Poured Over

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

The Occidental Book of the Dead by T. Geronimo Johnson is a sharp-eyed look at America which follows George Washington Jonson across two decades of his life as a Black cop in Atlanta. T. Geronimo joins us to talk about class, community, belonging, and empathy 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:
The Occidental Book of the Dead by T. Geronimo Johnson
Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson
Hold It 'Til It Hurts by T. Geronimo Johnson
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Percival Everett
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
James Baldwin
There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone

Luna, Phoenix, Queen is Julie Orringer's latest, a thoughtful, and thought-provoking novel about the stories we tell about ourselves—and who gets to tells them. Julie joins us to talk about autonomy, memory, patience, and her adopted dog, Hazel 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:
Luna, Phoenix, Queen by Julie Orringer
The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer
How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Dear Life by Alice Munro
How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend by The Monks of New Skete
The Art of Raising a Puppy by The Monks of New Skete
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories by Bad Watson
Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet's Journey by Stephen Kuusisto
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Day for Night by Frederick Reiken
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
Foster by Claire Keegan
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders