Radio Book Club

Need to turn up the cozy? Tune in to the latest Radio Book Club where hosts Shari Zollinger and Jessie Magleby discuss their veritable backlog of books! There’s a wide variety of titles discussed in this episode, including sparkling, frothy stories and prose that feels like reading clouds. Plus, hear...

Are you a visceral reader or a cerebral reader? Do you feel the impact of prose immediately, or do you choose to eat certain words like ice cream? These conversations and more on the latest Radio Book Club! Hosts Shari Zollinger, Jessie Magleby and Alyssa Sherman discuss upcoming events, book...

At the crossroads of culture, bookstores and libraries can help feed our collective hunger for connection. On the latest Radio Book Club, hear about books that can help bring about healing and love – and even describe feelings you might not have language for! Plus, lots of books on animals....

Hear some powerful poetry on the latest Radio Book Club! Plus, literary reviews involving outer space, afrofuturism and interesting characters from tiny towns and landscapes like ours. Tune in! Never miss an episode of Radio Book Club! Subscribe to KZMU Public Affairs on Apple Podcasts and Spotify And check out the reviews and mentions...

On the latest Radio Book Club, enter a speculative space where ghosts cross landscapes and refuse to remain invisible. Hosts Andy Nettell and Shari Zollinger interview author M Dressler on their latest novel Our Eyes At Night, whose ghost narrator spends time in canyon country. Plus, book reviews and mentions on this...

Do your book preferences change when you travel? Maybe you get really into romances, mysteries, or even audiobooks! That discussion and more on the latest Radio Book Club. Plus, literary reviews on a myriad of titles involving rare antiques, felling redwoods, cats and modern fables! Tune in.  Never miss an...

Is it possible to put a book down when you just aren’t enjoying it? What’s the best way to weave the covid-19 pandemic into a work of fiction? These and other questions on the latest Radio Book Club! Pinch-literary reviewers Meg Flynn and Molly Marcello join the indelible Jessie Magleby...

The latest Radio Book Club begins with reflections and a thank you to Joan Didion, who passed away in December. She left the world with her layered, sharp, and resonant writing. And hosts have a lively discussion about the books they have not read on the New York Times’ ‘Top 25 Books...

The atmospheric pleasures of wintertime reading are top of the mind for KZMU’s Radio Book Club hosts this month. A few extra hours of darkness, a good cup of tea and a fireplace (real flames optional) is a great recipe for literary transformation. Hear their latest reviews and mentions, from...

Toggle between the mytho-poetic and the scientific on the latest Radio Book Club, where hosts pepper author Brooke Williams with questions on his latest work, Mary Jane Wild: Two Walks & A Rant. This lively discussion is full of literary action – walking becomes a conduit for life force, wrestling becomes...

What do you expect when you pick up a work of fiction? Have you read something lately that both surprised and enchanted you? Or, have you just felt like throwing books across the room? These are the central questions to the latest discussion in Radio Book Club. This three-year anniversary...

On the freshest Radio Book Club – when libraries open your eyes to a different way of looking at the world. Travel with our hosts Andy Nettell, Shari Zollinger, and Jessie Magelby to the libraries – both public and personal – that have shaped their tastes and thoughts over time....