Host Francesca Amiker sits down with directors Joe and Anthony Russo, producer Angela Russo-Otstot, stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, and more to uncover how family was the key to building the emotional core of The Electric State . From the Russos’ own experiences growing up in a large Italian family to the film’s central relationship between Michelle and her robot brother Kid Cosmo, family relationships both on and off of the set were the key to bringing The Electric State to life. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts . State Secrets: Inside the Making of The Electric State is produced by Netflix and Treefort Media.…
BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books.
BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books.
Jeff talks about 21 books coming out this month that caught his eye. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . Discussed in this episode: I Have a Capital Suggestion for a New Pronoun by John McWhorter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff talks to Emma Pattee about her debut novel, Tilt . They talk earthquakes, IKEA, the consequences of writing place precisely, and much more. This book is a winner, folks. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff is joined by Jack Lohmann, author of the new book White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus-in Our Cells, in Our Food, and in Our World . Plus, his editor at Pantheon, Todd Portnowitz joins the conversation to talk about positioning, crafting, and otherwise publishing non-fiction like this. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff talks to Stephen Graham Jones about his reading life. Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author of thirty-five or so novels and collections, and there are some novellas and comic books in there as well. Most recent are Earthdivers and I Was a Teenage Slasher . His new book, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter , is out now. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Alissa Wilkinson joins Jeff to talk about her new book, We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine . Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine by Alissa Wilkinson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff talks to Amal El-Mohtar about This is How You Lose the Time War getting one of greatest bookish gifts ever bestowed by the internet before talking about her new book, The River Has Roots . Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell's on March 13th This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Scaachi Koul joins Jeff to talk about her new book, Sucker Punch with a new little format for First Edition called "10 Notecards With..." Jeff has picked out 10 things from the new book — words, ideas, stories, etc. — written them on notecards, and then has Saachi pick them at random (at least at the start order). Turned out to be a lot of fun, so expect to hear more of these. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in This Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell's on March 13th Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Liberty Hardy joins Jeff to talk about hosting 500 episodes of All The Books! and a host of other reading-related topics. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . Discussed in this episode: All The Books! Liberty Hardy on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Rebecca Romney joins Jeff to talk about her new book, Jane Austen's Bookshelf. They talk about personal book collecting, rediscovering literary history for yourself, a few of the writers Austen admired, and more. Jane Austen's Bookshelf is out now. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney Rebecca Romney on Instagram The Honey & Wax Book Collecting Contest Type Punch Matrix (Romney's Rare Book Company) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Sarah Chihaya joins Jeff to talk about her new memoir, Bibliophobia . They talk life-ruining books, the enormous weight of all the books that are out there and how we cannot read them all, and other less-talked about parts of the reading life. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff talks to Professor Shigehiro Oishi about his new book, Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life . Books and reading play a central role in the book, both as examples but also as avenues towards living a psychologically rich life. I really enjoyed this book and this conversation. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
John Warner joins Jeff to talk about his new book, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI . We talk about the teaching of writing, what we might want to save for humans, what kinds of things LLMs expose about how we think about writing, and what the present and future of living with AI could be. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: More Than Words by John Warner The Biblioracle Recommends Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Bookshop.org Founder Andy Hunter joins Jeff to talk about Bookshop now offering ebooks. Then, Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project , comes on to talk about her bookish reading challenge: read for 25 in '25. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Bookshop.org Now Sells Ebooks Gretchen Rubin's 25 in '25 Challenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff uses Susie Dumond's piece for Book Riot about 2025 predictions as a framework for taking stock of where we are and what the year may hold for publishing and reading. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Book Trend Predictions for 2025 Bed and Break-Up by Susie Dumond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jeff talks to Nnedi Okorafor about her life as a reader. Her new book, Death of the Author, is out now. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS , Apple Podcasts , or Spotify . For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack . This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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