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Book Riot - The Podcast

The 2025 Booker Longlist Is Here

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

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

4.3965 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca break down the 2025 longlist for the Booker Prize, digest the news of a new book from Kamala Harris, lament the demise of class (behavior, not socio-economic status), and much more. Jeff and Rebecca decide what the It Book of August will be. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist! If you love books and know the ins and outs of social media strategy, and especially social video, consider joining the team. Find details and apply by August 22, 2025, at riotnewmedia.com/careers. Use code BOOKRIOT to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan at https://incogni.com/bookriot This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Kamala Harris to publish memoir about presidential race in September The 2025 Booker Prize longlist And a possible conflict of interest on the Booker panel We’re getting a new George Saunders novel in January Maggie by Katie Yee The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza The Feather Detective by Chris Sweeney  The Brain at Rest by Joseph Jebelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.3

This is the book riot podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill. I'm Rebecca Schinsky. In my dulcet

1:23.7

baritone, I was coming through the wrong mic a second ago, and I was joking that. I didn't

1:27.7

have that normal warmth that Rebecca is used to hearing because I was, you know, basically

1:32.8

the tin can that's attached to my computer was picking it up versus my good mic. It's wild. What a

1:37.6

difference that makes. But now we're here. Your dulcet baritone is in full effect.

1:46.9

Well, I don't know. Full effect. Sounds different when it's not coming just from yourself. It's true. Yeah, just talking into the wall. If this is the

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