Ep 35: The Final Book Club
Welcome to the final episode of Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. We're ending with a recap of episodes 31-34; plus, hear what books we're Reading Now for even more great recommendations!Highlighted themes: interesting structures, absurdism and child starsWant to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy your books through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlaterMusic for this episode:"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
19 Aug 1h 20min
Ep 34: Lose You to Love Me
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (published 1843) and hear why we think fans of this story should read I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (published 2022) later. Highlighted themes: toxic love, shame and the search for perfectionWant to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy I'm Glad My Mom Died and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlaterMusic for this episode:"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify."Silent Reveries" by FireSail Labs; licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Listen on YouTube.Shout out to our readers for this episode!
5 Aug 47min
Ep 33: Zero to Hero
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce (published 1890) and hear why we think fans of this story should read An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (published 2006) later. Highlighted themes: arrogance, fanciful thinking and a desire for greatnessWant to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy An Abundance of Katherines and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlaterMusic for this episode:"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify."Mischief in the Garden" by the Audio Library Beats Group, a copyright-free song promoted by Audio Library. Listen on YouTube or Spotify.Shout out to our readers for this episode!
22 Jul 28min
Ep 32: You Think You're Cooler Than Me
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Nose” by Nikolai Gogol (published 1836) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater (published 2020) later. Highlighted themes: social status, humor and finding what you've lostWant to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Half a Soul and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlaterMusic for this episode:"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.“Fluffing a Duck” by Kevin MacLeod; Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0. Listen on YouTube.Shout out to our readers for this episode!
8 Jul 1h 2min
Ep 31: Starships Were Meant to Fly
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Argonauts of the Air” by H. G. Wells (published 1895) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (published 2009) later. Highlighted themes: the spirit of invention, alternative histories and steampunkWant to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Leviation and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlaterMusic for this episode:"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.Royalty Free Steampunk Victorian Music by Luis Humanoide; listen on YouTube.Shout out to our readers for this episode!
24 Jun 34min
Ep 30: Book Club🌞
Welcome to a special episode of Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories— except this time, we're doing a recap episode to let you in on how episodes 26-29 came to be. Plus, hear what books we're Reading Now for even more great recommendations!Highlighted themes: interesting perspectives, teenage angst and making connectionsWant to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy your books through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlaterMusic for this episode:"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
10 Jun 1h 7min
Ep 29: everything i wanted
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Child Downstairs” by Marcia Golub (published 1996) and hear why we think fans of this story should read The Wedding People by Alison Espach (published 2024) later. Highlighted themes: unfulfilled desires, rocky relationships and womanhoodWant to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Wedding People and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlaterMusic for this episode:"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify."Until You're Gone Forever" by Johny Grimes [Audio Library Release]. Listen on YouTube.Shout out to our readers for this episode!
27 Mai 25min
Ep 28: It's Only the Death of Me
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Transferred Ghost” by Frank Stockton (published 1882) and hear why we think fans of this story should read The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood (published 2024) later. Highlighted themes: star-crossed love, teamwork and shenanigansWant to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Love of My Afterlife and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlaterMusic for this episode:"That's One Sly Cat" by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify.“Mr. Pink" by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena. Listen on YouTube.Shout out to our readers for this episode!
13 Mai 32min
