Weekly Update: Comfort Reads, New Interviews & An AI Reality Check

This week on the Page Chewing Weekly Update, I share what I've been reading, what I've been watching, and what's happening behind the scenes at the podcast.We talk about our ongoing reread of The Darkness That Comes Before, why revisiting The Second Apocalypse has been more challenging than I expected, and why I've learned to embrace reading at my own pace instead of racing through books. I also share an update on our postponed Malazan discussion and what to expect from this week's Page Burners episode.On the podcast front, Beyond the Page officially launches this week with interviews featuring T.J. Cooper and Jared Maxwell, and I discuss the excitement—and occasional frustrations—of scheduling author interviews.I also review Paranormal Activity 2, revisit the unforgettable French horror film Martyrs, provide an update on the upcoming Daily Page project, and finish with some thoughts on AI—how it helped solve a frustrating audio problem, why I think it's here to stay, and why the real question is how we choose to use it.Finally, I'd love to hear from you: What's the longest fantasy series you've ever finished? Send in a SpeakPipe message, and you might be featured in next week's update!https://www.speakpipe.com/PageChewing