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Book Riot: The Podcast

The Book Riot Podcast is a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading, brought to you by the editors of Book Riot.

The BR Podcast Interviews: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Discussion with Jackson Bird

Jackson Bird from The Harry Potter Alliance joins Jeff for an in-depth, spoiler-filled discussion of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the current state of the Harry Potter Universe.

Episode 170 A/B Universe

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about our visit to Powell's, rumors of another Oprah pick, librarian Olympics, and much more.

Episode 169 Respectacles

This week, it's all about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and The Underground Railroad.

Episode 168 The Biggest Book of the Year

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the impending release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Man Booker longlist, and more.

Episode 167 Competitive Spreadsheeting

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the last Divergent movie going straight to TV, one-hour book delivery, audiobook listening by state, how romance gets sold, and much more.

Episode 166 Crossing the Streams

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about beauty products in Barnes & Noble, the best debut novels of 2016, James Patterson hanging some serious paper, and much more.

Episode 165 Speaking of Dander

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about online pricing, Gay Talese's untrue non-fiction, the first romance-only bookstore in the U.S., and book vending machines in "book deserts."

The Book Riot Podcast Interviews: 2016 Halftime Show with Lisa Lucas and Kevin Nguyen

Rebecca talks with two special guests about the best books of 2016 so far.

Episode 164 Notoriously Grumpy

This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss the town that fired its library cat, what happens when a work of journalism is marketed as memoir, and more.

Episode 163 A Soft Spot for Barnes & Noble

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk the best-selling books of the first half of 2016, the health of Barnes & Noble, celebrity literary philanthropy, and much more.