1

Valeria Luiselli

Mar 20, 2026

38:25

2

Aracelis Girmay (& an announcement)

Mar 12, 2026

43:02

3

Jayson Greene (Live!)

Mar 6, 2026

46:29

4

Tayari Jones

Feb 25, 2026

49:52

5

Introducing: "Borrowed & Returned" from the Brooklyn Public Library

Oct 17, 2025

28:13

6

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Oct 8, 2025

37:24

7

Claire Vaye Watkins

Oct 1, 2025

57:21

8

Mariana Enriquez

Sep 24, 2025

44:34

9

Miriam Toews

Sep 17, 2025

48:51

10

Renee Gladman

Jun 25, 2025

42:49

11

Nicholson Baker

Jun 18, 2025

40:12

12

Sarah Aziza

Jun 11, 2025

51:06

13

Lisa Ko

Jun 4, 2025

41:52

14

Sabrina Imbler

Mar 26, 2025

39:59

15

Maya Binyam

Mar 19, 2025

52:10

16

Carvell Wallace

Mar 12, 2025

43:12

17

Lidia Yuknavitch

Mar 5, 2025

42:47

18

Live! Garth Greenwell

Nov 15, 2024

55:34

19

Remix! Jericho Brown

Oct 4, 2024

49:29

20

Sigrid Nunez

Sep 19, 2024

51:57

21

Sofia Samatar

Aug 23, 2024

42:40

22

Emma Copley Eisenberg

Aug 2, 2024

41:45

23

Amy Lin

Jul 19, 2024

48:29

24

Remix! Aimee Nezhukumatathil

May 24, 2024

38:17

25

Dorothea Lasky

Apr 12, 2024

42:10

26

Vinson Cunningham

Mar 22, 2024

44:48

27

Meghan O'Rourke

Mar 8, 2024

48:55

28

Rumaan Alam

Feb 23, 2024

44:43

29

Maira Kalman

Feb 9, 2024

39:29

30

McKenzie Wark

Jan 26, 2024

41:45

31

Gina Chung

Apr 12, 2023

41:07

32

J Wortham

Apr 5, 2023

40:25

33

Barbara Brandon-Croft

Mar 29, 2023

49:16

34

Sarah Thankam Mathews

Mar 15, 2023

47:43

35

Layli Long Soldier

Mar 8, 2023

47:37

36

Hari Kondabolu

Mar 1, 2023

60:21

37

Angie Cruz

Feb 22, 2023

44:10

38

Chani Nicholas

Feb 15, 2023

47:06

39

Introducing Guest Host Mira Jacob

Feb 8, 2023

25:24

40

Hafizah Geter

Feb 1, 2023

41:14

41

Sam Lipsyte

Jan 25, 2023

39:41

42

Heather Radke

Jan 18, 2023

49:08

43

A 100th Episode Celebration

Dec 28, 2022

23:11

44

Endnotes: Saeed Jones, Chloé Cooper Jones, and pre-orders

Dec 7, 2022

11:18

45

Alyssa Songsiridej

Nov 30, 2022

35:58

46

Asali Solomon

Nov 23, 2022

36:59

47

Saeed Jones

Nov 16, 2022

45:47

48

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

Nov 9, 2022

45:51

49

Chloé Cooper Jones

Nov 2, 2022

49:09

50

Kay Ulanday Barrett

Oct 26, 2022

42:03

51

Endnotes: Patrick Cottrell, Lynn Steger Strong, and some scary reading

Oct 12, 2022

26:12

52

Samantha Hunt

Oct 5, 2022

42:36

53

Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Sep 28, 2022

49:03

54

Amy Fusselman

Sep 21, 2022

36:18

55

Celeste Ng

Sep 14, 2022

50:19

56

Endnotes: Crystal Hana Kim, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and summer reading

Aug 10, 2022

27:13

57

Michelle Tea

Aug 3, 2022

45:46

58

Keith Gessen

Jul 27, 2022

47:44

59

Crystal Hana Kim

Jul 20, 2022

39:04

60

Lydia Conklin

Jul 13, 2022

39:59

61

Ashley C. Ford

Jul 6, 2022

50:18

62

Endnotes: Marie-Helene Bertino, Ocean Vuong, and listening to your own voice

Jun 22, 2022

15:30

63

Jhumpa Lahiri

Jun 15, 2022

47:13

64

Elissa Washuta

Jun 8, 2022

47:33

65

Jessamine Chan

Jun 1, 2022

41:49

66

Morgan Talty

May 25, 2022

46:07

67

Stephanie Foo

May 18, 2022

44:23

68

Endnotes: Ross Gay, adrienne maree brown, and a special song

May 4, 2022

22:50

69

Jeff VanderMeer

Apr 27, 2022

42:30

70

Introducing Storybound

Apr 26, 2022

32:11

71

N. Scott Momaday

Apr 20, 2022

23:57

72

Lulu Miller

Apr 13, 2022

47:59

73

adrienne maree brown

Apr 6, 2022

49:24

74

Allegra Hyde

Mar 30, 2022

43:25

75

Ed Yong

Mar 23, 2022

51:01

76

Endnotes: Sheila Heti, Alexander Chee, and a New Voice

Mar 9, 2022

20:11

77

Sheila Heti

Mar 2, 2022

33:35

78

Carl Erik Fisher

Feb 23, 2022

43:35

79

Sarah Manguso

Feb 16, 2022

44:46

80

Kiese Laymon

Feb 9, 2022

43:53

81

Leanne Shapton

Feb 2, 2022

41:10

82

From Well-Read Black Girl: Min Jin Lee on Becoming a Writer

Feb 1, 2022

5:19

83

Revisiting Melissa Febos

Dec 29, 2021

48:57

84

Revisiting Ross Gay

Dec 22, 2021

49:15

85

A Look Back at 2021

Dec 15, 2021

40:22

86

Katie Kitamura

Dec 8, 2021

40:21

87

James Han Mattson

Dec 1, 2021

45:39

88

Aimee Bender

Nov 24, 2021

39:40

89

Ryka Aoki

Nov 17, 2021

43:25

90

Gregory Pardlo

Nov 10, 2021

39:15

91

Introducing Operator, From Wondery

Nov 9, 2021

5:52

92

Susan Orlean

Nov 3, 2021

46:04

93

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Oct 27, 2021

45:03

94

Warren Ellis

Oct 20, 2021

37:30

95

Rita Dove

Oct 13, 2021

45:18

96

Sanaë Lemoine

Oct 6, 2021

42:00

97

Andrew Martin

Sep 29, 2021

41:55

98

Rebecca Carroll

Sep 22, 2021

43:32

99

Maggie Nelson

Sep 15, 2021

39:03

100

Alexandra Kleeman

Sep 8, 2021

48:00

101

Lauren Sandler

Sep 1, 2021

38:41

102

Eula Biss

Aug 25, 2021

50:20

103

Deesha Philyaw

Aug 18, 2021

42:56

104

Mary Ruefle

Aug 11, 2021

37:33

105

Thresholds Presents Wondery's True Love

Aug 7, 2021

5:36

106

Nadia Owusu

Aug 4, 2021

43:12

107

Michelle Orange

Jul 28, 2021

41:12

108

Rivka Galchen

Jul 21, 2021

48:15

109

Kaveh Akbar

Jul 14, 2021

53:00

110

Kristen Radtke

Jul 7, 2021

43:04

111

Jericho Brown

Jun 30, 2021

48:37

112

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Jun 23, 2021

51:54

113

Patrick Cottrell

Jun 16, 2021

40:03

114

Kristen Arnett

Jun 9, 2021

42:06

115

Donika Kelly

Jun 2, 2021

46:19

116

Hilary Leichter

May 26, 2021

35:05

117

C Pam Zhang

May 19, 2021

38:46

118

Rachel Kushner

May 12, 2021

43:37

119

Hanif Abdurraqib

May 5, 2021

37:21

120

Ahmed Naji

Apr 28, 2021

46:34

121

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Apr 21, 2021

39:02

122

Jordan Kisner

Apr 14, 2021

53:52

123

Fariha Róisín

Apr 7, 2021

44:15

124

Melissa Febos

Mar 31, 2021

48:57

125

Marie-Helene Bertino

Mar 24, 2021

41:32

126

Esmé Weijun Wang

Mar 17, 2021

46:40

127

Lynn Steger Strong

Mar 10, 2021

42:49

128

Fernanda Melchor

Mar 3, 2021

46:25

129

Lydia Millet

Feb 24, 2021

50:17

130

Ross Gay

Feb 17, 2021

50:06

131

Suleika Jaouad

Feb 10, 2021

34:23

132

Eileen Myles

Feb 3, 2021

44:44

133

Margo Jefferson

Jan 27, 2021

46:22

134

Catherine Lacey

Jan 20, 2021

46:18

135

Raven Leilani

Jan 13, 2021

43:34

136

A Look Back at 2020

Jan 6, 2021

30:10

137

Natalie Diaz

Sep 30, 2020

46:53

138

Wayétu Moore

Sep 23, 2020

33:32

139

Cathy Park Hong

Sep 16, 2020

46:29

140

Mychal Denzel Smith

Sep 9, 2020

55:02

141

Laura Kolbe

Sep 2, 2020

52:12

142

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Aug 26, 2020

58:09

143

Kate Zambreno

Aug 19, 2020

43:32

144

Ocean Vuong

Aug 12, 2020

51:20

145

Season 2 -- Coming August 12th

Aug 5, 2020

1:58

146

Leslie Jamison

May 22, 2020

45:46

147

Carmen Maria Machado

Apr 15, 2020

34:17

148

Suleika Jaouad

Apr 8, 2020

36:23

149

Tara Westover

Apr 1, 2020

41:47

150

Wendy S. Walters

Mar 26, 2020

24:11

151

Alexander Chee

Mar 18, 2020

23:32

152

Mira Jacob

Mar 11, 2020

37:04

153

Introducing Thresholds

Mar 7, 2020

1:41

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