Annotated

Book Riot

4.9 (486)
BOOKS

An audio documentary series about books, reading, and language.

10/07/2019

National Novel Writing Month

How a gimmick to write more became one of the biggest literary events online. This episode is sponsored by: Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 min
09/03/2019

The Baby-Sitters Club

The affirming, surprising, and most of all lasting legacy of The Baby-Sitters Club. This episode is sponsored by: The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor Circe by Madeline Miller Links relevant to this episode: Someday by David Levithan Yumi Sakugawa RWBY After the Fall by E.C. Myers The Baby-Sitters Club Club Podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

37 min
08/05/2019

The Dream of a Universal Language

What if the whole world spoke the same language? How would it work? Who would be interested in speaking it? In this episode, the dream, the reality, and the hope that is Esperanto. This episode is sponsored by: Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett Relevant links: Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language by Esther Schor Alex Miller's Esperanto YouTube Channel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 min
07/01/2019

The Life-Changing Magic of Reading a Book

Sometimes people refer to a book they really liked as "life-changing." But what if you read a book, and it really did change your life in a big way? In this episode, stories of people reading books and making a big change. This episode is sponsored by: The Guest Book by Sarah Blake See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 min
06/03/2019

#26: You Are Not Alone

In this episode, the story of the interrupted literary career of Freido Lampe, and how his story reveals the underpinnings of the Nazi obsession with books and literature. This episode is sponsored by: We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde Relevant Links: At the Edge of the Night by Freido Lampe, translated by Simon Beattie The Book Thieves by Anders Rydell Annotated on Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 min
05/29/2019

#25: Books Behind Bars, Part 2

In a follow-up to our last episode, an extended conversation with Chris Wilson about what reading while in prison can do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 min
05/06/2019

#24: Books Behind Bars, Part 1

There are few places books can be put to better use than in prisons. So why is it so hard to get books into the hands of people in jail? In this episode, we look at how Washington state tried to radically restrict the flow of books into prisons. This episode is sponsored by: Whatbooks Relevant links: Books to Prisoners Changing Lives Through Literature The Master Plan by Chris Wilson Follow Annotated on Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 min
04/09/2019

#23: The Prophet

How Khalil Gibran's The Prophet became a quiet cultural powerhouse. Follow Annotated on Instagram! This episode is sponsored by: Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott The Handmaid’s Tale (Graphic Novel) by Margaret Atwood, illustrated by Renee Nault Relevant links: Roger Allers' The Prophet adaptation Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires by Juan Cole See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 min

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My first Annotated podcast

09/20/2022

New to Book Riot

Today I discovered Annotated podcasts on my computer. What a find. Many years ago I used to work at a public library and bookriot.com takes me back to those happy days. Thank you.
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11/22/2020

Hthggghiggh

This is a great podcast. I hope Book Riot will bring it back.
More pleaseee

01/09/2020

story-holic

I just need MOREEEE please release new episodes soon i have listened to all of these MULTIPLE times now😍
All the Books review

07/08/2020

dgarcy

The amiable commentators spend way too much time taking about themselves and not about books, I find the format too casual. I am going to try the other Book riot offerings.