Close Reads Podcast Transcripts
Goldberry Studios · 520 episodes with transcripts
Close Reads is a book-club podcast for the incurable reader co-hosted by David Kern, Heidi White, Sean Johnson, and occasionally Tim McIntosh. We read good books and talk about them. This is a show for amateurs in the best sense. This is not an experts show: we’re book lovers, book enthusiasts.
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The Great Winnowing of 2026 (for 2027)
October 8, 2026
Heidi White (0:04)
I'm Heidi White.
Sean Johnson (0:06)
And I'm Sean Johnson.
David Kern (0:07)
And you are listening to Close Reads Podcast for the Incurable Reader, on which we are discussing what books we're going to discuss on the podcast next year in the Year of Our Lord 2027 It is the great winnowing episode of 2026, the books for 2027, the winnowing episode of 2026 It's one of our favorite episodes to…
We here, it's one of your favorite episodes to listen to. And here we are at the end of August, August 31st, recording about what books we're going to start talking about in like three and a half months. Heidi, how are you?
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