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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   Susan Morrison

   Susan Morrison on LORNE · Jun 2025

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   Lauren Graham

   Lauren Graham on HAVE I TOLD YOU THIS ALREADY?: STORIES I DON'T WANT TO FORGET TO REMEMBER · Dec 2022

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   Erik Larson

   Erik Larson on THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE · Feb 2022

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   Matthew Desmond

   Matthew Desmond on POVERTY, BY AMERICA · Mar 2023

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   Barbara Kingsolver

   Barbara Kingsolver on DEMON COPPERHEAD · Jun 2023

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   Prachi Gupta

   Prachi Gupta on THEY CALLED US EXCEPTIONAL: AND OTHER LIES THAT RAISED US · Aug 2023

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   Jennifer Ackerman

   Jennifer Ackerman on WHAT AN OWL KNOWS · Jun 2023

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   Constance Wu

   Constance Wu on MAKING A SCENE · Oct 2022

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   Siddhartha Mukherjee

   Siddhartha Mukherjee on THE SONG OF THE CELL: AN EXPLORATION OF MEDICINE AND THE NEW HUMAN · Oct 2022

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    Ed Yong

    Ed Yong on AN IMMENSE WORLD · Jun 2022

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    George Saunders

    George Saunders on VIGIL · 2 episodes

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    Isabel Wilkerson

    Isabel Wilkerson on CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS · Feb 2023

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    Heather McGhee

    Heather McGhee on THE SUM OF US · Feb 2022

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    Kal Penn

    Kal Penn on YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS · Nov 2021

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    Rachel Khong

    Rachel Khong on REAL AMERICANS · May 2024

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    Tessa Hulls

    Poured Over Double Shot: Tessa Hulls and Griffin Hansbury · Mar 2024

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    Adam Higginbotham

    Adam Higginbotham on CHALLENGER · Feb 2026

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    Adam Moss

    Adam Moss on THE WORK OF ART · Dec 2024

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    Alexis Okeowo

    Alexis Okeowo on BLESSINGS AND DISASTERS · Aug 2025

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    Andrea Elliott

    Andrea Elliott on INVISIBLE CHILD · Oct 2021

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    Ashley C. Ford

    Ashley C. Ford on SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER · Jun 2021

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    Beth Macy

    Beth Macy on PAPER GIRL · 3 episodes

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    Carvell Wallace

    Carvell Wallace on ANOTHER WORD FOR LOVE · May 2024

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    Clint Smith

    Clint Smith on HOW THE WORD IS PASSED · Jun 2021

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    Cord Jefferson
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    David Grann

    David Grann on THE WAGER: A TALE OF SHIPWRECK, MUTINY AND MURDER · Apr 2023

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    Debbie Millman

    Debbie Millman on WHY DESIGN MATTERS · Feb 2022

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    Elif Batuman

    Elif Batuman on EITHER/OR · Jun 2023

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    Elizabeth Gilbert

    Elizabeth Gilbert on ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER · Sep 2025

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    Emily Nussbaum
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    Hanif Abdurraqib

    Hanif Abdurraqib on THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR · 2 episodes

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    Hua Hsu

    Hua Hsu on STAY TRUE: A MEMOIR · Sep 2022

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    Javier Zamora

    Javier Zamora on SOLITO · Sep 2022

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    Jen Percy

    Jen Percy on GIRLS PLAY DEAD · Nov 2025

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    Jenny Odell

    Jenny Odell on SAVING TIME: DISCOVERING A LIFE BEYOND THE CLOCK · Mar 2023

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    Jerry Saltz

    Jerry Saltz on ART IS LIFE · Nov 2022

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    Kiese Laymon

    Kiese Laymon on LONG DIVISION · Jun 2021

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    Kyle Chayka

    Kyle Chayka on FILTERWORLD: HOW ALGORITHMS FLATTENED CULTURE · Jan 2024

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    Margo Jefferson

    Margo Jefferson on CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM · Apr 2022

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    Mary Roach

    Mary Roach on REPLACEABLE YOU · 2 episodes

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