The Long Odds of the Slushpile, Adaptation News, and Picking Vacation Reading

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

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

4.3 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the stunning reality of getting published from the slushpile, noodle about being well-read, and try to figure out what Jeff is going to read on vacation. He is genuinely stumped. 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. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: Laura McGrath on the math of the slush pile Trump’s new executive order targets libraries & museums…and what you can do about it Keira Knightley Pride & Prejudice to be re-released 4/20 for 20th anniversary Call your reps and get out there to protect the Dept of Education Frontlist Foyer, sponsored by Thriftbooks Hunchback Beautyland Everything I Never Told You White Light The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.9	This is the book ride podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill. And I'm Rebecca Shinsky. We're still coming
0:36.6	down off last week. I think it's fair to say.
0:39.6	Yes.
0:40.4	Just travel being there, you know.
0:42.8	We had a really good time with Tracy Thomas of the stacks.
0:46.0	She was in the feed already.
0:47.4	I've been thinking about a lot of what we said.
0:49.3	If you haven't had a chance to go check that out.
0:52.3	Over there, the first half is hard eye emojis and the second
0:56.9	half is turd emojis. So that's the easiest way to explain what's going on there.
1:01.5	We should have put that in the episode title. But it's been, it's so nice always to like talk shop a
1:07.9	little bit with somebody else who does this.
1:13.2	And Tracy was just a total party.
1:16.3	Yeah, it's fun also to talk to someone who's done it on their own, right?
1:18.1	She has her own show and her own Patreon.
1:23.7	And I think probably you and I have as much appreciation that as anyone could,
1:25.5	knowing what we know about what it takes to do.
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