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Shannon Chakraborty’s The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is a journey through magical lands and tempestuous seas with a crew of pirates that you won’t soon forget. Chakraborty joins us to talk about creating her unique and vibrant characters, writing about history (and magic), including important themes of identity and religion and more with guest host, Jenna Seery.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.                    
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.          
Featured Books (Episode):
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig
The Pasha of Cuisine by Saygin Ersin
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws by Adrienne Mayor

Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho has it all — space, murder, romance and characters to love.  Cho joins us to talk about what lead her to write the book, cultural identity in sci-fi, her inclusion of pop culture references and more with guest host, Kat Sarfas.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Kat Sarfas and mixed by Harry Liang.                    
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.          
Featured Books (Episode):
Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Lu
Green Frog by Gina Chung
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan allows readers to experience through the author’s eyes and taps into the fascination we share with our avian friends. Tan joins us to talk about birdwatching and the creative process, the ways she came to writing the book, observation in the natural world and more with Miwa Messer, the host of Poured Over.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                   
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.     
Featured Books (Episode):
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan

The Stone Home by Crystal Hana Kim is a story of mothers and daughters, secrets and lies, complicity and betrayal set in 1980s South Korea. Kim joined us to talk about the history that appears in her novel, oppression and storytelling, the importance of historical fiction and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                   
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.     
Featured Books (Episode):
The Stone Home by Crystal Hana Kim
If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Paradise by Toni Morrison

The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell combines witty and playful analyses of the way our brains work in the nonstop information age with personal stories that will make readers feel like talking to a best friend. Montell joins us to talk about the truth about cognitive biases, her extensive research process, the effects our society has on our thinking and more with guest host, Jenna Seery. We end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Jamie.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.                    
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.          
Featured Books (Episode):
The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell
Cultish by Amanda Montell
Wordslut by Amanda Montell
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
All Fours by Miranda July
Mistakes Were Made (but Not By Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
White Feminism by Koa Beck
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

Once Upon a Prime by Sarah Hart connects mathematics and fiction, encouraging readers to dig deeper into why they like to read what they like to read, using math as a guide. Hart joins us to talk about her path to writing, the unexpected parallels between seemingly different disciplines, some of her favorite mathematical literature facts and more with guest host, Jenna Seery.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.                    
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.          
Featured Books (Episode):
Once Upon a Prime by Sarah Hart
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
The Eight by Katherine Neville
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
In Memoriam by Alice Winn