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About The Show
A weekly book review and discussion program hosted by Pat Leach.
The program currently broadcasts Thursdays at 12:04 p.m. (CT) and during Friday Live, Fridays at 10 a.m. (CT).
Latest Episodes
“Libertie” by Kaitlyn Greenidge
01/20/2022 | 7m
“Last Night at the Telegraph Club” by Malinda Lo
01/13/2022 | 7m
“A Town Called Solace” by Mary Lawson
01/06/2022 | 6m
"Yellow Bird" by Sierra Crane Murdoch
12/30/2021 | 7m
“Zorrie” by Laird Hunt
12/23/2021 | 8m
Holiday gift ideas for adult readers
12/16/2021 | 14m
Holiday Gift ideas for young readers with Vicky Wood
12/09/2021 | 12m
“The Lincoln Highway: a Novel” by Amor Towles
12/02/2021 | 8m
“China Room” by Sunjeev Sahota
11/18/2021 | 8m
“Cokie: A Life Well Lived” by Steve Roberts
11/11/2021 | 15m
“The Splendid and the Vile” by Erik Larson.
11/04/2021 | 13m
“The Secret to Super Human Strength” by Alison Bechdel
10/28/2021 | 13m
“Piranesi” by Susanna Clarke
10/21/2021 | 7m
"Nebraska History Moments" by David Bristow
10/14/2021 | 15m
"The Perfume Thief" by Timothy Schaffert
10/05/2021 | 14m
The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennet
09/29/2021 | 6m
“The Only Wonderful Things" by Melissa Homestead
09/23/2021 | 15m
The “Friend Zone” series by Abby Jimenez.
09/16/2021 | 11m
“Carville's Cure: by Pam Fessler”
09/09/2021 | 8m
“Tomatoes for Neela” by Padma Lakshmi
09/02/2021 | 12m
“Temporary” by Hillary Leichter
08/26/2021 | 6m
"The Seed Keeper” by Diane Wilson
08/19/2021 | 11m
"A Knock at Midnight” by Brittany Barnett
08/12/2021 | 8m
Introduction to Nebraska author, Mari Sandoz
08/05/2021 | 12m
"Oak Flat" by Lauren Redniss.
07/29/2021 | 7m
"Hamnet: a Novel of the Plague" by Maggie O'Farrell
07/22/2021 | 12m
UNL English Professor Stephen Buhler's summer reading list.
07/15/2021 | 14m
“Leave the World Behind” by Rumaan Alam
07/08/2021 | 7m
“Code Girls” by Liza Mundy.
07/01/2021 | 14m
"'Wilmington's Lie" by David Zucchino
06/24/2021 | 7m
“Deacon King Kong” by James McBride.
06/17/2021 | 7m
"Breasts and Eggs" by Mieko Kawakami.
06/10/2021 | 8m
"Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi.
06/03/2021 | 12m
“Children of the Land”, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
05/27/2021 | 8m
“Rural Rebellion" by Ross Benes
05/20/2021 | 15m
“Interior Chinatown” by Charles Yu
05/13/2021 | 8m
“Pickard County Atlas” by Chris Harding Thorton
05/06/2021 | 12m
“Hidden Prairie" by Chris Helzer
04/29/2021 | 14m
“Hidden Valley Road” by Robert Kolker.
04/22/2021 | 9m
"The Least Interesting Place." by Matt Steinhausen
04/15/2021 | 16m
“Run Me to Earth” by Paul Yoon
04/08/2021 | 7m
"More in Time" a tribute to NE poet Ted Kooser
03/25/2021 | 12m
“Becoming Wild” by Carl Safina
03/18/2021 | 8m
“The Lives of Edie Pritchard” by Larry Watson
03/11/2021 | 6m
The secret life of birds. "The Bird Way" by Jennifer Ackerman.
03/04/2021 | 8m
Author Steven Wingate and his new novel "The Leave-Takers"
02/25/2021 | 13m
“Afterlife” by Julia Alvarez
02/18/2021 | 8m
"Redhead by the Side of the Road: a Novel" by Anne Tyler.
02/11/2021 | 7m
. “The Confessions of Frannie Langton” by Sara Collins
02/04/2021 | 6m
“Minor Feelings” by Cathy Park Hong
01/28/2021 | 8m
“Here We Are” by Graham Swift
01/21/2021 | 8m
“Paper Bullets” by Jeffrey Jackson
01/14/2021 | 9m