Episode 114 - Tangerine by Edward Bloor

How do we measure up to our parents' expectations? Does everybody deserve a day off? What's the toughest part of being a homeschooled kid? Our group of readers from the Broomfield Public Library in Colorado weigh in on these questions and more as they discuss Lisa Graff's novel A ... Show More

Ever wonder what kids in Georgia and Florida are reading? Here's a few suggestions from readers at Druid Hills Middle School in Decatur, Georgia and Indian Trace Elementary School in Weston, Florida. Somewhere Beyond the Sea - TJ Klune Superman Smashes the Klan - Gene Luen Yang a ... Show More

The Book Club for Kids podcast began in the smallest quadrant of Washington DC called Southwest. It was the waterfront for DC, the place where ships would dock bringing everything from building supplies to fresh fish to slaves. This week marks the 178th anniversary of what Washin ... Show More

Hosts Alicia Malone (TCM) and Tom Meyers (The Bowery Boys) examine New York City hierarchy in the Gilded Age and the social constructs that go along with it. They react to the introduction of the Russell and the Van Rhijn families and how the series reflects 1800s New York. In pa ... Show More

<p>Josh Mankiewicz reports on the disappearance of a retired art collector and Palm Springs socialite, one of the longest and most expensive missing-persons investigations in California history.</p><p>Lester Holt and Josh Mankiewicz go behind the scenes of the making of this epis ... Show More

Writer and comedian Ziwe has made a career out of conducting charged and satirical interviews. She joins us this week to discuss her debut essay collection, Black Friend (5:45), the backstory behind her essay WikiFeet (10:19), her early affinity for broadcast news (13:06), the in ... Show More

Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are back with more additional bonus content for our OC Fans. Joining us today, is Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage to discuss the release of the book, Welcome to the OC, written by legendary tv critic Alan Sepinwall, Josh and Stephanie! Josh and ... Show More

Host Kara Swisher talks with pop culture writer Hunter Harris and Succession Director Mark Mylod about episode 8, “Chiantishire.” Despite being in Tuscany for a lavish wedding, the Roys seize the moment to have some of the most devastating conversations of the season. Kara gets t ... Show More

Last week we told you about our irascible forefather Noah Webster. But where does the "Merriam" factor in? Here's the story of George and Charles Merriam, the brothers who took Webster's work and brought it to the world stage.Hosted by Emily Brewster, Ammon Shea, and Peter Sokolo ... Show More

We talk about ‘High Tide’, a touching film that looks at the life of a heartbroken Brazilian immigrant in the queer mecca of Provincetown, Massachusetts. The film is a directorial debut for Italian writer and director Marco Calvani and features Marco Pigossi in the lead role. Mon ... Show More

As a newborn, Ed Archie NoiseCat was found in an incinerator at a Catholic-run Indian boarding school. In a new book We Survived the Night, his son, Julian Brave NoiseCat, writes about this trauma in the broader context of Native history in the United States and Canada. The book ... Show More