What Are Social Media Algorithms Doing to How We Talk?
Jeff talks to Adam Aleksic about his new book, Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language. Not sure if you will better or worse about how algorithms, censorship, and influencer culture are shaping language, but you will at least understand it better.
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Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language by Adam Aleksic
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HOT GIRLS WITH BALLS by Benedict Nguyen
Jeff talks about Hot Girls with Balls with author Benedict Nguyen.
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The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell’s on July 9th, 2025
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A Rare Bookseller Turns to Fantasy: Oliver Darkshire & ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL
Jeff talks to rare-bookseller turned fantasy author Oliver Darkshire about his debut work of fantasy, Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil. Darkshire's breakout memoir of being an accidental rare bookseller is Once Upon a Tome.
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From Mourning to Making Art: A Conversation With Peter Mendelsund
Peter Mendelsund is a writer, book designer, musician, novelist, and painter. And he has two books coming out within just a couple of weeks of each other: Exhibitionist and Weepers. We talk about both in deep, wide-ranging conversation. This is a good one.
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An Agent's View on Publishing and Writing a Book
Kate McKean joins Jeff to talk about her new book, Write Through It: An Insider's Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life. Kate is a literary agent at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency and writes the extremely interesting and popular Agents + Books newsletter.
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The Two Kinds of Book Auctions
The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell’s on July 9th, 2025
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