{"podcast":{"title":"Books and Boba","slug":"books-and-boba-53035","podcast_index_feed_id":53035,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/booksandboba/","website_url":"https://booksandboba.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/561d51de-e9c6-42aa-804f-ddadf2fa47a8/1473319899artwork.jpg","author":"Potluck Podcast Collective","episode_count":370,"summary":"Books & Boba is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, YA, nonfiction, thrillers, graphic novels, and memoirs.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T02:17:23.768409+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035"},"episode":{"title":"#342 - Author Chat w/ Yosha Gunasekera","slug":"342-author-chat-w-yosha-gunasekera","published_at":"2026-02-09T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035/342-author-chat-w-yosha-gunasekera","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035","url":"https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/episode/342-author-chat-w-yosha-gunasekera","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f88016ca-3897-42ef-9a31-a64519b38311.mp3","summary":"On this episode, we sit down with Yosha Gunasekera to chat about her debut novel, The Midnight Taxi . A murder mystery following a true crime loving Sri Lankan American cab driver who ends up accused of murder when a passenger ends up mysteriously murdered in her cab. Yosha shares with us her personal journey to writing her novel as well as how she drew from her experience as an attorney for The Innocence Project to construct her mystery. Follow Yosha on Instagram at @yosha.gunasekera and check out her debut novel The Midnight Taxi available now on the Books & Boba bookshop ! Books & Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authors Support the Books & Boba Podcast by: Joining our Patreon to receive exclusive perks Purchasing books at our bookshop Rocking our Books & Boba merch Follow our hosts: Reera Yoo ( @reeraboo ) Marvin Yueh ( @marvinyueh ) Follow us: Instagram Twitter Goodreads Facebook The Books & Boba February 2026 is Behind Frenemy Lines by Zen Cho This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective","meta_description":"On this episode, we sit down with Yosha Gunasekera to chat about her debut novel, The Midnight Taxi . A murder mystery following a true crime loving Sri L…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3411,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/books-and-boba-53035/episodes/342-author-chat-w-yosha-gunasekera/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035/342-author-chat-w-yosha-gunasekera.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}