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The Currently Reading Podcast

Season 3, Episode 39: Special Guest Jamie Golden!

The Currently Reading Podcast

Meredith Schwartz

Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Intro:

1:14 - The Popcast w/ Knox and Jamie

1:19 - Jamie Golden's Instagram

Bookish Moments:

4:31 - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

6:23 - All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage

Current Reads:

8:14 - Fabled Bookshop

8:17 - Faye, Faraway by Helen Fisher (Kaytee)

10:57 - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe (Jamie)

11:06 - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

13:52 - Girl A by Abigail Dean (Meredith)

16:28 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

19:04 - The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton (Kaytee)

19:15 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

21:21 - Book of the Month 

21:49 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

23:57 - The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan (Jamie)

28:14 - No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez (Merdith)

31:02 - Book Drop Subscription

31:33 - Sarah's Bookshelves

Deep Dive - Jamie Golden and the Popcast

37:16 - The Odyssey by Homer

38:36 - Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

38:53 - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

39:03 - The Firm by John Grishom  

43:05 - Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

44:07 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall

45:39 - Netgalley

46:09 - Decider.com

46:46 - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

48:59 - Persuasion by Jane Austen

49:48 - The Shining by Stephen King

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

50:37 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Kaytee)

52:02 - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Pre-Order link)

53:12 - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (Jamie)

53:38 - The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

57:49 - Room by Emma Donoghue (Meredith)

1:00:21 - Jamie's Twitter: @jamiebgolden

1:00:22 - The Popcast on Instagram

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast.

0:13.8

We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've

0:17.6

read recently and as you know we won't shy away from those spicy takes so get ready.

0:24.3

We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always

0:27.6

be spoiler free.

0:28.7

We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive and then we'll press books into your hands.

0:33.2

I'm Meredith Munde Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas and I am

0:38.6

leaning into my weird reading moods lately. And I'm Katie Komp, a homeschooling mom of four,

0:44.7

living in New Mexico and I'm definitely here for the right reasons. This is episode number 39

0:50.0

of season three and we're so glad you're here. And you guys today we are so excited to have with us

0:56.6

one of our bucket list guests, one of the four women that right at the start of our show,

1:03.1

Katie and I said we would absolutely love to have join us. Today we're talking with Jamie

1:08.5

Golden. Jamie is the co-host of one of my very favorite podcasts, the pop culture juggernaut that

1:14.3

is the pop cast. She's whipsmart, hilariously funny and awesome Instagram follow and such a great

1:21.7

reader. She's also my very favorite Anya Graham seven. Welcome to currently reading, Jamie.

1:27.6

Thank you so much, listen, I'm very competitive because my wing is an eight and so anytime someone's

1:32.8

like, you're my favorite seven, I'm like, that's right. That's what I like to hear. So I'm very

1:38.2

honored. And that was a beautiful introduction. I felt all the love in that. I felt all the hat tips

1:42.9

to what we do at the podcast. So thank you for that. We are very excited to have you here.

1:47.5

Well, I'm excited to be here. Listen, I'm excited to be here because I've listened to your

1:51.6

podcasts. I've listened to you guys on other podcasts that I love. And you both have like such

1:57.4

you sell books better than anybody I've ever met in terms of like when you finish describing it,

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