Literary Disco

Hosted ByTod Goldberg, Julia Pistell, & Rider Strong

Writers talk about reading. Hosted by Tod Goldberg, Julia Pistell, and Rider Strong.


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Episode 143: Sense and Sensibility

Today we head back to a classic of English literature as Julia, Rider, and Tod read and discuss one of Jane Austen’s enduring novels of manners and marriage, Sense...

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Episode 142: Heart Berries

This week, Julia, Rider, and Tod discuss Terese Marie Mailhot‘s short and powerful memoir, Heart Berries. In the sledgehammer of a book, Mailhot addresses the traumas she has gone...

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Episode 141: The Girl from the Black Lagoon

This week, the Literary Disco trio sit down with Mallory O’Meara to discuss her new book, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of...

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Episode 140: The Last Samurai

This week, Julia, Rider, and Tod discuss Helen Dewitt’s novel The Last Samurai, which, they are compelled to point out, has nothing to do with the horrible Tom Cruise...

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Episode 139: Children of the Disco

On this week’s episode, Julia, Rider, and Tod discuss what each of them are reading to Literary Disco’s second generation, from Frog and Toad to The Rainbow Goblins and...

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Episode 138: Let the Games Begin

No better way to start the new month than with some of Literary Disco’s classic book games.

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Episode 137: There, There

The debut novel from Tommy Orange has been on almost every Best Of 2018 list, but does the Literary Disco trio agree?

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Episode 136: Tarzan of the Apes

Welcome to a new year, with your favorite literary podcast. We start 2019 with the classic tale of Tarzan.    We all know the story: after the death of...

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Episode 135: On Sabrina, Men in Underpants, and Bruce Springsteen

Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina is the first graphic novel to be nominated for the Man Booker Prize. It’s also a beautiful and heartbreaking rendering of the current American psyche and...

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