Jeff and Rebecca each select 10 books to win your vote in our Summer Preview draft.
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JAMES Wins the Pulitzer & Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations Part 2
First, Jeff and Rebecca digest Percival Everett's Pulitzer win (including a little palace intrigue of the literary variety). Then, they conclude this go-round of reader recommendation requests.
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2025 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 1
Jeff and Rebecca respond to a range of listener recommendation requests, including, but not exclusively, for moms, dads, and grads.
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The It Books of May 2025
Jeff and Rebecca try to determine what the It Book of May 2025 will be.
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Ranking the Stories of EXIT ZERO by Marie-Helene Bertino by How Marie-Helene Bertino They Are [Teaser]
This is a preview of the Patreon-only episode in which Jeff and Rebecca talk about Bertino's new short story collection by ranking the stories in Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino. This is for the real ones out there.
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