Poured Over

Expertly researched and intimately narrated, The Vanishing Family by Robert Kolker is the harrowing and hopeful account of one family's experience with a terrifying genetic illness. Robert joins us to talk about memory, personality, agency, illness, and resilience 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 & Writers:
The Vanishing Family by Robert Kolker
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
Lost Girls by Robert Kolker
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Nick Cohn
Joan Didion
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Fifties by David Halberstam

The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon follows the headstrong Grace O'Malley, a young woman who defies her family's expectations by becoming a sea captain with her own mighty fleet of ships. As she sails, she learns to defend her land, her people and herself.  Ariel joins us to talk about the craft of historical fiction, defying genre, and Irish folklore with cohost Brenda Allison.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Brenda Allison and mixed by Harry Liang.
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
Featured Books & Authors:
The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls
Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon
Lisa Gardner
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon
Madeline L'Engle

Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel begins in future America, where society is crumbling, and a bewildering mystery unravels after a man vanishes during a house party. Emily joined us live in Philadelphia to talk about the craft of fiction, hinge moments, world-building, transience, and quantum entanglement 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 & Authors:
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Sebastian Junger
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World by Nathaniel Philbrick vividly brings to life the western migration that changed the United States forever, propelling it into a new era of expansion and conflict. Nathaniel joins us to talk about the Wild West, vigilante justice, Herman Melville, and the value of reading history 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:
The Rush by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Away Off Shore by Nathaniel Philbrick
Why Read Moby-Dick by Nathaniel Philbrick
Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Hurricane's Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick
Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick
Sea of Glory by Nathaniel Philbrick
Second Wind by Nathaniel Philbrick
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
McTeague by Frank Norris
The Octopus by Frank Norris
The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk

Public Access Afterworld, a harrowing mystery from filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, follows a content moderator who discovers the horrific realm beyond the television static. Jane joins us to talk about creating a mythology, nostalgia, screenwriting 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 Authors & Films:
Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun
I Saw The TV Glow
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Cormac McCarthy
Don DeLillo
 
TBR Featured Books:
Slade House by David Mitchell
Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay