Paperback Readers

Welcome to Paperback Readers, a podcast with Joe and Julie in which they discuss what they’re reading and go in-depth on one book they read together.

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Episodes

Paperback Readers Episode 11

Joe and Julie catch up on their holiday reading and discuss the writing of Malcolm Gladwell.

Jan 04, 2021•Season 2Ep. 12

Paperback Readers Episode 10

Joe and Julie end the year with each of their top ten books of 2020.

Dec 22, 2020•Season 1Ep. 11

Joe and Julie talk political books, middle grade and young adult books, and the importance of reading the right book at the right time, and they do a deep dive into Frederik Backman’s amazing Anxious People.

Dec 08, 2020•Season 1Ep. 10

Paperback Readers Episode 8

Joe and Julie discuss Jon Meacham's His Truth Is Marching On, and they catch up on the other things they've been reading.

Nov 22, 2020•Season 1Ep. 9

Paperback Readers Episode 7

Joe and Julie talk about Michael Ian Black’s A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son.

Nov 09, 2020•Season 1Ep. 8

Paperback Readers Episode 6

How do you decide whether to read controversial literature? We’re discussing this and more on the podcast today.

Oct 26, 2020•Season 1Ep. 7

Paperback Readers Episode 5

Joe and Julie discuss Nick Hornby's novel Just Like You.

Oct 13, 2020•Season 1Ep. 6

Paperback Readers Episode 4

Joe and Julie talk about Yaa Gyasi's Transcendent Kingdom.

Sep 28, 2020•Season 1Ep. 5

Paperback Readers Episode 3

Joe and Julie discuss Do Not Sell at Any Price by Amanda Petrusich and The Deepest South of All by Richard Grant, as well as what they are currently reading.

Sep 14, 2020•Season 1Ep. 4

Paperback Readers Episode 2

This week's deep dive is on Tim Soerens's Everywhere You Look and Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan.

Aug 31, 2020•Season 1Ep. 3

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