DiscoverPoured Over
Claim Ownership
Poured Over
Author: Barnes & Noble
Subscribed: 173Played: 7,897Subscribe
Share
©1997-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. 33 E 17th St, New York, NY 10003
Description
Poured Over is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and characters; readers who ask a lot of questions, just like Poured Over’s host, Miwa Messer, a career bookseller who’s always reading. Follow us here for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and lots of great book recommendations from big name authors and authors on their way to being big names. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).
480 Episodes
Reverse
The Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo presents a collection of stories from history highlighting both quiet and significant moments with a personal and captivating lens. DiMeo joins us to talk about adapting his podcast into the written word, some of his favorite moments and why remembering our history is so important and more with cohost, Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): The Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo
Soups, Salads, Sandwiches by Matty Matheson showcases the culinary star’s favorite meals with flavorful twists on kitchen basics. Matheson joins us to talk about putting together another cookbook, some of his go-to recipes, his influences and more with guest host, Kat Sarfas. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Kat Sarfas and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): Soups, Salads, Sandwiches by Matty Matheson Home Style Cookery by Matty Matheson
The Third Realm by Karl Ove Knausgaard continues the story of a world where change is set in motion when a new star appears in the sky and the lives of those affected. Knausgaard joins us to talk about creating his many characters, crafting a narrative across many books, writing from points of transition and conflict and more with cohost, Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): The Third Realm by Karl Ove Knausgaard The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgaard My Struggle, Book 1 by Karl Ove Knausgaard On Writing by Stephen King The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann The Names by Don DeLillo Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy is a saga of secrets, lies and family ties set when a prodigal daughter returns to a hefty inheritance and relatives that deem her undeserving. Roy joins us to talk about the voices of her characters, how she came to tell this story, writing in different mediums and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth An Equal Music by Vikram Seth The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
National Book Award winner Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu captures family, legacy, immigration and assimilation in a personal and comedic novel. Yu joins us to talk about the adaptation of the book into a television series, writing in different genres, who gets to tell our stories and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin chronicles the band’s precipitous rise to fame, shining a comprehensive light on their journey. Carlin joins us to talk about his start in music journalism, telling important stories, the lasting influence of songs and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin Mystery Train by Greil Marcus The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer reflects with care and compassion on humanity’s reciprocal relationship with nature and the economy. Kimmerer joins us to talk about the ways the natural world reflects human society, how we can reframe our views on the systems around us, what we can do to improve our connection to nature and more with cohost Jenna Seery. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Donald and Jamie. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Featured Books (TBR Top Off): The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger The Hummingbirds' Gift by Sy Montgomery
Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, joins us to talk about her connection to the organization, the process of judging the National Book Awards, who she is as a reader and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Marc, Jamie, and Donald. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): March: Book Three by John Lewis Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson My Friends by Hisham Matar Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Featured Books (TBR Top Off): The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard Behind the Beautiful Forever by Katherine Boo The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Malcolm Gladwell’s Revenge of the Tipping Point revisits the author’s previous subject matter with a modern lens, dissecting what it is that pushes society over the edge, and what role we play in it. Gladwell joined us live to talk about how he started working on this book, some of the things that surprised him with the process, the ways our environments influence us and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Gather Me by Glory Edim is a memoir that centers on reading, writing and the way literature can shape us and make us feel seen. Edim joins us to talk about why she wrote this book, the importance of an author’s voice, the many works that shaped her as a reader and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): Gather Me by Glory Edim Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Middlemarch by George Eliot The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates There There by Tommy Orange If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward James by Percival Everett Erasure by Percival Everett How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith
The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke returns to the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell with an atmospheric fairytale about a young woman and her connection to nature. Clarke joins us to talk about why she chose to write this story now, creating her memorable characters, incorporating magic into the world we know and more with cohost Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience is a new illustrated edition of the bestselling, conversation-driving anthology featuring some of our top journalists, historians, poets, essayists, and photographers examining the lasting impacts of slavery in America. Author Nikole Hannah-Jones and artist Xaviera Simmons join us live to talk about the continuation of the project, the responses from readers, the power of who gets to tell stories and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience by Nikole Hannah-Jones The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah Jones
Nick Harkaway takes on his father’s iconic George Smiley series with Karla’s Choice — another thrilling journey into the world of espionage. Harkaway joins us to talk about how he came to this challenge, his time working in entertainment, how he generates ideas and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Donald and Jamie. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy by John le Carré The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen Featured Books (TBR Top Off): American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre
Sabaa Tahir’s Heir returns to the fractured and fraught world of her Ember in the Ashes series as 3 young people’s lives come together in surprising and heartbreaking ways. Tahir joins us to talk about revisiting familiar worlds and characters, dropping readers right in the action, writing complex heroes and villains and more with cohost Jenna Seery. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Marc and Donald. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): Heir by Sabaa Tahir An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Featured Books (Episode): The City in Glass by Nghi Vo The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel takes a new look at the life and impacts of Marie Curie, focusing on the ways she fostered growth for other women in science. Sobel joins us to talk about why she wanted to tell Curie’s story, her research process, the importance of continuing to analyze our history and more with cohost, Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel Longitude by Dava Sobel Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel
Mark Haddon’s Dogs and Monsters is a collection of stories that span a wide range of topics and themes based on Greek myth and other literary influences. Haddon joins us to talk about the way he compiles his stories, their connections to other works of literature, writing in different genres and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): Dogs and Monsters by Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon The Porpoise by Mark Haddon To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Don’t Be a Stranger by Susan Minot is a story of obsession, lust and life populated by intriguing characters and full of simmering tension. Minot joins us to talk about the start of the novel, the many ways she creates art, the fluidity of time and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Marc and Donald. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): Don’t Be a Stranger by Susan Minot Monkeys by Susan Minot All Fours by Miranda July Sandwich by Catherine Newman Why I Don’t Write: And Other Stories by Susan Minot Nocturnes for the King of Naples by Edmund White Rememberings by Sinead O’Connor The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner East of Eden by John Steinbeck Featured Books (TBR Top Off): Vladimir by Julia May Jonas All Fours by Miranda July
In The Message, Ta-Nehisi Coates delivers a gripping account of some of our world's hardest truths all within a book that's ultimately about the craft of writing. Coates joins us to talk about the inspiration for telling these stories, the role of memory, his influences and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Marc and Donald. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk Featured Books (TBR Top Off): The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde Avengers of the New World by Laurent DuBois
Henry V by Dan Jones takes us back in time to an age of grandeur, guts and glory with an astonishing account of a complicated king. Jones joins us live to talk about the way he crafted the book, the importance of analyzing our past, the roles of the historian and more with cohost, Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): Henry V by Dan Jones The Plantagenets by Dan Jones The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones The Templars by Dan Jones The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming American Tabloid by James Ellroy
888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers by Abraham Chang is a debut about the coming-of-age search for love and meaning via family, friendships, education, and (especially) pop culture. Chang joins us to talk about his career in publishing, the Easter eggs he hides in his work, his ensemble of characters and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers by Abraham Chang High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Comments
Top Podcasts
The Best New Comedy Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best News Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Business Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Sports Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New True Crime Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Right Now – June 20The Best New Dan Bongino Show Podcast Right Now – June 20The Best New Mark Levin Podcast – June 2024
United States