AI Was The Story of the Year

Book Riot - The Podcast

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Arts, News, Books, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about how the story of the year in books was that there really wasn't a story. Except the big one. AI. Plus, NBCC longlists, getting boomers off slop, recent reading, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: Check out Zero to Well-Read! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon NBCC fiction longlist PW names the top 10 bookselling stories of the year The Wedding Date is getting a Netflix adaptation The Book Gossip of 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A world on fire, nations collapsing, ideologies clashing, and ordinary men and women caught in the storm.
0:09.3	Hi, I'm Ray Harris Jr. of the History of World War II podcast, and we'll cover the battles that shaped the war, from the deserts of North Africa to the frozen forests of the Ardennes.
0:19.9	Because history isn't just names and dates.
0:23.5	It's people, choices, and consequences at World War II podcast.net.
0:32.1	Hi, Leo Leport here. If you're interested in Microsoft, you know there's always something happening.
0:37.1	On our show, Windows Weekly, every Wednesday, Paul Therrat, Richard Campbell, and I, here. If you're interested in Microsoft, you know there's always something happening.
0:43.7	On our show, Windows Weekly, every Wednesday, Paul Therrat, Richard Campbell, and I, look at the latest Microsoft News.
0:47.4	We do it with experience, honesty, and a little good-natured snark.
0:50.9	Windows, Xbox, AI, Enterprise, it's all there.
0:54.4	Get the show at twit.tv slash www.
1:02.1	This is the bookwry podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill.
1:03.9	And I'm Rebecca Shinsky.
1:08.6	And Rebecca, it's our last news show of the year.
1:09.9	It's December 18th.
1:13.6	The week from today is Christmas Day. In case anyone's out there kind of wondering where they are in time and space, I can orient you. Relatable.
1:18.3	It's December 18, 2025. I myself have to check several times a day. We are both redlining it
1:24.4	at this time of year. There's a lot going on on our side. Not any of y'all's
1:27.8	problem or faults or anything, but there's a lot going on at time of year. A couple things dropped in our lap that are good. They're interesting and exciting. They aren't putting out fires. But I also didn't want to build a new barn for the horse right at this time of year, which it feels like a little bit we're trying to do on December. I guess it'll be the 22nd when the show drops. And we're just like the idea of
1:50.1	Christmas still feels very far away to me. So we'll see what happens in the next week. But it
1:55.4	has been a red line time of year. We continue to read our faces off for Zero to Well Red. Our special episode about
2:03.1	a Christmas Carol is in the Zero to Well Red feed right now. Thank you again to all of you all
2:07.7	from this pod who were on the early train listening and leaving reviews for that, helping us
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