Another Book Section Bites the Dust and A Romance Writer Dances with the AI Devil

Book Riot - The Podcast

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

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about The Washington Post Books section shutting down, a NYT profile of a romance writer diving into AI with both feet, recent reading, and more. Then Rebecca and Vanessa talk about seeing Wuthering Heights. 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: We’re hiring a Digital Content Specialist Washington Post cuts Book World section The romance industry is embracing AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The French Revolution set Europe ablaze. It was an age of enlightenment and progress, but also
0:06.1	of tyranny and oppression. It was an age of glory and an age of tragedy. One man stood above
0:12.0	it all. This was the Age of Napoleon. I'm Everett Rummage, host of the Age of Napoleon podcast.
0:19.1	Join me as I examine the life and times of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic characters in modern history.
0:26.1	Look for the age of Napoleon wherever you find your podcasts.
0:29.6	Yeah, Film Vault.
0:31.0	We are one of the original film podcasts.
0:33.2	That can't be true.
0:34.2	There was like two other film podcasts when we began, Brian.
0:36.8	How long are we doing this show? You and I first sat down and did a version of the show over 20 years ago. My God. Two episodes each week. One. We are reviewed movies and the first episode, and the second one, different top five every week. Movies that made you cry. Worst movie accents. Most disturbing movies. All right. The film vault, check it out.
0:54.5	Wherever you find a fine podcast.
0:56.9	That's right.
0:57.3	The film vaults going on 20 plus years.
1:03.5	This is the book ride podcast.
1:05.0	I'm Jeff O'Neill.
1:06.0	And I'm Rebecca Schinsky.
1:07.6	And Rebecca, we've got an action-packed news show today, but we're going to try to be
1:14.0	speedy because you and Vanessa are doing the yeoman's work. You're going to go see the thing
1:19.1	tonight. Is that tonight? Yeah, tonight we are both going to see Wuthering Heights in IMAX. It's
1:24.3	going to be a whole lot of everybody. Apparently it's tracking to do like
1:28.3	80 million dollars in business this weekend. Like we've got a hit on her hands to Rebecca. Yes,
1:32.8	we do. And the reviews have been all over the place, which is about what I expected for something
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