Poured Over

Poured Over is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and characters; readers who ask a lot of questions, just like Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer, a career bookseller who's always reading. Follow us here for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and lots of great book recommendations from big name authors and authors on their way to being big names. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).

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Every guest on Poured Over

735 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Dave Eggers

   Dave Eggers on CONTRAPPOSTO · Jun 2026

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   Patrick Radden Keefe

   Patrick Radden Keefe on LONDON FALLING · 2 episodes

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   Tom Hanks

   Tom Hanks on THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE · May 2023

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   Noah Hawley

   Noah Hawley on ANTHEM · Jan 2022

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   Quiara Alegría Hudes

   Quiara Alegría Hudes on THE WHITE HOT · Nov 2025

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   Roxane Gay
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   Lucy Sante

   Lucy Sante on I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME · Feb 2024

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   Susan Cain

   Susan Cain on BITTERSWEET: HOW SORROW AND LONGING MAKE US WHOLE · Apr 2022

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   Malcolm Gladwell

   Malcolm Gladwell on REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT · Nov 2024

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    Charles Duhigg

    Charles Duhigg on SUPERCOMMUNICATORS · Dec 2025

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    Dan Jones

    Dan Jones on HENRY V · Oct 2024

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    Sebastian Junger

    Sebastian Junger on IN MY TIME OF DYING · May 2024

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    Sarah Jones

    Sarah Jones on DISPOSABLE · Mar 2025

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    Sarah Jessica Parker

    Poured Over: Sarah Jessica Parker and Alexandra Oliva on The Radiant Dark at the LAT Festival of Books · May 2026

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    Maria Bamford

    Maria Bamford on SURE, I'LL JOIN YOUR CULT: A MEMOIR OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE QUEST TO BELONG ANYWHERE · Sep 2023

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    Andrew Leland

    Andrew Leland on THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND · Sep 2023

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    A.O. Scott

    A.O. Scott on Criticism and Voice · Jan 2025

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    Patti Smith

    Patti Smith on A BOOK OF DAYS · Nov 2022

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    Brené Brown

    Brené Brown on ATLAS OF THE HEART · Nov 2021

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    Phoebe Robinson

    Phoebe Robinson on PLEASE DON'T SIT ON MY BED IN YOUR OUTSIDE CLOTHES · Sep 2021

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    Jeff Tweedy

    Jeff Tweedy on WORLD WITHIN A SONG · Nov 2023

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    Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Ta-Nehisi Coates on THE MESSAGE · Oct 2024

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    Margo Price

    Margo Price on STRAYS · Jan 2023

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    Chuck Klosterman

    Chuck Klosterman on THE NINETIES · Feb 2022

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    Min Jin Lee

    Min Jin Lee on THE GREAT GATSBY · Aug 2021

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    Celeste Ng

    Celeste Ng on OUR MISSING HEARTS · Oct 2022

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    Suleika Jaouad

    Suleika Jaouad on THE BOOK OF ALCHEMY · Apr 2025

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    Isaac Fitzgerald

    Isaac Fitzgerald on AMERICAN RAMBLER · 2 episodes

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    A.M. Homes
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    Jason Reynolds

    Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin on MY NAME IS JASON, MINE TOO · Jun 2022

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    Nick Offerman

    Nick Offerman on WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY · Oct 2021

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    Jacqueline Woodson

    Jacqueline Woodson on REMEMBER US · Oct 2023

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    Sarah Kay

    Sarah Kay on A LITTLE DAYLIGHT LEFT · May 2025

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    Miranda July

    Miranda July on ALL FOURS · May 2024

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    Anand Giridharadas

    Anand Giridharadas on THE PERSUADERS: AT THE FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT FOR HEARTS, MINDS, AND DEMOCRACY · Nov 2022

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    Anne Lamott

    Anne Lamott on SOMEHOW · Apr 2024

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    Alison Bechdel

    Alison Bechdel on SPENT · May 2025

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    Andrew Ross Sorkin

    Andrew Ross Sorkin on 1929 · Oct 2025

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    Ibram X. Kendi

    Ibram X. Kendi on HOW TO RAISE AN ANTIRACIST · Jul 2022

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    Michael Pollan

    Michael Pollan on A WORLD APPEARS · Feb 2026

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