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Book Riot - The Podcast

The Lambda Literary Awards, Messy Internet Discourse, the Latest A.I. Panic, and More

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

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

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is joined by Associate Editor Erica Ezeifedi to discuss the Lambda Literary Award finalists, the latest A.I. publishing freakout, messy internet discourse, and more. Moms, Dads, Grads season is coming up! Send your recommendation requests for gifts–or reads for yourself!—to podcast@bookriot.comFollow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. 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: Don DeLillo’s hockey romance Amazons will return to stores Lambda Literary finalists Librarian Luanne James Fights Censorship Demands of Rutherford County Library System’s Board Lindy West’s How-Not-To Guide to Polyamory ICYMI Podcast: Why the Internet Is Arguing About Its Favorite Feminist Bridgerton Season 5 announcement trailer dropped AI is Writing Fiction. Publishers are Unprepared Use code THEBOOKS for 20% off at Cozy Earth. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Grownups, if there's a child in your life who is interested in, curious about, or fascinated by people in places from history,

0:07.5

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and audiences going wild for walking competitions, we've got a little bit of it all.

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0:34.8

Find the past and the curious at all the usual podcast places.

0:39.9

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0:46.4

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0:52.5

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0:55.3

or next-level conversations about money and life.

0:58.9

Not only how you make money and grow it, but also how you use your wealth to create a better

1:03.0

and more fulfilling existence.

1:05.2

Join us every Monday and Thursday wherever you listen to Fine Podcasts.

1:13.7

This is the bookwry up podcast.

1:15.6

I'm managing editor Vanessa Diaz, filling in for Jeff and Rebecca today.

1:19.4

And I have a special guest with me here today.

1:21.6

And that is our associate editor, Erica.

1:23.7

Say hello, Erica.

1:24.6

Hi.

1:26.2

I am so glad you're here with me today. We haven't gotten a chance to podcast in quite some time.

1:31.1

I know. It's always fun to podcast with you. And I am also happy to finally be able to do it again because we two are some supreme yappers.

1:42.0

We are and there are so many great links to talk about. We're going to really, really try hard to pack these all in because there's all kinds of juicy book news. We've got some stuff about hockey romance from an unexpected source. We've got some stuff about AI. We have censorship, which unfortunately just continues to be a thing at all times. We've got some cool awards. We're going to see if we can

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