master and ...
January 31, 2025
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, some suggestions for men and some suggestions for history! First up, it's James Folta chatting with Drew about his recent piece "Men Have B...
January 27, 2025
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On January 13, New York published a story by Lila Shapiro detailing allegations of sexual assault against fantasy author Neil Gaiman. (TW: the piece i...
January 24, 2025
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The first week of the Trump administration has felt somehow even more awful than we expected it to feel. Everybody's a little on edge. So, we kick thi...
January 17, 2025
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The year has really gotten off on a rough foot. But what lessons can we take from deeply admired artists like Ursula K. Le Guin and David Lynch, for t...
January 10, 2025
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back and raring to go—starting with a year's-resolutions intro from Drew and then diving into something a bit more celebratory: some audio 202...
December 20, 2024
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
'Twas the episode before Christmas and all through the studioNot a sound could be heard—not even 'Sussudio'To close out the year, a new holiday trad...
December 13, 2024
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Well, we jinxed it last week by saying that there was only one more news story! Turns out 2024 isn't done with us, thanks to a handsome assassin who s...
December 6, 2024
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the holiday season—which means that end-of-year lists are really kicking off, and we will be getting into that more in depth in the weeks to co...
November 29, 2024
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Thanksgiving! We're thankful for you, listeners—and so here is a little treat of an episode, a bit wild and a bit longer than usual but we fig...
November 22, 2024
22 Nov 2024
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It's a big episode this week, because it is raining in New York (finally!) and we just have a lot of cool stuff to share.• Jessie Gaynor drops in to...
November 15, 2024
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha Harvey's Orbital won the Booker Prize! Next week, it's the National Book Awards! It's cold and flu season! Gosh, the year is really flying by...
November 8, 2024
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No theme music, so you know it's serious.IN THIS EP:• Jonny Diamond talks to Drew about some ways that Lit Hub hopes to respond to the idea of a sec...
November 1, 2024
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spooky season is officially over, which means it's Bookmatch time! Our friends at n+1 have launched their holiday fundraising book quiz once again—a...
October 25, 2024
25 Oct 2024
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It's a bookseller-heavy episode this week—just in time to start thinking about shopping local/indie for your holiday shopping needs...• Drew expan...
October 18, 2024
18 Oct 2024
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It's mid-October which means we are in the thick of spooky season—and we've got a spooky spectacular for you this week!• Tune in to James Folta ca...
October 11, 2024
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As part of The Issues 2024, this episode is largely about unions and labor—but also, a little bit more about romance books because it turns out... p...
October 4, 2024
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's with all the romance-specific bookstores opening around the country? Have you ever read any translated true crime? And what is horror as a genr...
September 27, 2024
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's Banned Books Week! There's a new Sally Rooney book! What a week!Brittany K. Allen talks to host Drew Broussard about Sally Rooney ManiaCalvin Kas...
September 20, 2024
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week:James Folta on "Meet the writer who added 'lol' to the end of every sentence of In Search of Lost Time"Dan Sheehan talks to Huda Fakhreddine...
September 13, 2024
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week:A Conversation on Lists with Jonny Diamond & Emily Temple17 Novels You Should Read This Fall"Am I the Literary Asshole?" with Kristen Ar...
Trailer
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Lit Hub Podcast!Hosted by LH podcasts editor Drew Broussard, this new weekly show goes behind the scenes at Lit Hub, diving deeper into...