Literary Disco
Writers talk about reading. Hosted by Tod Goldberg, Julia Pistell, and Rider Strong. Featured in USA Today, Orange County Register, New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, The Spectator, Vice and countless others.
A Washington Post Best Literary Podcast
A Good Housekeeping Best Literary Podcast
A Mashable Best Books Podcast
A Bustle Best Books Podcast
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 207
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2022
Episode 25: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
This week on Literary Disco, full of sound and fury, we debate the meaning of the mysterious tetractus. Bookshelf roulette also leads us to a castle we can capture– but eventually, we get to discuss …
00:56:46 |
Tue 19 Mar 2013
Episode 24: When My Brother Was an Aztec & Smith Blue (The Poetry Episode)
Tonight we take on a huge subject: how we should read poetry. The discussion centers on Natalie Diaz’s collection “When My Brother Was an Aztec” and Camille Dungy’s “Smith Blue.” What do we make of t…
00:54:01 |
Tue 05 Mar 2013
Episode 23: Pulphead
What do Michael Jackson, Christian Rock, and nearly-electrocuted high schoolers have in common? They’ve been written about by John Jeremiah Sullivan, and argued about by Tod, Rider, and Julia in toda…
00:58:02 |
Tue 19 Feb 2013
Episode 22: The Hardy Boys
On today’s episode, we head to Bayport to take on the brothers Hardy, those teen sleuths you thought you knew…
We discuss Books One and Two of The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure, and The House on the…
00:49:19 |
Tue 05 Feb 2013
Episode 21: We The Animals (with guest Elizabeth Crane)
We’ve tackled tigers and rubber ducks on the show before, but have we ever turned our eyes to the animal spirits of three young brothers? Justin Torees’ novel is brought to our attention by the witty…
00:58:50 |
Mon 21 Jan 2013
Episode 20: The Best of 2012
Well, OUR best of 2012.
Join us as Tod, Julia, and Rider go through the Top 5 books they read this year. Which of the books from previous episodes did they select? Did Pillars of the Earth make the g…
00:53:45 |
Mon 07 Jan 2013
Episode 19: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Ho ho ho! For the holiday season, the Literary Disco team reads a book Julia got for Christmas several years ago but hadn’t yet read. “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” brings us back to discu…
00:43:18 |
Thu 27 Dec 2012
Episode 18: The Paris Review’s “Object Lessons”
The short story: what is it for? Who does it best? What’s a “Paris Review” short story, vs. just a regular short story?
Listen to us duke it out and draw your own conclusions– or, better yet, get the…
00:51:08 |
Tue 04 Dec 2012
Bonus Episode! Life of Pi: The Movie
You knew we’d have an opinion.
Tod, Rider, and Julia discuss whether or not the film adaptation of “Life of Pi” lives up to the book– and whether or not you should see it. And it might not be the sam…
00:17:51 |
Wed 28 Nov 2012
Episode 17: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
You, a lifeboat, a tiger. Would you make it? Would Tod? Would Julia? Would Rider? (We have our bets.) Join our hosts as they discuss this bestselling novel and their hopes for the upcoming movie. Wat…
00:51:42 |
Tue 20 Nov 2012
Episode 16: Pillars of the Earth
Long ago, in a land far away, three friends decided to take on an inconceivable project. One would read a book. One would listen to the audiobook of that book. One would watch a miniseries of the aud…
00:52:27 |
Mon 05 Nov 2012
Episode 15: The Libertine
In this episode, we discuss autographs, first editions, mermaids, and more. Then, we read the Libertine by Stephen Jeffreys– a play! Do we make it through? Do we discuss the nature of excess, or does…
00:56:05 |
Tue 23 Oct 2012
Episode 14: Mixtape
Playlist, schmaylist. We’re calling this a mixtape: one poem, one short story, and one essay get dissected in this episode. Mary Karr’s “Suicide’s Note,” Eric Puchner’s “The Cooler Me,” and Joe Meno’…
00:50:23 |
Tue 02 Oct 2012
Episode 13: Moby Duck
Rubber Ducky, you’re the one– you make bathtime lots of fun– until you disintegrate into the ocean and kill the very nature you purport to stand for. Tod, Rider, and Julia discuss Moby Duck by Donova…
00:51:42 |
Mon 17 Sep 2012
Episode 12: Story Songs!
It’s time to get back to school and, because we’re grown-ups now, we assigned ourselves some easy homework. Tod attempts to convince Julia & Rider that “Story Songs” are a legitimate literary genre, …
00:55:51 |
Tue 04 Sep 2012
Episode 11: Winnie the Pooh & The House on Pooh Corner
Deep in the hundred acre woods, three writers argue over the particular pathetic nature of Eeyore. Join us this week as we welcome friend and Barnes & Noble “Discover New Writers” pick Stephen Dau, w…
00:55:04 |
Mon 20 Aug 2012
Episode 10: When You Reach Me
This week we are joined by Youth Services Librarian, Erika Jelinek. Erika’s here to address Rider’s concerns (expressed oh-so-mildly in Episode 5) about the quality of today’s Young Adult Literature.…
00:51:37 |
Tue 07 Aug 2012
Episode 9: Tiny Beautiful Things
So you think you don’t cry. Well, we challenge you to listen to our discussion of the Beat Generation, how the media reports school shootings, how accurately we remember our cousins, and, of course, …
00:47:22 |
Mon 23 Jul 2012
Episode 8: Train Dreams
Episode 8: We begin with a Bookshelf Revisit, in which Tod discovers a pulp gem, Julia goes Sherlock crazy, and Rider is hyperbolic as usual. Then we discuss the novella Train Dreams by Denis Johnson…
01:02:49 |
Tue 10 Jul 2012
Episode 7: A Separate Peace
Somehow, Rider has never read this classic. We correct that. We also discuss the various terrors of boarding school, books from our shelves, and which parts of Crime and Punishment Tod completely mad…
00:52:01 |
Tue 19 Jun 2012
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