{"podcast":{"title":"The Currently Reading Podcast","slug":"the-currently-reading-podcast-896350","podcast_index_feed_id":896350,"rss_url":"https://currentlyreadingpodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://currentlyreadingpodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/8/a/d/c8adcce5d76fd7e4/CurrentlyReading-PodcastArt2020Rev.jpg","author":"Meredith Schwartz","episode_count":446,"summary":"Currently Reading is a weekly book podcast for people who want honest book recommendations and a smarter way to choose their next read. Every Monday, hosts Meredith and Kaytee talk through the books they are currently reading and share spoiler-free book reviews across every genre. They will help you figure out what to read next, and their signature \"Reader Know Thyself\" approach goes deeper, helping you understand your own reading taste so your TBR finally works for you. Light on the chit-chat, heavy on the book talk. Ad-free, and proudly supporting independent bookstores always. New episodes every Monday. Named one of the New York Times' \"Best Podcasts for Book Lovers.\"","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:23:56.100003+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350"},"episode":{"title":"Season 8, Episode 34: Books That Grow + Our Reading Traditions","slug":"season-8-episode-34-books-that-grow-our-reading-traditions","published_at":"2026-03-30T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350/season-8-episode-34-books-that-grow-our-reading-traditions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350","url":"https://www.currentlyreadingpodcast.com/show-notes/s8e34","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/currentlyreadingpodcast/CRS8E34Final.mp3?dest-id=789821","summary":"On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: books that grow as we read and book festival serendipity Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: partaking in bookish traditions Before We Go : our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a sleeper hit brought by Meredith Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . 1:31 - Bookish Moments of the Week 2:46 - Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan 5:40 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells 5:49 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman 5:50 - Wreck by Catherine Newman 7:02 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb 7:03 - Honey Bee Mine by Sarah T. Dubb 8:02 - Current Reads 8:34 - The Inn at Penglas Cove by Lauren Westwood (Meredith) 13:08 - The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa (Kaytee) 17:37 - The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 18:04 - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McCallister 18:34 - The Extra by Annie Neugebauer (Meredith) 19:05 - Book Talk, Etc 20:08 - Talking Scared Podcast w/ Annie Neugebauer 23:50 - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara (Kaytee) 24:01 - CR Season 7: Episode 16 29:10 - @wguidara on Instagram 29:34 - The Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery (Meredith) 31:35 - An Unlikely Story 33:24 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett 34:27 - How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin 35:36 - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow 36:18 - Waterstones 39:15 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 39:24 - The Ten Thousand Doors Of January by Alix E. Harrow 40:24 - Deep Dive: Our Reading Traditions 45:27 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 45:29 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh 45:32…","meta_description":"On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: books that grow as we read and book festival serendipity Curren…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3322,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350/episodes/season-8-episode-34-books-that-grow-our-reading-traditions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350/season-8-episode-34-books-that-grow-our-reading-traditions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}