Poured Over

The Complex by Karan Mahajan is a captivating family drama that moves between the US and India during a time of political transformation. Karan joins us to talk about Russian novels, the American Dream, New Delhi, connection, memory vs nostalgia, exile and more with host Miwa Messer.

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 Complex by Karan Mahajan
The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
This Is Not That Dawn by Yashpal
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
Ravelstein by Saul Bellow
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow

Whidbey by T Kira Madden is a gripping story of three women and the complex ties that bind them. T Kira joins us to talk about life-changing moments, balancing fact and fiction, immersive research, interactive reading, truth, storytelling 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):
Whidbey by T Kira Madden
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Cruddy by Lynda Barry
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

The Fox Hunt by Caitlin Breeze follows students at an elite university concealing a dark and deadly secret. Caitlin joins us to talk about the publishing process, attending Cambridge, patriarchy within academia, tradition, the gothic, fairy tales and more with cohost Isabelle McConville.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Isabelle McConville 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 Fox Hunt by Caitlin Breeze
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Metamorphoses: Translated by Stephanie McCarter
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The Golden Boy by Patricia Finn is a deeply funny and tender novel following a former Hollywood executive who must finally confront a long-buried secret to build a brighter future. Patricia joins us to talk about ghostwriting, hope, voice, boundaries, Aristotle, connection and more with cohost Isabelle McConville.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Isabelle McConville 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 Golden Boy by Patricia Finn
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
My Antonia by Willa Cather

Featured Books (TBR Top Off)
The Golden Boy by Patricia Finn
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a beautiful, soul-searing story about the power of books. Markus joins us to talk about bookstores, looking back on the last 20 years, TBR piles, creative intuition, language, connection 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 Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday by Kurt Vonnegut

Featured Books (TBR Top Off)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Lions' Run by Sara Pennypacker
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne